
To listen to the pundits, Ann Romney is little more than a "corporate wife" (Fox News commentator Juan Williams), a sexist for "putting a sorority girl grin on a description of women's lives" (Slate's Amanda Marcotte), and a woman who "has never worked a day in her life" (Democratic strategist Hilary Rosen).

They're amassing: former Rep. Barry Goldwater Jr. is among those eager to celebrate Rep. Ron Paul at the "We Are the Future" rally, to be staged in Tampa, Fla., just 24 hours before the Republican National Convention rumbles to life.

Of the millions who have traveled on New York City's subways, perhaps none had as transformative a journey -- for himself and, later, for millions around the world -- as Stephen R. Covey did one Sunday morning decades ago.

Stephen R. Covey, 79, a onetime management professor at Brigham Young University who burst into global prominence with "The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People," died Monday at a hospital in Idaho Falls, Idaho. He was 79 years old.

When President Obama gave the commencement address last week at the Air Force Academy, he congratulated the cadets for excelling at one of the most demanding schools in the country. But decades after Mr. Obama completed his own college course work, his academic performance is still a mystery.
Pfizer Inc. has announced the settlement of a multi-billion-dollar lawsuit filed by Brigham Young University over development of the blockbuster painkiller Celebrex.
Pfizer Inc. has settled a lawsuit filed by Brigham Young University over development of the blockbuster painkiller Celebrex for $450 million, according to a regulatory filing Tuesday.

When Jon McNaughton decided to paint an image of President Obama holding a burning U.S. Constitution, he figured he would face critical dismissal and online scorn. But literally suffer for his art? Nah - that's what models are for.
Students from a strict Mormon university that prohibits "homosexual behavior" have launched a Web video aimed at reassuring other gay and lesbian youth struggling with their faith and sexual orientation.