Baby Boomers don’t like to think of illness, or of infirmity or of how their medicine cabinets are getting more crowded by the day. Used to be, in their feckless youth, that Boomers packed only aspirin, Pepto-Bismol, Tylenol and Kaopectate in their backpacks as they headed off to exotic climes and locales. Illegal drugs? Now…Read more »

Geriatric workers are here to stay, and staying, to the chagrin of younger workers, longer than they’re welcome. A 2010 Labor Department survey found that Boomers over 55 are hanging onto their jobs. The survey found that 28.2 million people 55 years old and older were employed, a jump of 7.6 percent from three years…Read more »

We’re used to seeing images of so-called older men in advertisements, in the movies and on television: the features of these men are rugged, even craggy; their eyes twinkle; their grins are rakish; and their hair is, of course, gray. This gray hair heralded the transition of men from wild, feckless youth to mysterious, alluring…Read more »

You’re lucky, and you could afford to retire in your late 40s. Or you took early retirement at 55, and you’re living off a big, fat pension. And best, you just hit 65, and you’re getting Social Security and a pension and retirement account distributions. But — egads! — you’re bored. How many tennis matches…Read more »

Suddenly, snaring the best flight deals online just became a little bit harder. Remember those online travel sites where you could do a lot of comparison shopping for airline ticket prices? Well, think again. American Airlines dumped Orbitz.com at the end of last year, so no more AA flight listings on that site. Then, Delta…Read more »