My Year of Turning 50

Does the world really need another baby boomer talking about turning 50?

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John McCain takes on old age with a nod

April 15th, 2008 · No Comments

GOP presidential candidate John McCain made light of his age by appearing to fall asleep as he was interviewed about the impact of age on his candidacy. See the video here. I guess I would rather have seen him take the question a little more seriously.

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Barack Obama not a baby boomer?

February 21st, 2007 · No Comments

Good column today on Boston.com — “Generation Obama vs. the Boomers” …like other recent pieces, it points out that although Barack Obama is technically a boomer, his presidential campaign appears to be setting itself up as different from older baby boomers. (The piece is a riff on this Boston Globe article, which calls Obama a [...]

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Tags: Aging · Boomers · politics