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A Sane Proposal for Jobs and the Economy

Even through there is nothing more important to citizens of the U.S. than the economic crisis in general and jobs in particular, as of yesterday afternoon you could not read the news I have for you today anywhere in mainstream... Read More...

Published Fri, Dec 16 2011 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

HBO Tackles Aging

[WHERE ELDERS BLOG: There are two new entries in the Where Elders Blog feature. You can see the page for MissKriss here and for MizBonnie here. Here are instructions for submitting your own blog writing or reading workplace.] Anyone who... Read More....

Published Tue, Dec 20 2011 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

INTERESTING STUFF – 21 January 2012

WHY THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE IS LUDICROUS This is a clever explanation of why English spelling is so difficult for school kids. The presenter is typographer Edward Rondthaler. He was 102 when he made this video; he died in 2009 at... Read More...

Published Sat, Jan 21 2012 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

GRAY MATTERS: Medicare for All

Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Saul Friedman (bio) writes the weekly Gray Matters column which appears here each Saturday. Links to past Gray Matters columns can be found here. Saul's Reflections column, in which he comments on news, politics and...

Published Sat, Oct 16 2010 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

ELDER MUSIC: Georgia on my Mind

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, Jan 22 2012 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

<em>Tribes of Eden</em> by Dr. Bill Thomas

So much to read; so little time. Of the 200,000 or so books published each year (that's just in the U.S.), I learn of – oh, maybe several hundred through reviews, advertisements, personal internet alerts, publisher requests for blog mentions... Read...

Published Thu, Jan 26 2012 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

GRAY MATTERS: Annual Medicare Enrollment Period Begins on Monday

Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Saul Friedman (bio) writes the weekly Gray Matters column which appears here each Saturday. Links to past Gray Matters columns can be found here. Saul's Reflections column, in which he comments on news, politics and...

Published Sat, Nov 13 2010 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Time Goes By Update

For the past year or more, Time Goes By has been tootin' along in its groove and due to house selling, buying, moving, settling in, etc., I had not given much thought to improvements or what changes it might need,... Read More...

Published Wed, Nov 17 2010 5:31 AM by TIME GOES BY

ELDER MUSIC: Voyager 1 and 2

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...

Published Sun, Nov 21 2010 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

INTERESTING STUFF: 25 February 2012

ONE OF THE REASONS A MISS NEW YORK CITY When I first moved to New York in 1967, a taxi driver told me that the best thing about the city is that if you're one in a million, there are... Read More...

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

More Than Just an ELDER POETRY INTERLUDE

Before I get to today's poem, there are two items you should know about. Do you remember a month ago when I told you about the dozen or so elders – all retirees older than 60 - who were occupying... Read More...

Published Fri, Mar 02 2012 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

AARP's Position on Social Security

[NOTE FROM RONNI: A new poll of 2056 adults from Harris Interactive shows that only 12 percent of Americans favor cutting Social Security. When broken down by political party, it doesn't change much: 9 percent of Democrats favor cuts and... Read More...

Published Tue, Mar 06 2012 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

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