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  • The 2003 Blackout

    If Wednesday had not been the 78th anniversary of Social Security, I would have written about the tenth anniversary of the northeast blackout. So I'll do it now instead. It happened, where I was in New York City, on what... Read More...

  • Our Ageist Media – Part 2 of 2

    [Part 1 of this series can be found here.] The term “ageism” was coined in 1968 by the late, renowned geriatrician and Pulitzer Prize winning author, Robert N. Butler. It consists of, he writes in his book, The Longevity Revolution,... Read More...

  • Celebrate Social Security Today

    Two weeks ago, we celebrated the 48th anniversary of Medicare. Thirty years before that, President Franklin D. Roosevelt had signed into law the Social Security Act. He did that on today's date in 1935: HOW SOCIAL SECURITY HELPS AMERICANS So... Read...

  • Our Ageist Media – Part 1 of 2

    Hardly anyone takes ageism seriously – most particularly the daily media: magazines, newspapers, television and video both online and off. Long time readers of this blog know that I regularly write about ageism and ageist language and I realized it.....

  • Are Elders Retreating from the GOP?

    To my everlasting chagrin as an elder advocate, a majority of old people (those who are 65-plus) vote Republican. In the 2012 presidential election, they went for Governor Mitt Romney over President Barack Obama 56 to 44. As the above... Read More...

  • ELDER MUSIC: J.S. Bach Again

    This Sunday Elder Music column was launched in December of 2008. By May of the following year, one commenter, Peter Tibbles, had added so much knowledge and value to my poor attempts at musical presentations that I asked him to... Read More...

  • INTERESTING STUFF – 10 August 2013

    80-SOMETHINGS ARRESTED IN WISCONSIN For singing in public. Yes. For exercising peaceful First Amendment rights. Old age doesn't make this any worse than if the singers were young but it does draw attention to frightening behavior from officials who...

  • Down with the Crud

    Or, at least, that's what my father called it when I was a kid and there was nothing in particular to diagnose – just feeling sick-ish. Maybe a summer cold? I'm sneezing a lot and really tired so this is... Read More...

  • Elder Crowd Sourcing: Family Photos

    In the comments on Monday's post about writing one's obituary, Celeste who blogs at Celeste Bergin, asked about another concern the story raised for her: ”When the elder is without offspring and they have tons of family photos, what should......

  • Life Expectancy at Age 65

    There have been moments – fleeting, I will admit – when I have wished I knew when I will die. The key word in that sentence is “fleeting” - a momentary lapse in sanity while contemplating end-of-life choices and the... Read More...

  • The Chinese Pizza

    EDITORIAL NOTE: I met Jonathan Wang back in June when he contacted me about an ebook on fitness for elders and arranged a giveaway of the book on TGB. Jon is a smart, young entrepreneur - managing partner of The... Read More...

  • Writing Your Own Obituary

    Throughout the ten years I've been blogging, too frequently a fellow elderblogger has died and it was a long time until I knew. Sometimes, you're never certain; sometimes bloggers or non-bloggers who regularly comment have just disappeared and...

  • ELDER MUSIC: Songs of Bobby Charles

    This Sunday Elder Music column was launched in December of 2008. By May of the following year, one commenter, Peter Tibbles, had added so much knowledge and value to my poor attempts at musical presentations that I asked him to... Read More...

  • INTERESTING STUFF – 3 August 2013

    RICH PEOPLE CHEATING Not long ago, PBS presented a story about how upper-class people behave more unethically than lower-classes. Somehow that doesn't surprise me. However, as poorer people get richer, they adopt the behavior of the wealthy. Take...

  • Lady Astor's Theory of Aging

    [PERSONAL NOTE:] Summer break. Mental health week. Vacation. Breather. Whatever you call it, it means time away and I'm putting some distance between me and this blog for a week. Posts here will be a combination of new that I've... Read More....
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