As our country "goes green," I ask myself, "What happened to good old-fashioned thriftiness?" When I was a young college student, my husband and I were older than our counterparts and we put each other through school with two preschoolers. We were so glad to have something on the table to feed our children; I became very adept at stretching bologna, macaroni and cheese, hamburger, or whatever else was on hand into multiple meals. ...more

July 5, 2008

If you think you're a decent cook, try this scenario on for size. It's one that the flight attendants of the 310th Airlift Squadron at MacDill Air Force Base deal with every day: ...more

May 6, 2008

Something interesting is going on at Dell. The Texas personal-computer behemoth, long associated with boxy, boring machines, has started emphasizing industrial design. ...more

December 31, 2007