As formerly full-service airlines add coach seats to airplanes, discount carriers now offer the most legroom. Struggling higher-cost airlines have cut their service so deeply that low-fare carriers offer superior services such as in-flight entertainment and leather seats. The turnabout now extends to legroom, as discounters like JetBlue Airways and Southwest Airlines offer more than…
A is for arthritis, B is for bad back, C is for the chest pains. Corned beef? Cardiac? Views on Aging: You Only Get Better D is for dental decay and decline, E is for eyesight–can’t read that top line. F is for fissures and fluid retention G is for gas (which I’d rather not…
Arguably half the $186 million Bush spent getting elected in 2000 was used to promise us seniors an effective Medicare drug benefit. Of course, Bush’s first act in office was to pass the massive $1.35 trillion tax cut which he knew would bleed dry funds for a drug benefit – or any benefit that didn’t…
Our 1940s trivia will test your knowledge of WW2. Once again, the world was engaged in war. We collected ration tokens, washed out and saved our tin cans, and way too many windows framed Gold Star flags. See how much you can recall. 1940s Trivia 1. In 1943 the world’s largest office building was completed….
Originally published May 11, 2003 in the Baltimore Sun CBS COMMENTATOR newspaper columnist Andy Rooney makes what I am sure is a pretty good living as an irascible old curmudgeon, but his trademark crankiness gets him into trouble, too. In 1990, he was suspended by CBS News for 32 days for inflammatory comments he made…
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