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There is no end to how much we can know of reality. But we can never know everything, says commentator Marcelo Gleiser.

In her new book, Nell Bernstein says America's juvenile justice system is overdue for reform. Time in jail as a child or teen, she says, is the best predictor of adult criminality and incarceration.

Even if parents are providing health insurance, they often can't find out what's happening when their adult children suffer from severe mental illness.

Robert Ford resigned as U.S. Ambassador to Syria earlier this year. He tells NPR's Robert Siegel that it became impossible for him to defend the Obama administration's policies in the country.

Problems at the VA are not new; the system has struggled for years to deliver health care in a timely manner. Most of those enduring long waits are older vets from Vietnam, Korea and World War II.

The silent, three-finger salute from the smash movie and book series has been catching fire among demonstrators in a country where the military has banned most every form of protest.

Other countries provide formal training for people who want to be national leaders. Why not the U.S.?

Honey is nature's gift. It's natural. Made by bees. Chocolate is the opposite, a great engineering creation that could, just possibly, just maybe, help save our planet.

Myanmar's biggest city Yangon has a distinct old-world feel: blocks of colonial buildings, untouched during decades of poverty and isolation. Now, development could bring them crashing down.

Veteran Mississippi GOP Sen. Thad Cochran is in danger of losing his bid for renomination to a seventh term against Tea Party-backed challenger Chris McDaniel.