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THE TGB ELDERLAW ATTORNEY: Advance Directives

Orrin Onken writes the twice-monthly TGB Elderlaw Attorney column in which he discusses legal issues of concern and interest to elders. He is an elderlaw attorney licensed to practice in the state of Oregon. He also keeps his own blog,... Read More.....

Published Thu, Mar 22 2012 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Elders, the Supreme Court and the Republican Budget

Beginning today through Wednesday, the U.S. Supreme Court is hearing six hours of oral arguments in regard to several aspects of the Affordable Care Act. (That's “Obamacare,” the once derisive name Republicans gave the Act which the Obama administration...

Published Mon, Mar 26 2012 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Death and Taxes

Well, not taxes specifically but money, for sure, which affects taxes and I ran out of better ideas. One evening last week, I attended an event of a local non-profit, Elders in Action. Since 1968, they have worked in a... Read More...

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

Old Fogey Email Users

Yesterday, The New York Times - being the paper of record and all – relegated Crabby Old Lady to the “old fogey” category. Signs of that status, they say, are “You still watch movies on a VCR, listen to vinyl... Read More...

Published Thu, Dec 23 2010 5:31 AM by TIME GOES BY

The Days of Christmas

There were not many in my family to begin with: a mom, a dad, two children, a great aunt, a grandfather I knew and a grandmother I did not know who lived halfway across the country from our home in... Read More...

Published Tue, Dec 28 2010 5:31 AM by TIME GOES BY

Elder Income

There has been plenty of reporting on the increasing inequality of wealth distribution between the top one percent of the population and the 99 percent of the rest of us. The disparity is breathtaking. By most measurements, the top .01... Read More.....

Published Mon, Apr 23 2012 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Mom's 20th Yarzeit

Today is the 20th anniversary of my mother's death, her “yahrzeit” in Yiddish. I am not religious. Not at all. In fact, I don't believe there is a god. But I like this ritual of lighting a 24-hour yahrzeit candle... Read More...

Published Fri, Apr 27 2012 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

“Honoring” Elders During Older Americans Month

ITEM: The public transportation agency in Portland, Oregon, TriMet, avoids using the word “old” with a hokey euphemism Crabby Old Lady had not heard before moving here. As they explain on their website: "'Honored Citizen' is how TriMet identifies...

Published Tue, May 08 2012 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Some Short Newsie Things Elders Should Know

SANDERS' NEW HEALTHCARE BILL On 9 December, Independent Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders introduced Senate Bill S. 1782, The American Health Security Act of 2013. Healthcare-Now provides a summary of the 189-page legislation – here's the overview...

Published Tue, Dec 17 2013 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

ELDER MUSIC: Drinking Songs Part 1

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 20 2012 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

GRAY MATTERS: Elke's Tribute to Her Husband, Saul Friedman

As you know, Gray Matters and Reflections columnist, Saul Friedman, died on 24 December 2010. He was beloved by his readers, a great man, a great journalist and teacher, someone we could all do well to emulate. Saul's funeral was... Read More...

Published Sat, Jan 01 2011 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

GAY AND GRAY: *** Gephardt's Second Career

Gay and Gray is a monthly column at Time Goes By written by Jan Adams (bio) in which she thinks out loud for us on issues of aging lesbians and gay men. Jan also writes on many topics at her... Read More...

Published Thu, Oct 29 2009 2:35 AM by TIME GOES BY

Culture Notes: 2 November 2009

[WHERE ELDERS BLOG: Joared, who blogs at Along the Way, sent in her photo for the Where Elders Blog feature. You can see it here and you will find instructions on how to add yours here.] Well, THAT was a... Read More...

Published Mon, Nov 02 2009 2:35 AM by TIME GOES BY

The State of the Union, Jobs and Social Security

President Barack Obama covered a lot of territory in his State of the Union address to Congress on Tuesday (transcript here). What was conspicuously missing, however, is the number one concern of the majority of Americans – jobs. The only... Read More...

Published Fri, Jan 28 2011 5:31 AM by TIME GOES BY

Happiness

I doubt what has happened to the “pursuit of happiness” in recent years is what Thomas Jefferson had in mind when he wrote the U.S. Declaration of Independence. Happiness has become a research industry, being poked and prodded, dissected and... Read More...

Published Wed, Nov 04 2009 2:39 AM by TIME GOES BY

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