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ELDER MUSIC: Creeque Alley

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 08 2016 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

INTERESTING STUFF – 14 May 2016

NEW YORK TIMES OBITUARIES I still remember my surprise more than half a century ago when, at a radio station, I saw a stack of audio cassettes with such labels as “Eisenhower Obit.” Not that I had thought about it... Read More...

Published Sat, May 14 2016 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

A TGB Extra: Tech Support Fun

Darlene Costner emailed the following joke that had me laughing all day. Anyone who has ever had computer problems and relationship issues will get it. I suspect this one has been around the web for many years and you may... Read More...

Published Thu, May 19 2016 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Donald Trump and Social Security

Back when there were still a whole lot of people running for the Republican nomination for president, Donald Trump was the only one who did not want to cut Social Security benefits. His opponents had the usual variety of methods... Read More...

Published Mon, May 23 2016 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

ELDER MUSIC: 1958 Yet 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...

Published Sun, May 29 2016 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

INTERESTING STUFF – 4 June 2016

OBAMA CALLS FOR SOCIAL SECURITY EXPANSION Several times during budget negotiations with Congress during his administration, President Barack Obama supported and even suggested cuts to Social Security: ”The cut Obama came closest to passing,” Huffington...

Published Sat, Jun 04 2016 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

A Historic Week for Women's Equality and Our Generation Did It

Are you as thrilled as I am? For the first time in the history of the United States a woman is representing one of the two major political parties in the election for president. Wow. Are you grinning as much... Read More...

Published Fri, Jun 10 2016 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Music Festival Age Discrimination

Were you at Woodstock? I was – but that was only the largest among other music festivals and concerts I attended, each packed with crowds, camaraderie, plenty of weed and most of all, great music. If, sometimes, performances in that... Read More...

Published Wed, Jun 15 2016 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

GRAY MATTERS: The New Obama

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, Apr 03 2010 2:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

INTERESTING STUFF – 7 September 2013

PING PONG TOURNAMENT OF ELDERS On Monday 9 September in the United States, PBS will broadcast the premiere of the documentary, Ping Pong on “POV.” It is about the age 80 and older division of the World Veterans Table Tennis... Read More...

Published Sat, Sep 07 2013 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

GRAY MATTERS: Socialized Medicine?

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, Apr 17 2010 2:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

The Courage to Get Old

Last week, a post titled Old Age: Reinvention vs. Reflection drew a lot of good conversation. I came down on the side of Reflection and a couple of people disagreed, wanting to continue to reinvent themselves. From their comments, I... Read More...

Published Wed, Apr 21 2010 2:35 AM by TIME GOES BY

How Obamacare Affects Medicare

By now, readers age 65 and older have probably received their annual issue of Medicare and You, the not-so-small booklet that tells you a lot of what you need to know about Medicare for 2014. The government shutdown notwithstanding, ten... Read More....

Published Fri, Oct 04 2013 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Choosing Elder Housing

Last week I received an email from a reader named Dina Zinnes: ”I would like to talk to others about how they are thinking about the next stage of their life - the one where they move out of their... Read More...

Published Tue, Oct 08 2013 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Elders, Stress and the U.S. Government

There is a lot to do today so let's start with the winners of the drawing for Norm Jenson's book, Mostly Anecdotal: Stories that we told you about on Wednesday. May I have a drum roll please. And the winners... Read More...

Published Fri, Feb 17 2017 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

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