Baby Boomers

Boomer Women: Beliefs In Transition

Carol Orsborn | Posted 11.16.2009 | Living


Carol Orsborn

Results of a recent survey by VibrantNation.com reveals that Boomer women's coping strategies and belief systems are reaching new levels of effectiveness in the face of heightened challenge and change.

Recession Intensifies GenX Discontent At Work: Generation X Vs. Baby Boomers, GenY

AP | MARTHA IRVINE | Posted 11.16.2009 | Business


CHICAGO — They're antsy and edgy, tired of waiting for promotion opportunities at work as their elders put off retirement. A good number of them...

Six Job Hunting Mistakes of Older Workers, and How to Avoid Them

Mark Miller | Posted 11.11.2009 | Business


Mark Miller

Many baby boomers were planning on working well past retirement before the economy crashed last year. Now, working longer has become an imperative for many.

Is Toyota's Prius the New Buick?

Anne Hill | Posted 11.03.2009 | Style


Anne Hill

Prius owners are turning into the elderly, erratic drivers we used to see in Oldsmobiles and Buicks. They drive slowly, even in the fast lane. They brake for stoplights 500 yards away.

Why The Vitamin Industry Did So Well In The Recession

The Big Money | Daniel Gross | Posted 10.30.2009 | Business


On Thursday, the government declared the recession over, which means it's time to figure out who won. During the past several months, I've been identi...

Life After 60: Do Good, Get Paid

Katherine Gustafson | Posted 10.28.2009 | Impact


Katherine Gustafson

Age Schmage. Many "older adults" are launching into a second chapter of their lives, full of adventure and new insights.

Mr. and Mrs. Excitement

Jerry Zezima | Posted 10.27.2009 | Living


Jerry Zezima

Sue and I are anything but boring. In 31 years of wedded bliss, we have led the most exciting lives that two people who haven't done much can possibly lead.

Innovators Over 60 Tackle World's Problems [VIDEO]

Huffington Post | Victoria Fine | Posted 10.26.2009 | Impact


With millions of baby boomers reaching retirement and the end of their professional careers, many are looking for a way to continue to contribute mean...

New Documents Show Increased Cancer Risk For Baby Boomers After Nuclear Testing

Politics Daily | Posted 10.21.2009 | Living


Even with a half century's hindsight, the U.S. government's willingness to risk the health of the nation's children seems somewhere between unfathomab...

Recession Creating A Lost Generation; Young People Can't Find Jobs

BusinesWeek | Peter Coy | Posted 10.11.2009 | Business


Bright, eager -- and unwanted. While unemployment is ravaging just about every part of the global workforce, the most enduring harm is being done to y...

Baby Boomers: 1969 - Europe on 5 Dollars a Day; 2009 - Europe on 500 Dollars a Day

Brent Green | Posted 10.01.2009 | Living


Brent Green

Arthur Frommer's best-selling book published in 1957, Europe on 5 Dollars a Day, is quaintly incongruous 52 years later.

Older Entrepreneurs and the Great Recession

Mark Miller | Posted 11.16.2009 | Business


Mark Miller

Many boomers are burned out on big companies and want to try their hand running their own show before they hang it up for good.

Marrying George Clooney - Beyond the Blurb

Marcia G. Yerman | Posted 11.08.2009 | Living


Marcia G. Yerman

Many of the issues Amy and I discussed in serious moments - family, relationships, and life changes - would find their way into Marrying George Clooney.

What a Long, Strange, Thoroughly Obnoxious Trip It's Been 2: Battle Lines

Chez Pazienza | Posted 10.19.2009 | Politics


Chez Pazienza

The 60s kind of activism doesn't really work anymore -- mostly because the political power structure in this country doesn't fear the individual anymore. It fears numbers.

Federal Government Needs To Hire Over 270,000 Workers In Next Three Years For "Mission-Critical" Jobs: Study

Washington Post | Steve Vogel | Posted 10.19.2009 | Business


The federal government needs to hire more than 270,000 workers for "mission-critical" jobs over the next three years, a surge prompted in part by the ...

Survey: Federal Government Needs To Hire More Than 270,000 Workers

The Washington Post | Steve Vogel | Posted 10.18.2009 | Business


The federal government needs to hire more than 270,000 workers for "mission-critical" jobs over the next three years, a surge prompted in part by the ...

What a Long, Strange, Thoroughly Obnoxious Trip It's Been

Chez Pazienza | Posted 10.17.2009 | Style


Chez Pazienza

Never in the history of this country has there been a generation that's cast a longer shadow without really having done anything to earn it than the children of the 60s.

Meet My Mom

Meredith Lopez | Posted 09.26.2009 | Living


Meredith Lopez

My mom speaks out about turning 60.

Are Boomers Really Unlucky, Moneywise?

Eric Schurenberg | Posted 09.21.2009 | Business


Eric Schurenberg

More than you like to think, financial success is due to forces beyond your control, such as when in your life the financial cycles play out. All you can do is focus on what you can control.

Why Health Care Reform Will Be Good for Medicare Recipients

Mark Miller | Posted 09.20.2009 | Business


Mark Miller

A dispassionate look at this bill suggests that health reform actually will be good for the Medicare program.

Dissent Commodified

Thomas Frank | Posted 09.19.2009 | Politics


Thomas Frank

As we remember those poignant early days when Boomers took on the establishment, let us also remember that any establishment is lucky to have an opposition like this one.

Three Things To Do When You Don't Know What To Do

Paula Forman and Jeff Johnson | Posted 09.19.2009 | Living


Paula Forman and Jeff Johnson

The idea is to open yourself to experiences you have avoided in the past. You will see different things and meet different people and have different things to say.

Dreamers

Jaime Pozuelo-Monfort | Posted 10.04.2009 | Living


Jaime Pozuelo-Monfort

We shall live in a world of love and dream, a world of cornucopia and utopia. I dream therefore I am. I dare therefore I am. Where are you dreamers?

The Passing of the Kennedys and Healthcare Reform

Michael B. Laskoff | Posted 09.15.2009 | Politics


Michael B. Laskoff

With the de facto passing of the Kennedy's in politics, we have truly reached the end of an era. What comes next, it seems, is an age in which the operative question has changed. It is now: what can America do for me?

Why Can't the Boomers Just Shut Up About Woodstock?

Nathan Hegedus | Posted 09.12.2009 | Living


Nathan Hegedus

Unless you were backing up Janis Joplin in a secret jam session, or at least at, you know, actually at Woodstock, please, shut up.