Top News from Today's "Boomiverse"
‘Boom! Voice of the Sixties’ by Tom Brokaw
Frederick Lynch
www.calendarlive.com
Overview: “The title of Tom Brokaw's ‘Boom! Voices of the Sixties’ suggests another ‘generations’ book, an account of baby boomers creating the 1960s and vice versa. But it isn't -- not exactly. For Brokaw, ‘Boom!’ refers not to boomers but rather to explosive differences before and after the decade's ‘volcanic center’ of 1968.”
http://www.calendarlive.com/books/cl-et-book16nov16,0,1794455.story?coll=cl-books-util
Grounded Baby-Boomers Face Fear of Flying
Rick Wilking
www.uk.reuters.com
Overview: “One of them flies regularly and hates every minute. Another hasn't flown since 1976. Then there's Linda who has never been on an airplane. Meet the participants of Flight Without Fear, one of a growing number of courses offered by airlines and private groups finding rising demand from grounded baby-boomers.”
http://uk.reuters.com/article/lifestyleMolt/idUKN1359375620071116
Boomers Won't Crash Health Network: Researcher
Aaron Defrel
www.canada.com
Overview: “As Quebec baby boomers head into retirement and start depending increasingly on the province's health-care network, they will not cause the catastrophic impact on government finances that some demographers predict, a McGill University researcher has concluded.”
http://www.canada.com/montrealgazette/news/story.html?id=84e71cca-0de0-46d4-ba5c-8eaf67091eab