Sep 26th, 2008 · In her new memoir The Legs Are The Last To Go, actress Diahann Carroll talks about her glamorous career and lifestyle — and simplifying. But she says, "Stepping away from glamour is not an easy thing to do."
Sep 6th, 2008 · In the modern age of mega-stage spelling bees, there are still factions of what amount to advocates for spelling reform — those who want to simplify spellings or scrap the current alphabet all together.
Apr 17th, 2006 · More and more Americans are filing their taxes by turning to professionals, or computer software. That trend has many saying the tax code needs simplification. Scott Horsley reports.
Jan 7th, 2006 · Google founder Larry Page and Yahoo! CEO Terry Semel offer similar messages in keynote speeches at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. They hope the audience of gadget manufacturers will simplify their products... and do away with competing and incompatible systems.
Dec 14th, 2005 · Kitchen Window editor Beth Donovan recalls how too many Christmases stuck in the kitchen led her to a simple yet festive holiday colors dinner: spinach pasta with red sauce and a chocolate and candy cane cake.
Nov 11th, 2005 · Next week Medicare will begin enrollment for its new prescription drug benefit. With literally dozens of different enrollment plans available, Medicare unveiled a new Web site this week meant to simplify the process. But a new survey finds that it's going to take a lot more than a fancy computer program to help seniors sign up.
Oct 21st, 2005 · A presidential advisory panel studying the U.S. tax code unveiled its recommendations earlier this week. It came back with two very different approaches: One would streamline the current tax system, the other would represent a fundamental shift in how businesses are taxed.
Feb 17th, 2005 · Overhauling the tax code is one of the president's major policy goals for his second term, and he has appointed a panel to look into changing it. The panel's chair, former Republican Sen. Connie Mack III of Florida, and the Democratic vice chairman, former Louisiana Sen. John Breaux, discuss simplifying the tax code.