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Quilter, volunteering with cancer patients, in need of fabric

Quilting dates as far back as the first century AD, according to Grove’s Dictionary of Art, and is often categorized as a craft for practical purposes as well as an art form for display, however, quilting as a therapy in cancer care is a relatively new concept. Quilting craft therapy works ...

Congress must maximize value in Pentagon budget

Pundits are fixated right now on the November election, but taxpayers are warily eyeing something closer: This final week of the Senate’s “short session” and behind-the-scenes work on Pentagon budget issues. Whatever else happens, lawmakers must ensure every day, and every dollar ...

Will courts hold Facebook liable for kids’ anorexia?

In July, two families in Kentucky filed lawsuits against Instagram (whose parent company is Meta, which all of us still think of as Facebook), seeking to hold the company responsible for their daughters’ eating disorders and mental illnesses. This is the tip of a massive iceberg, as in more ...

U.S. electric utilities face more demand, less generation

The nation’s electric utilities are facing revolutionary changes as big as any they have faced since Thomas Edison got the whole thing going in 1882. Between now and 2050 – just 28 years — practically everything must change. The goal is to reach net zero, the stage at which the ...