All the words that have instructed and inspired and comforted and exhilarated through all the years of a long life prove to me that if I could find the readers, even I could add to that legacy. I care about how words can conjure and reveal; I respect the fact that if you think (as opposed to dream or imagine) you need words.

"Given the flow of cosmetic products between States, a uniform standard for cosmetic ingredients would serve to further public health by ensuring these decisions are made using sound science and ensure that the interstate flow of cosmetic products is not disrupted by differing State standards." 

The consensus of more than a dozen US Supreme Court and health-law experts responding to a recent online questionnaire was that the justices will rule 6-3 in favor of upholding the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. The American Bar Associ…

"The Food and Drug Administration must act to address the growing human health threats resulting from the overuse of antibiotics in animal feed, according to a federal court ruling issued [March 23] ... 'These drugs are intended to cure disease, not fatten pigs and chickens'"

$800 billion ... is an unhelpful number. That’s how much Ryan wants to cut from income security programs like food stamps. He’s confronting a harsh reality that liberals have ignored for far too long: poor people are hogging all the money.

Worms are great recyclers. Redworms are industrious creatures. Vermicomposting is becoming more widespread. Why not use worms to eat our garbage and transform it into usable addition to our gardens? It’s a win-win situation. It seems to be a banner year for worms.

Many of the laws were originally advocated as a way to address domestic abuse cases — how could a battered wife retreat if she was attacked in her own home? Such legislation also has been recently pushed by the National Rifle Association and other gun-rights groups.   

"White House pastry chef William Yosses and his team have prepared a lemon sponge pudding in the British style, which they are serving with Newtown Pippin Apples, a variety that was grown by some of our founding fathers, and was even sent as a gift to Queen Victoria in 1838"

Even with maternity coverage excluded, nearly a third of plans examined charge 25- and 40-year-old women at least 30% more than men for the same coverage and in some cases, the difference is far greater. For example, one company charged 25-year-old women 85% more than men for the same coverage, again excluding maternity coverage altogether

IRS implemented numerous controls and procedures intended to protect key financial and tax-processing systems; nevertheless, control weaknesses ... continue to jeopardize confidentiality, integrity and availability of the financial and sensitive taxpayer information

Our gold wedding rings still encircle our fingers, but we’ve added an accessory just a few inches below these symbols of our union. We wear matching black flex bands with 2-inch-wide stainless metal plates. The engraving on the the inside of Tommy's reads: "Call Wife, Elaine Soloway," and my cell phone number.

What did women do before such hype and hope? How did our aging female ancestors cope when they looked into a glass darkly? By what right did a weathered face go from possessing “character” to pleading for revitalization? And when did we buy into the expectation of living longer, while not looking as though we had?

We do occasionally list GAO reports for our audience, but generally they focus on retirement and health issues. Today's report by the 'watchdog' listed the number of energy-related initiatives that were implemented in the fiscal year of 2010.

Daniel Handler specializes in a light-semi-irreverent tone that manages also to be perceptive and truthful, even as it entertains, in Why We Broke Up, a story of teenage love gone awry. Richard Morgan has crafted a story of the life of Daniel Boone in Boone, A Biography, to rival the best fiction, while demonstrating the most diligent scholarship and devotion to primary sources any reader could ask for.

Sponsored by Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL), the act would prohibit any individual from transporting a minor across state lines to have an abortion in order to circumvent a minor’s home state law requiring parental involvement in the abortion decision or prior judicial authorization.

The study examines the thinking and practices of mature women, ages 50 to 70, in the context of the “extra” challenges they may experience in retirement. Women expect to live until age 85, some until age 90, and are more concerned than men about affording health care, long-term care and outliving their assets.  

As we have heard from countless women in our home states and here on Capitol Hill, they are tired of being targets for a political strategy that endangers their health care and they want it to stop ... It’s time for you to put an end to the attacks on women’s health care and to work with the Senate to get back to the American people’s top priority: creating jobs and boosting our economy.

The project originated with Betty Woodman, an internationally recognized ceramicist and sculptor who has been creating artwork for over fifty years. Woodman assembled a team of fellow artists who share her interest in the domestic sphere; each artist selected a group of period rooms with installations of various media

What's Next? Medicaid Women's Health Program and Title X Family Planning? "Planned Parenthood is hitting the road on the 'Women’s Health Express,' crisscrossing the state to make sure Rick Perry gets our message: stop playing politics with women's lives" 

Pennsylvania Plaza in Washington was a busy place on Monday, March 5, as Vietnamese, Orthodox Jews, CodePink, the Falun Gong, Jews for Jesus and one man who wanted to Bomb Iran all competed for space in hopes of catching President Obama's eye.

I got married not just for better or for worse, but for masonry, carpentry, flooring, tiling, painting, and staining. Well, it’s true that nearly everybody in 1950 could paint a room if they had to. It’s a matter of pride and gratitude to me that many things required two pairs of hands, and that I could be taught to be the second pair

7.8 million ... is a well-served number. That’s how many World War II vets benefited from the G.I. Bill, which helped pay for their education. That’s why we remember them as the Snobbiest Generation, with all their fancy liberal book-learning and historic prosperity.

For a while I thought I could survive on a vegetarian diet. I had been doing okay with that, until recently when I read about a study that claims that plants feel pain. There’s even a Vegetable Rights Militant Movement that has a website. Now what do I do?