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INTERESTING STUFF: 25 August 2012

MITT ROMNEY: BIRTHER I had finished writing today's Interesting Stuff on Friday when some Mitt Romney news arrived that is too odious to leave until Monday. The regular potpourri of the Saturday post will return next week. What Romney did... Read...

Published Sat, Aug 25 2012 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Elders' Companion Pets

When I say I wish I could have stayed in bed, you know the kind of day I'm talking about – we all wind up there now and then. It happened to me last Thursday. First thing, 5AM, Ollie the... Read More...

Published Mon, Nov 17 2014 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Social Security, the 2013 COLA and the Campaign

In Wednesday's presidential debate there was no discussion of Social Security. Nothing. Zero. Nada. Both candidates and the moderator, who selected the questions from the audience, ignored the program that provides 90 percent of total income to more...

Published Fri, Oct 19 2012 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

ELDER MUSIC: Blue Eyed Soul

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...

Published Sun, Dec 16 2012 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

President Obama Betrays Elders

Depending on the newsletters you subscribe to, perhaps you too have been swamped with email this week from Democratic and Progressive organizations. There is a good reason: two days ago President Barack Obama, in fiscal cliff negotiations with House Speaker...

Published Thu, Dec 20 2012 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

The Pleasures of Comfort Food

PROGRAMMING REMINDER: Repeating an announcement I made a couple of days ago: Back in 2008, I made a presentation about web design for elders at the Gnomedex Conference in Seattle. I met a lot of young, interesting and engaged tech... Read More...

Published Fri, Dec 19 2014 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

<em>bloggerati, twitterati</em> by @mary_cross

There are more than half a billion Facebook users, but “In fact, Facebook is the most hated site on the web, ahead even of airlines, cable companies, and the IRS.” ”...one recent poll showed that 31 percent of single Americans... Read More...

Published Fri, Aug 05 2011 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Social Life in Old Age

It has become a tenet of old age that without plenty of friends and family, and an active social life, we are doomed to die before our time. In fact, one study, as reported in The Guardian last year, went... Read More...

Published Wed, Jan 28 2015 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

<em>Older Than My Old Man Now</em>

EDITORIAL NOTES: If anyone has been waiting for me to answer an email for more than three or four days, it is probably to do with spam filters at your end. I have been getting a lot of returns of... Read More...

Published Wed, May 30 2012 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Medicare Observation Status

You've read the stories for years. An elder is hospitalized for a few days – it could be for anything from a broken bone to chest pain, fainting, irregular heartbeat or dozens of other conditions – a common occurrence at... Read More...

Published Mon, Feb 17 2014 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

When Aging is a Good Thing

That headline, “When Aging is a Good Thing,” turned up earlier this week in the Wall Street Journal but hardly in a positive sense. Since the story is about aged beef at a certain Manhattan restaurant, the headline is a... Read More...

Published Thu, Mar 13 2014 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Epidemic of Identity Theft

”J. Russell George, the Treasury inspector general for tax administration, testified before Congress this month that the I.R.S. detected 940,000 fake returns for 2010 in which identity thieves would have received $6.5 billion in refunds. “But Mr. George...

Published Thu, Jun 14 2012 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

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