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Walter Cronkite’s WWII Letters Home in New Book

Posted on 05/15/2013 by | Washington Watch | Comments

Bulletin Today | Home & FamilyBefore he was the voice of his generation and “the most trusted man in America,” Walter Cronkite was a 20-something war correspondent writing letters home to his new wife. Now his namesake and grandson, Walter Cronkite IV, has complied the letters in a book, Cronkite’s War: His World War II Letters Home. The grandson, a recent college graduate, is working in Washington these days at, of course, CBS News. That’s where Cronkite, who died in 2009, anchored the evening news after …

Are You Giving Up on the News?

Posted on 03/19/2013 by | News, Culture, Sights and Sounds | Comments

Bulletin Today | Politics | Technology | Your LifeThey were our heroes. Woodward and Bernstein brought down a president. The New York Times published “The Pentagon Papers” in the face of government resistance to revealing damaging truths. “Uncle” Walter Cronkite spoke for many Americans when he concluded that the Vietnam War was not winnable. Many in our generation saw the news media as a positive force in society, driving out secrecy and corruption with the “disinfecting” light of information. Today, as a recent AARP poll shows, journalists have …

AARP’s Motivation? What’s Best for Older Americans

Posted on 10/2/2012 by | AARP Blog Author | Comments

PoliticsAs Election Day draws near and political rhetoric grows heated, AARP’s support for the Affordable Care Act, known to some as “Obamacare,” is once again the subject of scrutiny by some in Congress and the media. Despite what the critics may say, the simple truth of the matter is that AARP makes policy decisions based on what we believe to be in the best interests of Americans over age 50. For more than 54 years, AARP has been driven solely …

Social Security Lessons for Media from AARP Members

Posted on 04/20/2012 by | AARP Blog Author | Comments

Money & SavingsThis week the Columbia Journalism Review (CJR) scolded the media for their coverage of Social Security in a piece called How the Media Has Shaped the Social Security Debate.  Trudy Lieberman writes “For nearly three years CJR has observed that much of the press has reported only one side of this story using ‘facts’ that are misleading or flat-out wrong while ignoring others.” The piece helps underscore a key reason AARP has launched You’ve Earned a Say: to raise the …

Valuing the Invaluable – Me

Posted on 07/19/2011 by | Aging, Home & Family Expert | Comments

Caregiving | RelationshipsI spent most of yesterday doing media interviews about a new report AARP released called, “Valuing the Invaluable” – which did just that…it put a dollar value on me. I know my parents feel I’m invaluable – but I didn’t realize anyone else did! The value of over 40 billion hours of care that 62 million family members – like you and me - provided for our loved ones in 2009 came to $450 BILLION. That’s as much or more than the total sales of …

Send A Message Today in Support of Social Security

Posted on 08/26/2010 by | AARP Blog Author | Comments

Money & SavingsComing from anyone these comments would be over the line. But what makes them more offensive is Senator Simpson’s position: co-chair of President Obama’s Fiscal Commission, which is currently considering changes to Social Security as a solution to reduce the deficit.
How can a commission led by Sen. Simpson fairly make recommendations on the future of important programs like Social Security?

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