Thanks, Elderly!

So the over-65 crowd has long been the most dedicated newspaper readership demographic.

It's high time we forgive them for calling to complain about the word "suck" appearing in print and for referring to our 80-inch narrative as "that ad you put in the paper."

And we should get them something. Anything. A pillow? Blood pressure pills? Lipitor?

You saw this new report from the Census bureau?

For the first time, people aged 65 and over are expected to outnumber children under age 5 (Figure 2-1). The global population aged 65 and over was estimated to be 506 million as of midyear 2008, about 7 percent of the world's population. By 2040, the world is projected to have 1.3 billion older…