Commentary

EARLY childhood memories are hard to erase. It is in the early formative years that the brain is at its best; to grasp and retain information. It lasts for a lifetime.

NEW YORK – France’s new president, François Hollande, is not married to his partner, the glamorous political journalist Valerie Trierweiler, and no one seems to care. Germany’s president, Joachim Gauck, is not married to his partner, the journalist Daniela Schadt, and no one seems to care.