Time Goes By

A Health Care Reform Revelation

UPDATE: Ashleigh Burroughs, who blogs at The Burrow, has added her photo to the Where Elders Blog feature. You can see it here, and you can add yours too. Instructions are here. Through many years, I have maintained a minor... Read More...

Published Mon, Dec 14 2009 2:35 AM by TIME GOES BY

ELDER MUSIC: Singing about Jazz Musicians

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, Dec 13 2009 2:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

GRAY MATTERS: Access to Physicians

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, Dec 12 2009 2:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Happy Hanukkah 5770

Somewhere online that I can't possibly recall or find again, I recently read a story about how the internet has been taken over by excessive cuteness. The writer attributed this phenomenon to pursuit of relief from our collective hard times.... Read...

Published Fri, Dec 11 2009 2:35 AM by TIME GOES BY

The Senate Health Reform Circus

Reading reports of the Senate debate on health care reform leaves Crabby Old Lady wondering how we elected these clowns and why we pay them because there seem to be no more than half a dozen grownups among them. Here... Read More...

Published Thu, Dec 10 2009 2:35 AM by TIME GOES BY

We are the Last Generation To...

On Monday at The Elder Storytelling Place, Ann Berger wrote about the horse, Lady, who took her to school each day when she was a child. With the possible exception of a few families living in the rural wilds of... Read More...

Published Wed, Dec 09 2009 2:35 AM by TIME GOES BY

REFLECTIONS: The Old Confederacy

Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Saul Friedman (bio) writes the twice-monthlyReflections column for Time Goes By in which he comments on news, politics and social issues from his perspective as one of the younger members of the greatest generation. His...

Published Tue, Dec 08 2009 2:35 AM by TIME GOES BY

Belated Thanksgiving

Somewhere around Thanksgiving, I meant to write a heartfelt thank you to all the people involved with Time Goes By and The Elder Storytelling Place. But, as we have often discussed here, time speeds by and some things get overlooked.... Read More...

Published Mon, Dec 07 2009 2:35 AM by TIME GOES BY

ELDER MUSIC: Bach’s Sons

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, Dec 06 2009 2:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

GRAY MATTERS: Obama So Far

Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Saul Friedman (bio) writes the weekly Gray Matters column which appears here each Saturday. His Reflections column, in which he comments on news, politics and social issues from his perspective as one of the younger members...

Published Sat, Dec 05 2009 2:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Imagining Life Without a Middle Class

The middle class didn't start to decline in October 2008. It began 20 years ago or more and over that time, I have put a lot of thought to the consequences of its loss to everyday life in the United... Read More...

Published Fri, Dec 04 2009 2:35 AM by TIME GOES BY

THE TGB ELDER GEEK: Working with Your Photos

Virginia DeBolt (bio) writes the bi-weekly Elder Geek column for Time Goes By in which she takes the mystery out of techie things all bloggers and internet users need to know to simplify computer use. She has written several books... Read More...

Published Thu, Dec 03 2009 2:35 AM by TIME GOES BY

The War Against Social Security and Medicare

On the day I posted a story about the secret war on Social Security and Medicare a couple of weeks ago, 12 Democratic senators and one Independent signed a letter to Senate Leader Harry Reid asking that he support one... Read More...

Published Wed, Dec 02 2009 2:35 AM by TIME GOES BY

GAY AND GRAY: <em>Middlesex</em>

[EDITORIAL NOTE: At 3PM today, eastern U.S. time, Senator Herb Kohl, who is the chairman of the Senate Special Committee on Aging, will hold a live panel discussion and briefing about how the Senate Health Care Reform bill will benefit... Read More.....

Published Tue, Dec 01 2009 2:35 AM by TIME GOES BY

Gifts for Elders on Your List...

...and if not for other elders, perhaps as hints for family members who might not know what you would like to have. If you hit the stores on black Friday, you're a braver person than I am. For me, one... Read More...

Published Mon, Nov 30 2009 2:35 AM by TIME GOES BY

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