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  • The Slipperiness of Age and Time

    This isn't a real blog post today – I'm just kind of ruminating on something that's been on my mind, but isn't wildly clear to me yet. Time's passage is a slippery thing that, I think, gets more interesting as... Read More...

  • Help Save Social Security Today

    I know some of you, certainly those outside the U.S., are may be frustrated that I keep banging on about Social Security and I promise we'll do something fun here before the week is out. But there is also serious... Read More...

  • On Wisconsin

    Several readers emailed on Saturday asking why I had not mentioned Japan in Interesting Stuff that day. The destruction from the earthquake, tsunami, nuclear meltdown, etc. is almost unfathomable. The reports are horrifying and heartbreaking, but I did...

  • ELDER MUSIC: 1950

    You never know who you're going to meet on the internet and I came to know Peter Tibbles (bio here) via email over the past couple of years. His extensive knowledge of most genres of music and his excellent taste... Read More...

  • INTERESTING STUFF: 12 March 2011

    Interesting Stuff is a weekly listing of short takes and links to web items that have caught my attention; some related to aging and some not, some useful and others just for fun. You are all encouraged to submit items... Read More...

  • A Really Awful News Day

    So dispirited was I yesterday that, figuring to spare you, I almost skipped writing a post for today. Then I thought I might not be alone in my dejection, so here goes. ITEM: It started, of course, with the morning... Read More...

  • New Film: Over 90 and Loving It

    In 2010, according to the U.S. Census Bureau, there were about 2.1 million people age 90 and older in the country. Film maker, Susan Polis Schutz has profiled a dozen of them for her new documentary, Over 90 & Loving... Read More...

  • Social Security Part 2: The Trust Fund

    With a few fine exceptions, you would not know from most of the news media – print, television and online – or from Republican politicians that Social Security does not contribute to the deficit and is generally in good shape.... Read More...

  • Shelter

    A few weeks ago, I received a note from Brenda Henry, then vacationing in Rio de Janeiro. It was filled with delightful tidbits about how elders are treated in Rio so I asked if, when she returned home to Montreal,... Read More...

  • Social Security Part I: Stealth Cuts

    On Friday, the Wall Street Journal reported that Republican House Speaker John Boehner had this to say about Social Security in an interview with that newspaper: ” e's determined to offer a budget this spring that curbs Social Security and Medicare...

  • ELDER MUSIC: Songs The Beatles Covered

    You never know who you're going to meet on the internet and I came to know Peter Tibbles (bio here) via email over the past couple of years. His extensive knowledge of most genres of music and his excellent taste... Read More...

  • INTERESTING STUFF: 5 March 2011

    Interesting Stuff is a weekly listing of short takes and links to web items that have caught my attention; some related to aging and some not, some useful and others just for fun. You are all encouraged to submit items... Read More...

  • At TGB, Less is More

    I was nodding in agreement while I had a good laugh over at artnet.com reading a story by Charlie Finch titled Social Media is Old Age. ”Are you young?” he asks. “Do you express your thoughts in small sentences on... Read More...

  • Foods We Love

    Yesterday the Senate passed and the president signed the continuing resolution to keep the federal government running for another two weeks, so no shutdown - for now. The bill is bad news for elders with deep cuts to Social Security... Read More...

  • TGB Product Promotion Policies

    SOCIAL SECURITY ALERT: If you are reading this in the morning, at noon today in cities throughout the country, there are rallies in front of local Social Security offices. The reason is that the 2011 budget continuing resolution, passed in... Read More...
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