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Elders and Voter ID Laws

In Saturday's special edition of Interesting Stuff, I mentioned voter ID laws that are being used in an increasing number of states to suppress certain kinds of voters by requiring a government-issued photo ID to be presented at polling stations....

Published Mon, Jul 25 2011 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

ELDER MUSIC: 1954

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, May 08 2011 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

INTERESTING STUFF: 25 August 2012

MITT ROMNEY: BIRTHER I had finished writing today's Interesting Stuff on Friday when some Mitt Romney news arrived that is too odious to leave until Monday. The regular potpourri of the Saturday post will return next week. What Romney did... Read...

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

George Carlin on Being Old

It's a too-busy week here at Chez Bennett so I'm reaching for some easy stuff you might enjoy that gives me time to take care of business, as it were. One good way is video of George Carlin who is,... Read More...

Published Wed, Jun 18 2014 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

ELDER ABUSE: Stories From an Assisted Living Resident

Today, rather than a report on another kind of elder abuse (we'll get to that soon), I want you to know about a remarkable, first-hand account from inside one of the 40,000 long-term care homes in the U.S. Last month... Read More...

Published Mon, Aug 06 2012 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Keeping Up with Technology While Old – or Not

Have you heard about the “Internet of Things”? The idea is that before long, everything you own – toaster, refrigerator, alarm clock, heater and air conditioner, electric razor and even toilet – will be connected via computer chip to the... Read More...

Published Thu, Oct 09 2014 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Professional Boomers Aging Badly

Did you read that baby boomer who was whining in The New York Times last Sunday about – surprise! - getting old? More particularly, about those damned other people who insist on being younger. It is not the real-life issues... Read More...

Published Wed, Sep 03 2014 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

What Plutocracy Looks Like

Yes, as I mentioned yesterday I'm taking today off too – and maybe tomorrow – but I want to leave you with something to chew on while I'm ignoring the computer screen for awhile. Among the crop of young pundits... Read More...

Published Tue, Sep 25 2012 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

A Book Deal For You

I discovered the English writer, Julian Barnes, in 1984 with the publication that year of Flaubert's Parrot, and I haven't stopped reading him since. In the past decade, Barnes seems to have become almost as consumed with growing old, old... Read...

Published Wed, Aug 27 2014 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

ELDER MUSIC: Not Rhymin', Simon

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 10 2015 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Important Blog Comment Problem

As they say, shit happens and for the past month or so, many of your comments at this blog and, to a lesser degree at The Elder Storytelling Place, have been relegated to the spam folder instead of being published.... Read More...

Published Mon, Jun 24 2013 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Poem: On Approaching Seventy and Baking Bread

More than 40 years ago there was, in the weekend house in upstate New York I shared with the man I then lived with, a woodburning kitchen stove. That's it. You either built a fire or you didn't get hot... Read More...

Published Fri, Mar 13 2015 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

A Beautiful Archaic Skill

How can a blogger, especially one who blogs every day, forget to blog? That's what happened to me yesterday. The painter was here to put the finishing touches on the kitchen and dining room, and then Jerry with the snow... Read More...

Published Thu, Jan 21 2010 2:35 AM by TIME GOES BY

Gray Matters: Ted

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 19 2009 2:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

When Television is Really Good

It is fashionable, in certain circles, to claim that television is a lowbrow form of entertainment not worthy of time and attention. I beg to differ. There are execrable shows, for sure, but I have been impressed in recent years... Read More...

Published Thu, Dec 17 2009 2:35 AM by TIME GOES BY

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