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...hurtle towards death. Even though the articles start to resemble entries in a medical journal, compelling statistics--such as the 12 percent increase in "normal" U.S. suicide patterns following Marilyn Monroe's suicide in 1962--snatch the reader's attention whenever the discussion of endogenous opioids approaches the threshold of human tolerance...
...that's demographic child's play when you consider that the boomers--all 79 million of them--are crossing the Big Five-O threshold at the rate of about one every eight seconds. That means that by 2020, more than a third of all Americans will be 50 or older. And by 2050, those 65 or older could outnumber kids 14 or younger for the first time in U.S. history. "The aging of the population is changing American society in fundamental ways," observes Richard Suzman, chief demographer for the National Institute on Aging. "It's the equivalent of the waves...
...that same money disappears fast for a two-earner family in a high-cost city like New York, Chicago or Los Angeles, with three children approaching college age and parents who may need financial help. Yet the new tax bill arbitrarily sets that level as the threshold for wealth. Provisions for education and child tax credits and dream IRAS are phased out at household-income levels between $80,000 and $160,000. With that much income, lawmakers presume, families already have enough money invested in things that will be sold for a capital gain. That's the bone that...
...noted that the U.S. government is in the process of setting rules for dealing with nuclear waste. However, it is irresponsible to imply that the government could save billions of dollars by setting a low threshold for what is safe radiation exposure. Current federal radiation regulations are hardly oppressive. Many organic chemicals are more strictly controlled. A more fitting conclusion to your story would have been to note that where the line is drawn between safe and unsafe radiation exposure could cost or save lives. ARLIE SCHARDT, Executive Director Environmental Media Services Washington...
...threshold for what is considered news-worthy is lowered, and we find ourselves reading about Prom Moms on the front page of national papers and about college moms on the front page of The Crimson. In both cases, the publishers and editors defend their decisions to print personal tragedy with the language of professional integrity and journalistic honesty--after all, it happened. But maybe mere existence should not be the sole criterion for publishable material. Maybe the impact on the lives of those being written about and a sense of responsibility to the greater community should also be included...