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  • Letting Myself Off the Hook

    For the past few days, I've been wrestling some computer problems to the ground. If you are waiting for an email response from me, I'll get to it as soon as everything is in working order again – before long.... Read More...

  • Health Care Reform and Medicare Advantage

    Yesterday, a reader named Fran left a comment asking about what happens to Medicare Advantage plans if/when health care reform is passed. (We're going to get a bit wonky now, but not too much.) If you are unfamiliar with Medicare... Read More...

  • Haiku Contest Cheating and Re-Vote

    HOUSEKEEPING NOTE: I woke this morning to an almost empty email inbox. It was, admittedly, overstuffed, but I have my methods and systems and knew which ones needed attention. Now, however, they are gone. I'm working to recover them, but... Read More...

  • REFLECTIONS: The Far, Far Right

    Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Saul Friedman (bio) writes the bi-weekly Reflections column for Time Goes By in which he comments on news, politics and social issues from his perspective as one of the younger members of the greatest generation. He also...

  • Medicare Physician Payments

    On Monday, reporting on a conference call with aides to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, I wrote that there would be a vote this week to eliminate the mandated 21.5 percent reduction in Medicare reimbursement to physicians that is scheduled... Read...

  • REFLECTIONS: The Early Days

    Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Saul Friedman (bio) writes the bi-weekly Reflections column for Time Goes By in which he comments on news, politics and social issues from his perspective as one of the younger members of the greatest generation. He also...

  • REFLECTIONS: Obama So Far

    Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Saul Friedman (bio) writes the bi-weekly Reflections column for Time Goes By in which he comments on news, politics and social issues from his perspective as one of the younger members of the greatest generation. He also...

  • Vintage TGB: 19 October 2004

    [Each Saturday, a vintage story from the Time Goes By archive is published here. They correspond to a date of approximately five years ago – sometimes updated, sometimes not.] Younger Lovers Millie Garfield, over at My Mom’s Blog, recently posted... Read...

  • GAY AND GRAY: *** Gephardt's Second Career

    Gay and Gray is a monthly column at Time Goes By written by Jan Adams (bio) in which she thinks out loud for us on issues of aging lesbians and gay men. Jan also writes on many topics at her... Read More...

  • Vintage TGB: 12 October 2004

    [Each Saturday, a vintage story from the Time Goes By archive is published here. They correspond to a date of approximately five years ago – sometimes updated, sometimes not.] Embracing One's Inner Old Woman On my first day in Manhattan... Read More...

  • Aging Hands

    HAIKU CONTEST WINNER: Thank you everyone who voted in yesterday's “make up” poll for a year's subscription to Typepad blog service. We have a winner: the haiku beginning with the line, "Memory bottle. More to come at a later date.... Read...

  • Senator Kohl Video Postponed

    Your questions about health care reform for Senator Kohl were sent to his office on Wednesday morning, time for recording his answers was scheduled for Thursday and the video was to be posted here today. Unfortunately, things don't always go... Read...

  • The Nature of Cats

    [Where Elders Blog is a section of Time Goes By with a collection of photos showing where elderbloggers and readers spend their time online. Bev Sykes has sent in her photo. You can see it here.] To me, cats and... Read More...

  • The (Non)Public Option

    On Sunday's political talk shows, journalists and others who purport to have the inside scoop on the progress of health care reform in Congress said the White House – that is, President Obama – prefers the “trigger” style of public... Read More.....

  • Retirement Sloth

    If you are still working, today's post probably won't resonate much. But if you have been retired for awhile, perhaps you will know whereof Crabby Old Lady speaks. Or not. Crabby was laid off from what turned out to be... Read More...
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