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The Passing of the Kennedys and Healthcare Reform

Michael B. Laskoff | Posted 09.15.2009 | Politics

Read More: John F. Kennedy, Baby Boomers, Death Panels, Palin, National Health Reform, Health Care Reform, Max Baucus, Generation X, Gdp, Single Payer, Eunice Kennedy Shriver, Ted Kennedy, Generation Y, Health Care, Politics News
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?

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

Nathan Hegedus | Posted 09.12.2009 | Living

Read More: 1960s, Bill Clinton, Barry Lewis, Civil Rights Movement, Baby Boomers, Ronald Reagan, Andrew Sullivan, George W. Bush, Led Zeppelin, Generation X, Iraq, Cadillac, Wall Street Journal, Woodstock Museum, Janis Joplin, Gay Rights, Times Herald-Record, The Atlantic, Jimmy Carter, Woodstock, Exurbs, Jimi Hendrix, Bethel, Women's Liberation, Milennials, Taking Woodstock, Living News
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.

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Are Baby Boomers Senile, Uneducated or Just Babies?

Ray Hanania | Posted 09.09.2009 | Politics

Read More: R Ightwing Extremists, Baby Boomers, Rush Limbaugh, Public Option, Ann Coulter, Civil Rights, President Barack Obama, Lou Dobbs, Michelle Malkin, Senior Citizens, Uninsured, Sean Hannity, Hate Mongering, Health Care Reform, Health Insurance, Glenn Beck, Politics News
Ray Hanania

Instead of acting like intelligent people, today's seniors, the Baby Boomers, are acting like crybabies who have set aside everything they once held sacred in order to insure that their selfish interests and their comfortable healthcare options are protected.

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Shaken, Not Stirred

Gershon Hepner | Posted 09.01.2009 | Home

Read More: Golf, Thomas Friedman, Picasso, Everlasting Youth, Thomas Watson, Baby Boomers, New York Times, Poetry, Tom Friedman, Home News
Gershon Hepner

When Kobe Bryant scores 70 points, we are in awe. When Tiger Woods wins by 15 strokes, we are in awe. But when a man our own age and size whips the world's best -- who are half his age -- we identify

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Boomers and Housing: A Symbiotic Relationship Unravels

Mark Miller | Posted 08.30.2009 | Business

Read More: Baby Boomers, Housing Market, Retirement, Housing Slump, Housing Bubble, Housing Crisis, Economic Crisis, Business News
Mark Miller

Many baby boomers once thought of their homes as piggy-banks. High housing prices would allow us to leverage equity to finance our lifestyles, buy second homes or pay retirement community fees.

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Twitter for Baby Boomers

Alicia Whitaker | Posted 08.22.2009 | Living

Read More: Linkedin, Twitter, Twittering, Social Networking Media, Facebook, Baby Boomers, Tweets, Joel Comm, Living News
Alicia Whitaker

The new game in town is Twitter and some Boomers are learning how to play...or to tweet, in Twitter-talk.

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Some Country for Grumpy Old Men

Chris Norwood | Posted 08.08.2009 | Politics

Read More: Baby Boomers, Clinton, New York Senate, Carter, Bloomberg, Senior Politics, Wright, Grumps, Politics News
Chris Norwood

In a media saturated nation, the more off base the pronouncements of those who are both senior and prominent are, the more they are considered "good copy."

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Trying to Fix the Broken 401(k) System

Garrett Johnson | Posted 08.07.2009 | Business

Read More: Reform, 401(K) Plans, Retirement Funds, Investment Banks, Baby Boomers, Wall Street, Vanguard, George Miller, Business News
Garrett Johnson

Representative George Miller is waging a lonely war against powerful enemies. He's trying to reform the 401(k) system, a system that most on Wall Street don't want reformed.

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Jackson's Death Means We're All Older Now and Need to Sober Up

Francesca Biller-Safran | Posted 07.30.2009 | Living

Read More: Prescription Drug Addiction, John F. Kennedy, Michael Jackson, The Moonwalk, I'll Be There, Charlies Angel's, Prescription Drugs, 1980's, Farrah Fawcett, Heroine, Charlies Angels, 1970's, Janis Joplin, ABC, "Thriller, Ed McMahon, Ratings, Fred Astaire, The Burning Bed, Keeping Up With the Joneses, Camero, The Partridge Family, Baby Boomers, Wacko Jacko, Thriller, Tabloids, American Bandstand, Martin Luther King Jr., Fat Albert, Jim Morrison, Elvis Presley, Rock With You, Robert F. Kennedy, Celebrity Worship, Soul Train, Cnn, Sideshow, Jimi Hendrix, Cocaine, Living News
Francesca Biller-Safran

The passing of Michael Jackson and Farrah Fawcett has hit us near-baby boomers and full-on baby boomers with a rock and roll punch to the gut we weren't ready for.

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What To Do When You Get Fired

Paula Forman and Jeff Johnson | Posted 07.27.2009 | Living

Read More: Laid Off, Baby Boomers, Unemployment, Fired, Living News
Paula Forman and Jeff Johnson

Hello in there! Here are 10 random tips for weathering the storm and getting back on your feet.

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The Love You Save: Michael and the Rear-Guard Boomers

Will Bunch | Posted 07.26.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Michael Jackson, Beatles, Baby Boomers, Ronald Reagan, 1980s, Led Zeppelin, Woodstock, Rolling Stones, Barack Obama, 1970s, Micahel Jackson Music, Michael Jackson Dead, Entertainment News
Will Bunch

The Jackson 5 and their strings of hits like "The Love You Save" was the first pop music that truly belonged to us -- the rear-guard Baby Boomers.

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YouTube and MySpace Leaves "No Space" for a Generation

Francesca Biller-Safran | Posted 07.13.2009 | Living

Read More: Ipod, Baby Boomers, Myspace, Exhibitionism, Burning Bras, The War in Iraq, Cell Phone Cameras, Psychologists, Madison Avenue, Self-Esteem, Text Messaging, 1970's, The Vietnam War, Dick Cavett, Character, 1960's, Boob Jobs, Richard Nixon, Apathy, Techno Babysitters, Walter Cronkite, Generation, Youtube, Self-Expression, Therapists, Living News
Francesca Biller-Safran

A generation suckled on the need to be constantly seen and heard leaves a generation that is heard and seen, but doesn't listen much.

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The Greatest Generation Takes a Sip of Bourbon

B. Jeffrey Madoff | Posted 07.09.2009 | Business

Read More: Baby Boomers, Greatest Generation, Chrysler, Aig, Millennial Generation, Civil Rights, Iraq War, Internet, Rebel WIthout a Cause, General Motors, Washington Mutual, Lehman Brothers, Astrology, Gay Marriage, China, Generation Y, Great Depression, Akron-Ohio, Tom Brokaw, Business News
B. Jeffrey Madoff

The significance of every generation will be examined, interpreted and reinterpreted, but in reality, the distinctions between them aren't so clear.

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Unemployment and Housing Goes Boom

Cameron Sinclair | Posted 07.04.2009 | Business

Read More: Baby Boomers, Rental Market, Real Estate, Recession, Echo Boomers, Business News
Cameron Sinclair

The drop in the US housing market is being partly compounded by a tri-effect created by the baby boomers and the echo boomers, those born between 1989 and 1993.

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My Message To Tom Brokaw: We're New Yorkers & We'll Whine If We Want To!

Lita Smith-Mines | Posted 07.02.2009 | Living

Read More: Financial Crisis, Greatest Generation, Baby Boomers, Tom Brokaw, New York, Morning Joe, Nbc, Cannes, Living News
Lita Smith-Mines

I'm not defending excesses and greed and those who chose to live beyond their means - I'm defending New Yorkers' right to whine!

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Making Sense of the Dumbest Generation

Tom Huston | Posted 05.31.2009 | Living

Read More: Mediation, Narcissism, Thomas Friedman, Baby Boomers, Thomas De Zengotita, Gen X, Generation Y, Living News
Tom Huston

Can we finally get over ourselves and start participating in life so fully, so unreservedly, that we remove any doubt as to where we really stand?

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The "Boom" Times That Are Waiting On The Other Side Of Today's Recession

Ken Dychtwald Ph.D. | Posted 05.22.2009 | Business

Read More: Recession, Anti-Aging, Baby Boomers, Ken Dychtwald, Age Wave, Economic Crisis, Business News
Ken Dychtwald Ph.D.

When the dust from the economic crisis settles, young men and women will be more broke than they were a year ago, while their parents and grandparents - although financially damaged - will control an even greater share of the spending power.

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Education 'Tsunami' Looms: Over Half Of Nation's Teachers Could Retire In Next Decade

USA Today | Jeanette Der Bedrosian | Posted 05.07.2009 | Home

Read More: Baby Boomers, Education, National Shortage of Teachers, Baby Boomer Teachers, Teachers Retiring, Education Crisis Baby Boomers, Teachers, Home News

More than half the nation's teachers are Baby Boomers ages 50 and older and eligible for retirement over the next decade, a report says today. It warn...

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Six Questions for Emerging New Radicals

Julia Moulden | Posted 04.21.2009 | Living

Read More: Al Gore, Baby Boomers, Social Entrepreneurship, Values, Work, Climate Change, Careers, Skoll World Forum, New Radicals, An Inconvenient Truth, Skoll Foundation, Julia Moulden, Living News
Julia Moulden

If you're wondering what a "New Radical" is, it's someone who's found a way to put the skills acquired in their career to work on some of the world's greatest challenges.

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Pensions 2.0: A Better Plan for a Financially Secure Retirement?

Beth Shulman | Posted 04.18.2009 | Business

Read More: Baby Boomers, Senior Citizens, Social Security, Saving for Retirement, Retirement, Pensions, Real Estate, Retirement Plans, Business News
Beth Shulman

Unless we bolster Social Security and fix the private system for helping Americans save for retirement, workers of today face a very dark financial future in what used to be called the golden years.

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Becoming a Born-Again Believer in Caring for the Environment

Tri Robinson | Posted 04.08.2009 | Green

Read More: Biblical Mandate, Religion, Baby Boomers, Climate Change, Environment, Christianity, Creation Care, Genesis, Colleges, Global Warming, Evangelicals, Universities, Green News
Tri Robinson

As a committed student and Bible teacher I have read and taught the story of the flood numerous times, always seeing it the same way until one morning in 2005.

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In Tenuous Times, Get Back To Basics

Dr. Cara Barker | Posted 03.21.2009 | Living

Read More: Stress, Getting Back to Basics, Wisdom, Inflation, Mythology, Economic Crisis, Baby Boomers, Icarus, Living News
Dr. Cara Barker

Tenuous Times With the economy's Dominos Effect kicking in these days, most of us are feeling the pinch. Increasingly, we hear gloomy predictions o...

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Don't Most Republican Need Social Security, Too?

Russ Wellen | Posted 03.20.2009 | Politics

Read More: Financial Crisis, Social Security, Baby Boomers, Bail-Out, Republicans, Wall Street, Retirement, Gop, Politics News
Russ Wellen

It's folly to give Republicans credit for anything. The lack of rhyme in their response to the stimulus suggests that at this point they stand for nothing more than sheer nihilism.

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Peaceful Revolution: Investing in Our Human Infrastructure

Riane Eisler | Posted 03.06.2009 | Politics

Read More: Women's Rights, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, Green Jobs, Obama Stimulus, Women's Issues, Children, Economy, Creating Jobs, A Peaceful Revolution, Working Women, Infrastructure, Obama Stimulus Plan, Economic Stimulus Package, Stimulus Package, Health Care, Elderly, Women, Baby Boomers, Poverty, National Infrastructure, Economic Crisis, Elderly Americans, Stimulus, Investing, Early Education, Green Infrastructure, Obama Working Women, Women's Health, Childcare, Economic Stimulus, Children's Health, Healthcare, Politics News
Riane Eisler

The Real Wealth of our Nation is Its People Over half a million people lost their jobs last month. There's no question we need a job-creation plan. T...

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New Rules for a New Era

Michael Hais and Morley Winograd | Posted 03.01.2009 | Politics

Read More: Millennial Generation, Millennials, Barack Obama, Civic Generation, John F. Kennedy, Baby Boomers, Obama's Inauguration, GI Generation, Age, Obama Inauguration, New York Times Magazine, The New York Times, Barack Obama Inauguration, Norman Mailer, Politics, Activism, Inauguration, Political Activism, New York Times, Politics News
Michael Hais and Morley Winograd

Unlike candidates in the idealist era that just ended, Obama ran a national campaign and competed in formerly rock-ribbed Republican states. His reward? Victory in nine 2004 red states.

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