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Priscilla Painton, TIME Magazine Executive Editor,
- on the news of the weekend
» TIME Magazine

Gerson Borrero, Columnist at El Diario La Prensa
- on former Nebraska Senator Bob Kerrey's possible entry into the New York mayoral election
and
Ben Smith, writer for the New York Observer, writes, "The Politicker" blog
» "The Politicker"

Listeners,
- listeners discuss religion and a possible Bob Kerrey Mayoral run

Richard Vigilante, co-editor of the Whitebox Market Observer, contributor to and former articles editor of National Review,
- says Social Security had been"inadvertantly anti-family" and private accounts could fix that
» "Social Security & the Family"
and
Ken Dychtwald, President of AgeWave, a marketing ...

Dan Klores, President of Dan Klores Communications, co-director of "Ring of Fire: The Emile Griffith Story"
- on his documentary about the famed New York boxer who killed his opponent in 1962
» "Ring of Fire" IMDB entry

Special Screening at BAM today: ...

One of the guests for today's segment on Social Security and the Family was Ken Dychtwald who co-wrote an article for the March 2004 issue of the Harvard Business Review called "It's Time to Retire Retirement." Here are some of the emails we received about retirement and age discrimination:

Your guests ask, "Would you want to retire?"
Maybe not as a professor with tenure but certainly as an adjunct paid
$3000 per course or as an employee at McDonalds making minimum wage.
--R.K.

Despite the issue of changing demographics and impending boomer retirements, there is actually a form of age discrimination in reverse – young people are having a very hard time finding good jobs and we need to enable more young people in the workforce to mitigate against some of the potential for problems we’ll have in the coming decades (fewer people available for all jobs, and lack of management skill). There needs to be a balance and currently we’re way out of balance in all directions – top heavy with boomers, not hiring younger folks, thus not giving them the skills and training necessary for upcoming generations to succeed.
--M.S.

What about so many people who have spent years working very hard at either physically demanding or very monotonous jobs? Most elderly can't start a second career heading their own organization. A job in retirement for many people would mean minimum wage at a fast food restaurant. These people deserve a work free retirement.
--R.G.