Latest Posts by Patrick J. Kiger
Bob Dylan Meets Miley Cyrus
February 1, 2012
Hot Topics: Is the Economy Growing Fast Enough?
January 27, 2012
10 Surprising Facts About Novelist Stieg Larsson
January 23, 2012
Hot Topics: Middle-Aged But Still Fast, Strong and Smart
January 20, 2012
Janet Evans' Olympic Comeback
January 17, 2012
Hot Topics: Is the Midlife Job Market Bouncing Back?
January 13, 2012
Forget the Scale. Watch These Numbers Instead
January 10, 2012
Gil Scott-Heron Memoir: Scenes From a Fragmented Life
January 9, 2012
Make a Fitness Plan for 2012
January 6, 2012
How to Write a Great Bucket List
December 29, 2011
Best Best-Books-of-2011 Lists
December 28, 2011
Hot Topics: Online Shopping Explodes
December 22, 2011
Hot Topics: Alec Baldwin and Smartphone Obsession
December 9, 2011
Is There (Good) Life After Layoff?
December 7, 2011
What's the Best E-Book Reader?
December 5, 2011
Despite Advances, AIDS Poses New Risks
December 2, 2011
Is Karate on Your Bucket List?
December 1, 2011
7 Ways to Keep Your Brain Healthy
November 29, 2011
Hot Topics: Will Brad Pitt Quit Acting At 50?
November 18, 2011
Billy Crystal's Best Oscars Gags of All Time
November 16, 2011
Hot Topics: Jobs for Veterans
November 11, 2011
The Cars Boomers Are Buying
November 9, 2011
Would You Move to Pittsburgh for $100,000?
November 1, 2011
'Out Late' Looks at Gays Coming Out After 50
October 27, 2011
Steve Jobs Biography Portrays a Quirky Visionary
October 24, 2011
Boxer Wins At Last
October 24, 2011
Hot Topics: Demise of the CLASS Act
October 21, 2011
Do Men Really Need the PSA?
October 14, 2011
Hot Topics: Hillarymania, Sexy Vegetarians, Anti-Aging Products, Mad Men's Return
October 14, 2011
Ebert Memoir Full of Surprises
October 13, 2011
Former Rock Critic Finds Her Own Tune
October 10, 2011
Steve Jobs Lauded Like Rock Star
October 6, 2011
Hot Topics: Tony Bennett Tops Billboard Album Chart
September 30, 2011
Jellyfish Stings Too Much Even For Diana Nyad's Iron Will
September 25, 2011
Diana Nyad Attempts Cuba-Florida Swim. Again.
September 23, 2011
MacArthur "Genius" Awards Honor 22 Game-Changers
September 20, 2011
Singer Bob Dylan's Latest Incarnation as a Painter
September 19, 2011
Jackie Kennedy's Candid Interviews Revealed
September 13, 2011
10 Years After September 11, United We Serve
September 9, 2011
House Music: Hugh Laurie Plays the Blues
September 7, 2011
Trainer's Best Corrective Fitness Tips
September 2, 2011
60-Something Trainer Embodies Fitness Trend
September 1, 2011
Why We Bought a Bookstore: Progress Report
August 29, 2011
Hot Topics: Steve Jobs, the Ultimate Boomer
August 26, 2011
5 Athletes Who Inspire This Summer
August 16, 2011
New Documentary Celebrates 1960s Hippie Culture
August 15, 2011
Hot Topics: 'The Help' Debuts, Nixon & Bush, Doctors Debunk Health Myths
August 12, 2011
Diana Nyad Ends Her Quest
August 9, 2011
Diana Nyad Hits the Water
August 8, 2011
Barack Obama Turns 50
August 3, 2011
Hot Topics: 'Cowboys & Aliens,' Linda Ronstadt, Hummers Recycled
July 29, 2011
Diana Nyad By the Numbers
July 26, 2011
How We Did It: Retiring to a Central American Mountain Paradise
July 25, 2011
Diana Nyad Close to Launch
July 19, 2011
Dancing With the Sharks
July 18, 2011
Summer Movies: 'Beginners' is a Quirky Tale of Love and Loss
July 13, 2011
How Betty Ford Helped Boomers Confront Their Demons
July 11, 2011
What We Can Learn About Starting Over From Larry Crowne
July 8, 2011
Artist Teaches How to Turn a Passion Into a Business
July 5, 2011
1980s Downtown Manhattan Creative Spirit Lives On
June 28, 2011
Hot Topics: The Evils of Potatoes, RIP Columbo, Giffords-Kelly Book Deal
June 24, 2011
Why I Like Being a Middle-Aged, Stay-at-Home Dad
June 17, 2011
Summer Movie Fix: "Midnight in Paris"
June 17, 2011
"High Strung" Offers a Glimpse of Men's Tennis at a Pivotal Moment
June 13, 2011
Photographer Goes Online to Finance a Distant Artistic Calling
June 9, 2011
Van Cliburn Competition Lets Pianists Find Stardom, At Last
June 6, 2011
Hot Topics: Oprahmania, Diana Nyad, Steven Tyler, Ron Howard and Kirstie Alley
May 27, 2011
"Fire and Rain" is a Folk-Rock Time Machine
May 25, 2011
Marital Apocalypse or Divorced from Reality?
May 20, 2011
Soul Food Entrepreneur Gets His Second Act
May 17, 2011
Hot Topics: Schwarzenegger-Shriver Split Symptom of Boomer Divorce Epidemic?
May 13, 2011
Deep Down, We Are All Maria Shriver
May 11, 2011
Harper Lee Update: Did She or Didn't She?
May 9, 2011
Steven Tyler, Role Model?
May 4, 2011
New Book on Longevity Contains Some Surprises
May 2, 2011
Hot Topics: Boomers Say Age Isn't an Issue at the Office
April 29, 2011
"Boom" Suggests a New World of Possibilities for Retirement
April 26, 2011
Space Tourism: Can We Finally Live Out Childhood Dreams?
April 19, 2011
The Corpse Has a Familiar Face in 'Body of Proof'
April 13, 2011
Hot Topics: Ryan Proposes Sweeping Medicare Changes
April 8, 2011
Need Help With a Career Second Act? Tap Into the Mastermind
April 6, 2011
Will Jamie Moyer Pitch Forever?
April 1, 2011
5 Things to Admire About Elizabeth Taylor Besides Those Violet Eyes
March 23, 2011
I Remember Better When I Paint
March 22, 2011
Is Centenarian Ski Racer an Outlier or an Example?
March 16, 2011
Yoga Mats Are From Venus, Barbells Are From Mars?
March 14, 2011
Hungry for Restaurant Stardom
March 8, 2011
'The Chicago Code' Shows Dramatic Improvement
March 1, 2011
Peace Corps Turns 50
March 1, 2011
Hot Topics: How Boomer Oscar Nominees Got Started
February 25, 2011
What Boomers Can Learn From Agent Gibbs
February 23, 2011
Why Salt Is Driving Me Crazy
February 18, 2011
Writer Turns to a Spiritual Second Act
February 14, 2011
Flashdance 5-0
February 9, 2011
Kick-Starting a New Wave of Filmmakers
February 7, 2011
You're Not 50, You're Quintastic
February 1, 2011
Why Aren't There More TV Shows for Boomers?
January 28, 2011
Small-Scale Do-Gooders Help Others Give, Too
January 25, 2011
Remembering Jack LaLanne
January 24, 2011
Aerosmith's Steven Tyler: Surprisingly Likable "Idol" Judge
January 20, 2011
Hot Topics: Ordinary Folks Rise to Heroism in Tucson
January 14, 2011
"1969" Offers Much-Needed Perspective on Today's Tumult
January 12, 2011
Two Athletes Who Inspire Us to Achieve in 2011
January 10, 2011
Seventies Female Rockers Are Back -- With a New Purpose
January 6, 2011
How to Regain Your Hipness in 2011
December 30, 2010
Volunteers in Medicine Expands to the Bay Area
December 28, 2010
The Peace Corps Alum Who Changed American Parenting
December 22, 2010
New Microchip Implant in Spines Deletes Chronic Pain
December 15, 2010
High-Profile Peace Corps Alums Made Their Marks
December 14, 2010
What We Can Learn from John Lennon
December 8, 2010
The Boys Are Back in Town: 'Men of a Certain Age'
December 7, 2010
How to Live and Thrive Like a Caveman
December 6, 2010
Is Exercise Really Worth It, or Is Staying Youthful All in the Genes?
November 30, 2010
StoryCorps Breathes New Life Into an American Holiday Tradition
November 25, 2010
In Indianapolis, a New Library Celebrates Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.
November 22, 2010
Hot Topics: The First Boomer, the Lizard King, and Deficit-Cutting Blues
November 19, 2010
Fab Four Go Digital, Finally!
November 16, 2010
"The Walking Dead" Recalls a 60s Horror Classic
November 15, 2010
10 Surprising Facts About Keith Richards
November 8, 2010
Doonesbury Turns 40
November 3, 2010
Michael Caine: A Working-Class Hero
November 1, 2010
What's the Great American Baby Boomer Movie?
October 28, 2010
Update: Diana Nyad Delays Cuba-Florida Swim
October 25, 2010
Mickey Mantle Biography Chronicles a Flawed Sports Hero
October 22, 2010
"Next Avenue" Touted as "Sesame Street" for Baby Boomers
October 18, 2010
Four Lessons We Can Learn From the Chilean Miners
October 15, 2010
The Book "What I Eat" Should Give Baby Boomers Food for Thought
October 14, 2010
Good Grief! "Peanuts" is 60
October 12, 2010
Retired Spies Make Their Comeback
October 8, 2010
25 Years After "The Breakfast Club"
October 8, 2010
Museums Stimulate Boomer Deja Vu
October 4, 2010
MacArthur "Genius Grants" Show Midlife's Creative Possibilities
September 28, 2010
"Hawaii Five-O" Debuts: Don't Be There! Aloha!
September 21, 2010
Michael Kinsley Calls Out Boomers, But Offers Checkbook Fix
September 20, 2010
Rosanne Cash's Offbeat Memoir
September 15, 2010
Nick Hornby Rocks
September 10, 2010
"Cooking for Geeks" is a Tasty Dish for Techie Boomers
September 7, 2010
Stem Cell Ruling Will Slow Research--But Not Stop It
September 1, 2010
JFK's Peace Corps Prepares for 50th Birthday
August 30, 2010
Nano "Cluster Bomb" Could Fight Cancer, Extend Lives
August 25, 2010
Vietnam Vets Quietly Labor to Repair War's Damage
August 23, 2010
Men of an Uncertain Age
August 20, 2010
New Study: You Don't Have to Lift Heavy Weights to Get Buff
August 16, 2010
Why Are Billionaires Giving It Away?
August 11, 2010
Diana Nyad: An Action Hero at 60
August 6, 2010
First Clinical Trial of Embryonic Stem Cell Treatment Moves Forward
August 5, 2010
Bucket List-o-Mania
August 2, 2010
Why "Mad Men" Speaks to Boomers
July 28, 2010
A Boomer Role Model Who Succeeded by Not Making It to the Top
July 26, 2010
Comic-Con 2010: It's Not Just About Pulp Anymore
July 20, 2010
Putting Faces on the Names on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial
July 19, 2010
Do Genes Determine Who Lives to Be 100 or More?
July 14, 2010
One-Hit Literary Wonders
July 9, 2010
How a Doctor Healed Himself by Becoming a Novelist
July 6, 2010
W.S. Merwin is a Poet-Provocateur for Our Times
July 1, 2010
If There's a Bustle in Your Hedgerow, Don't Be Alarmed Now
June 29, 2010
Update: Volunteer Doctors Still in Great Demand
June 23, 2010
Facebook Addict? No, You're Actually a Social Media Maven
June 21, 2010
The Greatest Soccer Star of All Time and the Worst Soccer Movie Ever
June 18, 2010
The Boomer Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest
June 15, 2010
What a Brilliant Scientist Learned from His Social Entrepreneur Father
June 8, 2010
The Wizardry of John Wooden
June 4, 2010
Generation Jones-ification
June 3, 2010
Learning From Comic Books--And the Artists Who Drew Them
May 27, 2010
Bill Clinton's Advice for Grads Touches Boomers, Too
May 26, 2010
Shat(ner) My Dad Says...
May 21, 2010
First-time Author Kathryn Stockett Persevered and Finally Triumphed
May 17, 2010
Who should host SNL next season?
May 14, 2010
A Tap-Dancing Role Model
May 12, 2010
How Betty White Became Hip and Edgy
May 10, 2010
Life After Hollywood: Storytelling to Change the World
May 6, 2010
Five Things Clint Eastwood Can Teach Us About Reinvention
April 30, 2010
Always Wanted to Be an Artist? Just Do It, Says Creativity Guru
April 27, 2010
Believe it or not, Your Brain is Working Better Than Ever
April 21, 2010
Rock Bottom Remainders on Tour
April 18, 2010
From TV Newsman to Edgy Art Impresario
April 16, 2010
It's Never Too Late to Produce the Great American [fill in the blank]
April 15, 2010