In the wake of late night talk show legend David Letterman’s retirement announcement last week, CBS has already announced his replacement — comedian Stephen Colbert, whose fictional cable pundit persona,…
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Welcome to the 21st Century. Retirement is not what it used to be. That’s because the economy, and the world of work, are no longer what they used to be. …
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It’s difficult not to commiserate with Abe Gorelick. In the April 3, 2014 New York Times profile of him in its Business Day section, the Boston ex-marketing executive is portrayed…
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Until two months ago, 59-year-old Claire T. looked forward to an idyllic retirement. As a marketing executive for a large corporation for the last 25 years, she had saved and…
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You did everything right. You worked hard. You saved diligently, through your 401(k) and on your own. You invested shrewdly. You charted out your retirement years wisely. Now you’re ready…
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No, RedTea News is not going to run a fake April Fools’ Day story today. (Unfortunately, all of our Kim Jong-un stories are completely true.) We could run such a…
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According to the senior living page of ask.com, Baby Boomers are the “largest population group in US history.” Since one in four Americans is a Baby Boomer, is it any…
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You might think that a career comeback for British R&B singer Amy Winehouse is a bit unlikely, since she died from alcohol poisoning in 2011. But billionaire Alki David plans to…
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“Sleep… chief nourisher in life’s feast” — Macbeth (2.2.46-51), William Shakespeare In her new novella Sleep Donation, celebrated writer Karen Russell paints the horrific picture of a society wracked by an epidemic…
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It is better to live rich than to die rich. — Samuel Johnson The comedian Jack Benny, known for his radio and TV persona as a cheapskate, occasionally performed a skit…