Top News from Today's "Boomiverse"
The ’60s as the Good Old Days
Stuart Elliott
www.nytimes.com
Overview: “If you remember the ’60s, as a popular saying goes, you probably weren’t there. No matter. Madison Avenue is taking you back with a skein of campaigns celebrating sights and sounds of the decade.”
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/10/business/media/10adcol.html?_r=1&ref=business&oref=slogin
Boomer Bust is Treated Like Fiction
Sylvia A. Smith
www.journalgazette.net
Overview: “On ‘Boston Legal’ last week, a provocative radio talk-show host was fired for calling for the death of old people because they suck too many resources from young people, whom the government forces to pay for Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security.”
http://www.journalgazette.net/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071209/EDIT0501/712090421
More Baby Boomers Ride Motorcycles, Get Injured
Cheryl Clark
www.signonsandiego.com
Overview: “Matt Heintschel used to reminisce about running his Yamaha motorbike up and down the hills of north Escondido. If only he could recapture his youth that way, he thought.”
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/metro/20071209-9999-1m9bikers.html