Is nostalgia an escape to the past?

Enjoying thoughts of times gone by does focus on what was rather than what is.  However, most people don’t live in the past, so an occasional trip back to the “good old days” is a pleasurable diversion.  This mental process may also provide a valuable perspective on how to more effectively deal with the problems [...]

Do you want to live forever?

Even if we wanted to, there is no way we will get out of here alive.  However, through medical science our time on earth has been extended by many years.  The question is how long can and should life be extended?

 
At the beginning of the last century, the average lifespan for Americans was 47.3 years.  [...]

Nobody made sacrifices like the greatest generation

Over the Memorial Day weekend just past, several movie networks paid tribute to those who served in the armed forces during WWII.  Watching these films made me realize how much they sacrificed in order for us to remain free.  Maybe we can take a page from their book and apply it to overcoming the continuing [...]

Food packages are going retro

A number of major food marketers have re-introduced packages from the “good old days” in an effort to stand out from other products on supermarket shelves.  And, it appears as if consumers are responding favorably by loading these items into their shopping carts.  Is old-time packaging just a fad or a trend beginning to take [...]

Celebrate “New Seniors Day” on June 5th

If you are 65+, you know what it means to be a New Senior.  And if you know someone who is 65+, you can see that New Seniors are not like the seniors of old.  The concept of being a New Senior started with the Pre-boomers (those born between 1930 and 1945).  We are more [...]

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