The cumulative effect of the recent rash of horrific mass murders – in Paris, San Bernardino, Orlando, Dallas, Turkey, Nice, Japan, among too many other places -- appears to be causing one of two reactions with the public. We are…
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Have fun, if The Ackerly, an older adult community opening this summer in Portland, Oregon, lives up to its promotional message. “Suddenly, it dawned on Joe that retirement is totally awesome.” says the ad in Portland Monthly. Above the caption…
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Time is discriminatory, ageist even. It takes forever when you’re a kid; and flies with increasing velocity as you age. Scientists and psychologists who’ve studied this phenomenon propose various theories for the disparity. Most agree, though, that it is not…
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Guest Essay by Gary Greenbaum, Teacher, Laguna Creek High School (Elk Grove, CA) If you lost your wallet, what do think are the odds that you’ll get it back? This is the type of question I pose to my high…
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EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: James Gates, Library Director, Baseball Hall of Fame, Cooperstown, NY Safe to say, the National Baseball Hall of Fame is the dream destination of everyone who loves the game. A select few individuals are inducted; the rest of…
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Let it be known, I don’t feel sorry for older adults. I do, however, respect older adults. I admire older adults. And I learn from older adults. But as for being sympathetic to people just because they are old? Nope.…
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“Sometimes I feel like a scout from my generation, sent out ahead to experience in my fifties what even the healthiest Boomers are going to experience in their sixties, seventies, or eighties” Michael Kingsley writes, in his new book Old…
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“Do not readily reveal yourself or your intentions. It leaves you with more room to maneuver.” Don’t know the origin of this quotation, but I suspect it’s the sort of advice that propagates organically -- because it is practical and…
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“To Stu from (FROM) Muhammad Ali, May 11, 1981” – When the champion admired and then signed the photograph I took of him years earlier, he accidentally wrote “FROM” a second time. He was simply distracted, most likely; though judging…
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EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: Charles DeCarli, MD, UC Davis Alzheimer’s Disease Center No medical diagnosis is as feared as Alzheimer’s disease. Literally. Not even cancer. Work at the University of California at Davis Alzheimer’s Disease Center offers us hope though. As the…
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