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March-April 2005
Vol. 26, No. 2
A recent New York Times article included a front-page photograph of a nine-year-old Louisiana boy at a basketball game with his cheering section—his eight grandparents. Although few children today have seen all of their biological grandparentsdivorce and remarry, the March 20 article, headlined “Ask Them (All 8 of Them) About Their Grandson,” cited Merril Silverstein of the Andrus Gerontology Center at the University of Southern California (USC), Los Angeles, who noted that almost half of American families have at least one set of grandparents who have been divorced, compared with one-fifth of families only 20 years ago. Full Story
FAMILIES FOR THE 21st CENTURY 
Families for the 21st Century
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(Drawings by Tyler Cohen)
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The Grandy Track -- What Unretirement Will Look Like
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An Hour With Venerated Religion Scholar Huston Smith
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Civic Engagement -- ASA Helps Lead New Approach to Retirement
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