Patrick Kiger

Biography: Journalist Patrick J. Kiger tells the stories of people who make their mark in ways big and small.

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E. Robert Kinney: His Shtick was Fish Sticks

Posted on 05/17/2013 by Patrick Kiger | Who's News | Comments

Bulletin Today | FoodIf you’ve ever struggled to get a picky seven- or eight-year-old to eat some fish, you have E. Robert Kinney to thank for making the job just a wee bit easier. Kinney, who died on May 2 at age 96 in Arizona, was a Maine native who originally dreamed of becoming a history teacher but decided during the Great Depression that the job market in education wasn’t bright enough. Instead, after a stint in the New Deal’s National Youth Administration, …

At 85, Barbara Cook Joins the Supremes

Posted on 05/17/2013 by Patrick Kiger | Who's News | Comments

Bulletin Today | Entertainment | PoliticsWhere to hear some great music in the nation’s capital? If you’re a fan of orchestral music, opera, jazz or musical theater, there’s The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. Should you prefer a more intimate venue, there’s Blues Alley. But would you ever think of the U.S. Supreme Court? Highly doubtful, to say the least. As it turns out, however, the court’s nine justices aren’t so completely consumed with weighty matters that they can’t take an occasional …

Why Your Dog Wants to Move to Montana

Posted on 05/17/2013 by Patrick Kiger | Who's News | Comments

Bulletin Today | Home & FamilyMany of us who have dogs or cats tend to think of them almost as family members, which is one reason that Americans happily spent $53 billion last year on food, veterinary care, chew toys and myriad accessories (such as sporty camouflage-colored harnesses for Chihauhuas). And at one time or another, we’ve all probably wondered what Princess or Fido is thinking when they stare at us with those big soulful eyes. But now, thanks to a new survey on the state …

Retiring Later? Join the Club

Posted on 05/17/2013 by Patrick Kiger | Who's News | Comments

Bulletin Today | Money & Savings | WorkThe brutal economic downturn that began in 2008 and the subsequent sluggish recovery has thrown a cold splash of reality on many Americans’ dreams of a comfortable, stress-free retirement. So it’s probably not much of a surprise that Americans are now retiring at an older age than they did just a few years ago, and that most of us expect to keep working to age 65 or older. The big surprise, though, according to Gallup’s newly released annual economic and …

James Tolbert: The Man Who Integrated the TV Industry

Posted on 05/16/2013 by Patrick Kiger | Who's News | Comments

Bulletin Today | Entertainment | LegacyToday, if you watch television, you’ll see plenty of African-American actors playing major roles — from LL Cool J, who portrays a hunky Navy cop on the hit crime series NCIS: Los Angeles, to Kerry Washington, who plays political power-broker Olivia Pope on ABC’s just-renewed series Scandal. But it wasn’t always like that. In fact, when entertainment lawyer James Tolbert, who died on April 22 at age 86 in Santa Monica, started working to break the network color line in the early …

Boomers Turn the Tables in the Restaurant Industry

Posted on 05/16/2013 by Patrick Kiger | Who's News | Comments

Bulletin Today | FoodIn the restaurant business, the conventional wisdom used to be that attracting young adults was the surest road to profit, because people invariably tended to dine out less as they got older. But boomers, an iconoclastic generation that’s refuted so many other age stereotypes, are upending the old equation. A recent study by NPD Group shows that visits to commercial food establishments — both restaurants and “snack” establishments such as coffee shops — by customers 65 and older have grown nearly …