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The recent Ebola outbreak and other biological and medical threats underscore the fact that it is US military docs who are on the frontline in keeping America safe. The US Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases (USAMRIID) and the Department of Defense’s Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) have for …

The Chinese navy made history Thursday in the waters off Hawaii. For the first time ever, China’s sailors are participating in the Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) exercise, the world’s largest naval drill. Beijing is sending two missile warships, two support vessels, and two helicopters “deep into the tiger’s den,” …

Imagine. Our military veterans are apparently being cheated out of timely medical treatment. The French are undermining our tense dance with Russia. The Syrians are again gassing their citizens. The nuclear deal with Iran is faltering. The Vietnamese are burning down foreign-owned factories to retaliate against the Chinese, the Gulf …

Americans struggle with stagnant wages and rising prices. Yet the Federal Reserve is obsessed with boosting inflation with easy money policies that may actually discourage reforms that would help jobs creation and lessen income inequality. Over the last year, consumer prices were up 1.1 percent. That was historically low, because …

Friday, the Labor Department is expected to report the economy added 150,000 jobs in February. This is less than half the pace needed to lower unemployment to an acceptable level, and President Obama’s budget promises little relief. Unemployment could slip to 6.5 percent because more adults quit looking for work. …

Students and parents at a Colorado high school are outraged after administrators turned down their request for a spirit week day honoring America because it might offend non-Americans. “They said they didn’t want to offend anyone from other countries or immigrants,” a 16-year-old member of the student council told me. …

A year ago I got a clean bill of health from my doctor. My mother insisted I was hitting the age where an annual physical was mandatory, and she threatened that if I didn’t schedule a checkup, she’d cut me off from inheriting her extensive thimble collection. I agreed. After …

At approximately 4 a.m. Thursday morning, Justin Bieber learned an age-old lesson – nothing good ever happens after midnight. The teenage pop star was arrested in Miami Beach. The charges are staggering – drag-racing, driving under the influence, and resisting arrest. Police said Bieber was caught speeding down a residential …

Over the past several decades, America has witnessed a profound change in the way women view men and marriage. It began with the baby boomer adage “never depend on a man.” This message resulted in a generation of women who turned their attention away from the home and onto the …

This month Montana will legalize the harvest of roadkilled deer, elk, antelope, or moose struck in car accidents. The buzzards aren’t happy, but people should be. Currently about two-thirds of states prohibit harvesting roadkill. Allowing people to harvest what they accidentally kill could help salvage millions of pounds of otherwise …