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Grading Obama on Social Security

Back in 2010, President Barack Obama agreed to a “temporary” 2 percent cut in the FICA payroll tax for 2011. That cut was renewed for this year and the loss to Social Security revenue is made up from the general... Read More...

Published Tue, Jun 05 2012 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

The Terrible Billionaire Effect

What Citizens United hath wrought: The media, the pundits and the Republicans themselves say they expect a billion dollars to be spent to elect Mitt Romney president. Think of it: a billion dollars and what sane people could do with... Read More...

Published Mon, Jun 04 2012 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

ELDER MUSIC: What I Did On My Vacation

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, Jun 03 2012 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

INTERESTING STUFF – 2 June 2012

THE SMELL OF OLD AGE No matter what jokes young comedians make, old people smell just fine. That's according to a new study from Monell Chemical Sense Center as reported in ScienceDaily: “...humans can identify the age of other humans... Read More...

Published Sat, Jun 02 2012 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Hospital at Home

It is not irrational that one of my biggest fears is being in the hospital. People die there. I don't mean that as a too-obvious black joke. I mean, people die there all the time of things they are not... Read More...

Published Fri, Jun 01 2012 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

ELDER POETRY INTERLUDE: Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night

By Dylan Thomas Do not go gentle into that good night, Old age should burn and rave at close of day; Rage, rage against the dying of the light. Though wise men at their end know dark is right, Because... Read More...

Published Thu, May 31 2012 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

What to Do With Your Ashes

If you would rather be buried in a casket, this post probably is not for you. But after Saturday's Interesting Stuff item about James Doohan's ashes being carried into space last week, I wondered about the ways people deal with... Read More.....

Published Tue, May 29 2012 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Welcome to Summer

Well, for friends in Australia, New Zealand and other places in the southern hemisphere, it's the beginning of winter. Nevertheless, where I live, today – Memorial Day – is the unofficial beginning of the summer season. It's a three-day weekend...

Published Mon, May 28 2012 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

ELDER MUSIC: Telemann

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, May 27 2012 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

INTERESTING STUFF – 26 May 2012

THE ULTIMATE BEAM ME UP, SCOTTY When James Doolin who played Star Trek chief engineer, Scotty, died in 2005, his will specified his desire to have his ashes sent into space. Two attempts failed for various reasons. Finally, last Tuesday,... Read More...

Published Sat, May 26 2012 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

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