Last week, the Times reported that, according to the Census, the Baby Boomer generation is getting old. And while this is certainly not news, the implications of it do merit discussion and, it seems, legislation. more ›

Despite the huge industry built up around lifting rich Baby Boomers to the top of Mt. Everest, it's still a very dangerous trip. A lot of people die - This season fifteen have died attempting to make the summit, which seems like an incredible number. Last week the character of a bunch of the climbers who didn't die was being impugned because an English climber was said to be abandoned near the summit without oxygen or sherpas while hopefull summiters traipsed past him. Seattlest can't pretend to know what the situation is on the top of Everest. It'd be easy to say something like "no climber will risk the summit he paid good money for to help some jackass off the mountain," but the truth is that offering aid in that situation could put your own life at risk and on Everest "alive" isn't necessarily alive. more ›

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