A friend from work passed this on to me. I may not agree with everything Gloria Steinem says, but I am glad I'm not the only one that got a queasy feeling when I heard about Palin's vice presidential candidacy. Printed in the L.A. Times on September 4, 2008.
There’s no age limit on Internet access
Fast forward to 2008 when we have a 71-year old senator running for president of the United States. On July 14, the Telegraph from Great Britain published a story about how Sen. John McCain is computer illiterate. In the story, they claim that he doesn't surf the Internet or send e-mail. ow, granted I am nearly 50 years younger than him and work in the technology industry. But there is no way that I am okay with the leader of the free world being incapable of Googling himself. Or sending an important Oval memo. I mean, REALLY? In response to this report, the Associated Press wrote an article on the web usage trends of American seniors.
Colleen Jaycox Mann 