You can't lose by giving books as holiday gifts. People who love to read are always thrilled to get them, and those who don't may well discover a whole new world. ...more

November 16, 2007

Lillian Carter, or Miss Lillian, as most Americans called President Carter's mother, was 67 years old when she applied to the Peace Corps. That was some 40 years ago and she literally had to have her head examined before she was accepted. Fortunately, she came through the psychiatric assessment with flying colors and paved the way for recognition of the tremendous value of seniors being part of the Peace Corps. Most boomers and beyonds can remember the establishment of the Peace Corps by President Kennedy in 1961. According to a Peace Corps Online article, at its peak in the 1960s, there were 15,500 volunteers, with only 1 percent over age 50. In 2006, with 7,810 people serving worldwide, 6 percent were 50 or older. ...more

November 16, 2007

Republican presidential candidate Fred Thompson on Friday proposed slowing the growth of Social Security benefits and creating voluntary, government-matched savings accounts, becoming the first candidate of either party to offer a detailed proposal to fix the nation's retirement system. ...more

November 10, 2007

Legendary disc jockey Cousin Brucie calls doo-wop the soundtrack of our lives. ...more

November 7, 2007

There's something very comforting about being a baby boomer. Maybe because there are so many of us - 80 million born from 1946 to 1964. ...more

November 4, 2007

Health insurers trying to boost individual policy sales are making a new push into an older market - the roughly 7 million uninsured Americans age 50 to 64. ...more

November 1, 2007

The gurus seek bliss amidst mountaintop solitude and serenity in the meditative trance, but I, grasshopper, have achieved the oneness with the universe that is known as pure externalization. ...more

October 28, 2007

Chief Executive Officer Lee Scott told investors Wednesday that Wal-Mart Stores is focused on improving flagging sales at its existing U.S. stores, even as it cuts plans for new store openings in an increasingly saturated market. ...more

October 25, 2007

Delores Walker is a lonely teenager from the Bronx who longs to become a Weeki Wachee mermaid. ...more

October 24, 2007

It's a sure bet your company will be setting up lots of banners and signs over the next few years. ...more

October 19, 2007