Old to Surpass Young Shortly

The Washington Times reports:

When a worldwide phenomenon is happening for "first time in human history," it bears a closer look, wouldn't you think?

And yet a blockbuster of a federal report on how the world is aging received fairly modest coverage in the media.

I can think of several reasons why "An Aging World: 2008," released by the Census Bureau on behalf of the National Institute on Aging (NIA), might be a blip on the news radar.

Here's the 204 Page report (PDF).