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Table of Contents: November & December 2008
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Here is a list of all the content that you'll find in the November & December 2008 print edition of AARP The Magazine. (How can you enjoy all of this great content? Get the magazine.)
Note: All articles from the magazine do not necessarily appear online. Look for hyperlinks below to identify and access articles that are available online. Check back each week for new content.
FEATURES
A Second Act? Why, Sure!
By Samuel Greengard
If you’re fantasizing about a midlife career change, don’t let fear and a troubled economy dampen your dreams. Finding—and doing—the work you love may be closer than you think. Here’s a step-by-step plan for getting there
• Multimedia Special: A Meaningful New Mission
• Plus: AARP’s Best Employers for Workers Over 50 list
Brian Williams
By Joe Conason
The NBC anchor tells why he’s like a kid in a toy store this election season. Includes exclusive behind-the-scenes video
DNA Surprise
By Richard Rubin
What a swab from inside your cheek can reveal about you—and your unlikely ancestors
Photo Gallery: Thrifty Gift Ideas
By Bill Newcott
Want to be a holiday hit? Picking perfect presents is hard. But we’re willing to bet that with these, you’ll please
Super Healing
By Julie K. Silver, M.D.
A Harvard doctor tells how you can boost your body’s natural power to get well
DEPARTMENTS
Newsmaker: Jill Bolte Taylor
By Mark Matousek
After having a stroke, a brain scientist discovers the key to bliss
Mind and Body: Living on Purpose
By Dan Buettner
Here’s how to find meaning—and live longer
Health Report: Say No to Diabetes
By Sheryl Kraft
Beat back this disease—before the damage is done
Life Lessons: A Writer in Winter
By John Updike
A literary master looks back at his younger self with pride—and envy
Personal Finance: Fiscal Shock
By Elaine Appleton Grant
When your parents’ money matters become your problem
E Street
A gift they won’t forget
The Mail
AARP 2008
Dear Jennie
Big 5-Oh
NAVIGATOR
Culture
Symphony music that even the kids will like
Trends
Why hot and spicy is the new cool—for people 50-plus
Travel: The Contrarian Traveler
Flying this season in less time, and with less stress
Money: The Short Answer
Scouting out group health insurance you can afford
Fitness
Getting in shape without going broke
Looking Great
Dry-skin fixes for the winter months
Health
Protecting against drug-resistant “superbugs”
Family: Happily Ever Laughter
Getting over the remarriage jitters
Money: On Your Side
Call that a leg up?
ART OF LIVING
Passions
DeeAnn Hendricks doesn’t play guitars—she makes them. Plus: veteran film critic Judith Crist, on the movies that keep her up at night
Good Food
Famed Italian cook Marcella Hazan serves up a rustic lemon chicken, while her husband, Victor, writes of the life that inspired such fare
• Includes recipes
Journeys
Two friends find joy and spiritual renewal on a trip to Scotland’s sacred isle of Iona
The Puzzle
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