LETTER FROM
THE EDITOR
has earned him the respect of local
workers, including Fred Buckley. As
Zach and Jason put it, in Paducah,
McConnell is not the “sour-faced
person of Washington gridlock. He
is an honorary union man.”
But as Zach and Jason show,
that’s only one small part of McConnell’s legacy, and they trace
some of the state’s biggest problems to McConnell’s refusal to put
his “indefatigable talents” toward
desperately needed reforms. “He
may be ruling, but he’s ruling over
a commonwealth with the lowest median income in the country,
where too many counties have
infant mortality rates comparable
to those of the Third World.”
Elsewhere in the issue, Gregory
Beyer and Catherine Pearson examine how the rising average retirement age is prompting more
and more individuals and companies to prioritize well-being.
The fact that 36 percent of workers now expect to work past age
65 — as opposed to 11 percent in
1991 — has opened up a new conversation about long-term sustainability, as Americans try to
live and work more sustainably
with an eye toward working later
HUFFINGTON
08.11.13
In Paducah, McConnell is
not the ‘sour-faced person of
Washington gridlock. He is an
honorary union man.’”
into life. As Greg and Catherine
write, more companies are joining
the “growing movement to push
back against difficult economic
realities by redefining the way we
think about work — as less of a rat
race and more of a marathon, with
rest and recharging opportunities
along the way.”
Finally, as part of our ongoing
focus on stress, Carolyn Gregoire
looks at the lasting effects of
stress on one particular
demographic: men.
ARIANNA