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For some people, buying gifts during the holiday season or special occasions comes easy. Some folks are just really good at choosing gifts for their friends or family. For those of us not blessed with that talent, figuring out what to buy someone can be like pulling teeth. Gift-giving can become even more of a challenge when the person you are buying for isn’t great at dropping hints. For the folks who struggle in the gift-giving arena, a list of ideas can help a lot. 
Some lists can be too broad. You may see anything from a cutting board to a gaming laptop listed.

Chuck Woolery, known for his work on Love Connection, Wheel of Fortune, Lingo, Scrabble, and other game shows, passed away on November 23, 2024, at the age of 83. Following high school, he served in the U.S. Navy for two years in the early 1960s aboard the USS Enterprise, CVN-65. CVN-65 was the first ever nuclear-powered U.S. Naval aircraft carrier that served well into the 21st century.

A federally approved clinical trial study will look at how cannabis use impacts post-traumatic stress disorder — and it’s focused specifically on the veteran community.
The Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies, MAPS, announced this month that it got through the final hurdles with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to get approval for a clinical study to look at veterans’ “real-world” cannabis use.

Benjamin Van Horrick & Austin Caroe, The Distro
A proposal to bring healing three years after the end of America’s longest war.

The United States has long declared its goal to maintain a “status quo” that avoids an official position on Taiwan’s sovereignty, discourages Taiwan from declaring independence, and as a result, effectively equates to there being no outbreak in hostilities. Washington’s ad nauseam recitation of U.S. support for the “status quo” — defined as the existing state of affairs — is, however, increasingly disconnected from both the reality of China as the “most powerful adversary the United States has faced in living memory” and Taiwan’s maturation as a vibrant democracy.