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Last Sunday night, I have to admit to feeling uncomfortable watching the spontaneous celebrations outside of the White House following President Obama’s announcement that Osama bin Laden was dead.

My friend, Joe Templin, author of Financial Mistakes of New College Grads, provides some perspective. He reminded me that most of the people we saw celebrating were either in elementary school or middle school ten years ago. In their minds, they’ve lived most of their lives under an…

Alzheimer’s disease is an affliction which we tend to think of as an old person’s disease.

But beginning this year, Baby Boomers will be turning 65 at the rate of 10,000 every day.  Now, compared to  65 year olds of previous generations, the Boomer group tends to be much more active, agile and adventurous.

Nevertheless, it’s estimated that one out of every 8 Baby Boomers will develop Alzheimer’s disease and right now doctors don’t have any way to prevent it, cure it or slow…

The March 7^th edition of Time magazine features a cover story about pain management and discusses how the new medical concept that chronic pain is a disease of the central nervous system is impacting the approaches that science and medicine are taking to help provide relief.

http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,2057269,00.html

Time also discusses non-pharmaceutical…

BrandSavant, Tom Webster tells us that some radio friends in New Zealand are asking for our help. They’re not looking for monetary donations but are instead…

Just prior to the recession of 2008, I became an "unintentional entrepreneur" when my 30 year broadcast management career ended with an organizational restructuring. Due to personal considerations involving elderly parents and adolescent children, we weren't in a position to pull up stakes and move to a new location. Meanwhile, job opportunities in my former industry were non-existent. Lots of Baby Boomers have similar stories. 

Fortunately, as a broadcast veteran, I was used to being…