We pre-boomers grew up in a time when there was no doubt that this country was the world leader in virtually everything we could think of. Our generation was born between 1930 and 1945, so we saw results of what a united people are capable of doing. Rising from the ashes of the Great Depression, [...]
The subject of health care reform has been a big issue in Washington and the news media for the past year. Citizens jumped into the fray, for the most part uninvited, when it became apparent that our elected representatives were botching the process. Town hall meetings, rallies and protest marches sent a message to legislators [...]
Pre-boomers (those born between 1930 and 1945) seem to be harboring a growing fear even despair about the future, especially when it comes to financial matters. This saddens me, because it is my belief that we New Seniors are now the moral compass of America. With our help, the nation should be able to steer [...]
Will it take a crisis of cataclysmic proportions to shake us from our lofty ideological perches to unite Americans again? Long gone is the patriotism of World War II; and, to lesser degrees, the citizens’ willingness to enter the First Gulf War and the initial reaction when the World Trade Centers were taken down by [...]
As a pre-boomer, I remember the days when “public servants,” as those in the public sector were referred to, made much less than those employed by businesses because there was less risk and more benefits for those working for the government. It was up to the individual to decide what they wanted before starting off [...]
