News for the Baby Boomer Generation

Bans on smoking are becoming hazardous to the health of non-smokers. Maybe it’s just here in California where about the only place a smoker can light up is at home and in selected regions outdoors. Are we non-smokers to be victims of our own victories?
Many of us fought hard and long years to [...]

Everything appears to become more difficult as we age.  Heck!  Everything is more difficult as we lose our edge, our teeth, our faculties.  It’s kind of handy that around the time we can no longer see cobwebs in the corners, we lose interest in keeping our homes immaculate.  No matter how many adjustments I get to my [...]

Only in America are we so coddled, so protected–you’d imagine we’re unable to think for ourselves. Perhaps that’s why we appear to be such easy targets for terrorists. In other parts of the world, people are used to walking down stairs without a railing to hold onto. Somehow, they navigate humped up, [...]

Focus on what’s good for you, instead of the doughnut holes!

The other day I passed a men’s restroom in a huge convention center. I was rushing down the long, curved hallway, already late for the next session. A few steps farther, the input from my visual cortex caught up to my thought processes, and I did a U-turn. I trotted [...]