The Greatest Generation

Why Home Matters, Even -- Especially -- at the End

Liddy Manson | Posted 04.09.2012

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She couldn't leave her bed at all during the final months, but the city came to her, one person at a time, to say goodbye in the room where they'd said so many hellos.

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Reconsidering Today's Older Generation

Liddy Manson | Posted 05.15.2012

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I now consider mid-70s as "prime of life." Women in their 70s take brisk walks in cute yoga pants, work out at gyms, and go zip-lining in the Amazonian Rain Forest.

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Which Generation Is Smartest About Credit?

The Huffington Post | Erica Smith | Posted 02.18.2012

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Not all credit scores are created equal. New research from Experian provides a glimpse into how different generations handle debt and finances. Th...

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Where Have All the Old People Gone?

Liddy Manson | Posted 04.02.2012

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Where have they gone? And what does it mean for my kids that, apart from their grandparents, they just don't know any old people?

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Vietnam Veteran Devotes His Time To Preserving Other Vets' Stories

The Wichita Eagle | Posted 01.10.2012

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By the end of today, 28 World War II veterans from Kansas will have died, according to Col. Herb Duncan. He wants to make sure their stories don’t d...

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A Resolution for Future Holidays: Listen to and Learn From the Past

Liddy Manson | Posted 02.06.2012

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I spend much of my life filled with regret that I don't see the people I love as much as I'd like, and that when I'm with them I don't pay as close attention as I should. A visit with a dear friend last weekend broke that pattern.

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Tom Friedman and Steve Jobs: Situational Versus Sustainable Values

Brent Green | Posted 12.14.2011

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We may be experiencing difficult times, but our problems run deeper and wider than the actions or non-actions of a single generation.

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The Impact of Negative Statistics on the Latino Brand

Mariela Dabbah | Posted 11.12.2011

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It is in our national interest to highlight Latino accomplishments and statistics that bring attention to the many areas in which we excel. This will be the best way to inspire the generation of young Latinos on whose shoulders America's future rests, and the only way in which non-Latinos will realize that this generation is worth their investment.

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Heroes and Anti-Heroes

Jerry Cimino | Posted 10.04.2011

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Why was I drawn to this group of nonconformists who never set out to change the world but who did so anyway because they followed their own individual passions?

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Generation Wars: Boomer-Fatigue Or Gerascophobia?

Lorraine Devon Wilke | Posted 11.17.2011

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Every Generation makes its mark, regardless of size or place in history. Accomplishment, discovery, invention, and innovation are happening every minute of every day, year after year, generation after generation.

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1950s: The Not-So-Silent Generation

Tom Alderman | Posted 05.25.2011

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Fred Kaplan's enlivening 1959: The Year Everything Changed, argues that the '50s -- a decade that saw the invention of the microchip and the creation of explosive art -- has been misunderstood in hindsight.

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The Crassest Generation

Charles Kolb | Posted 05.25.2011

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The four Goldman Sachs executives who testified before Senator Levin's Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations were striking in many respects, but one thing was apparent before they opened their mouths: their relative youth.

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Global Warming: a Test for the Next Greatest Generation

Charles Alexander | Posted 05.25.2011

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Climate change will affect the lives of billions of people. Like my parents' generation, you will be drafted to save the world. You could be the next greatest generation.

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What The Greatest Generation Can Teach Us

Majora Carter | Posted 11.17.2011

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Gasoline and food rationing, domestic production mandates, a military draft! Sounds like a totalitarian nightmare, but it stopped global fascism. As ...

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