If you think Independence Day is America's defining holiday, think again. Thanksgiving deserves that title, hands-down.
If you disaggregate, things fall apart.
It makes no sense to pack an auditorium with 5,000 people and then tell them to keep quiet.
In other words, Social Security is every bit as insecure as the stock market.
Love can achieve unexpected majesty in the rocky soil of misfortune.
Today there are about 40 million retirees receiving benefits; by the time all the baby boomers have retired, there will be more than 72 million retirees drawing Social Security benefits.