Bette Davis Honored With U.S. Stamp

Screen queen and gay icon Bette Davis was honored Thursday with a new U.S. postage stamp bearing her striking image.
The stamp, unveiled in Boston, features a portrait of Davis as she appeared in perhaps her most famous role — theater actress Margo Channing in 1950’s beloved All About Eve. In the film, for which Davis [...]

Retirees Filling the Front Line in Market Fears

By JOHN LELAND and LOUIS UCHITELLE
NY Times Published: September 22, 2008
Older Americans with investments are among the hardest hit by the turmoil in the financial markets and have the least opportunity to recover.
Robert Waskover, 79, of Palm Beach Gardens, Fla., said that gasoline costs and less income from his business have hurt him.
Mary O’Connell, 76, [...]

Florida Medicaid Recipients Want Out of Nursing Homes

By MATT SEDENSKY (Associated Press Writer)
From Associated Press
September 20, 2008 5:37 AM EDT
PLANT CITY, Fla. – Charles Todd Lee spent a lifetime going backstage at concerts, following politicians on the campaign trail and capturing iconic shots of everyone from Martin Luther King Jr. to Mick Jagger to Mickey Mantle. Today, he enjoys such freedom only [...]

‘Invisible and Overlooked’

A growing population of lesbian and gay senior citizens seeks recognition for their unique needs and challenges.
This is really a huge gain for us. For the first time, this year the AARP is sponsoring the SAGE (Services and Advocacy for Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual & Transgender Elders) national conference on aging next month. Maybe with over [...]

‘Barbies for War!’

By MAUREEN DOWD
NY Times Published: September 16, 2008
WASHINGTON
Fred R. Conrad/The New York Times
by Maureen Dowd

Maureen Dowd
Carly Fiorina, the woman John McCain sent out to defend Sarah Palin and rip anyone who calls her a tabula rasa on foreign policy and the economy, admitted Tuesday that Palin was not capable of running Hewlett-Packard.
That’s pretty damning coming [...]

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