Humility may be sport’s comeback virtue of the new year. In the guise of one freshly minted superstar and another veteran egomaniac, the virtue is making some high-profile appearances. SHY, GRATEFUL AND HUMBLE The headline of the USA Today feature…
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A driver deliberately races down the empty lane to the closed toll booth, passing the terminally stalled lines of traffic. The action creates confusion, more congestion, then total frustration. Because, rather than rejecting this bad behavior, one naïve fool allows…
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Everyone who cares, or needs care, should care deeply about this injustice. To the point: Patient care providers, the actual frontline personnel in assisted living communities and skilled nursing centers, are being exploited. Their job responsibilities cover everything from ensuring…
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“Mr. Smith,” you’re needed on the set, immediately. The demand for sincere, artful communication in Washington hasn’t been this desperate since 1939 when Jimmy Stewart dramatized the power of well-chosen words in “Mr. Smith Goes to Washington.” For months now,…
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For those too busy or to too impatient to read another report on why aging is good for us, here is a cheat sheet of highlights from one of the better declarations, The Power of Purposeful Aging, produced by the…
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Not wanting to burden their children is a fundamental concern of many older adults as they age. A National Institutes of Health research study titled “You Don’t Want to Burden Them” confirmed as much, identifying burden as an important concept…
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There should be a warning: Oxygen breathing tanks may be necessary to compensate for the room’s depletion of air due to excessive chatter and uncontrollable laughter. The excitement in the atmosphere was palpable. A couple dozen older adults waited patiently,…
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We have become defensive walkers, out of necessity. Obliged to constantly dodge the misfits who are incapable of walking straight and working a mobile phone at the same. This rude, oblivious behavior is only the tip of the iceberg when…
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By Stuart Greenbaum Donald J. Trump, 70, will be the oldest person to take office as president of the United States. In California, Jerry Brown, 73, is the country’s oldest governor. What they have in common as leaders is at…
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To Jenny McCarthy, Gwyneth Paltrow and all celebrities who make baseless claims to promote health, beauty and anti-aging nostrums, understand this: “You are entitled to your own opinion, but not to your own facts.” Although late-Senator Daniel Moynihan’s admonition was…
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