California’s bicyclist safety law may spawn a new twist on an old automobile accessory. The bike feeler would literally be an extension of the springy wire curb feelers your grandparents’ Chris Craft-sized sedans featured along the wheel wells. Those foot-long…
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Who among us is pro “anti-aging” anyway? The past week’s Sunday newspaper featured two very curious advertisements. One, by SanMedica International in the Parade supplement, is formatted cleverly (some would say deceptively) as a feature story with the headline “SPECIAL…
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Whether or not Robert Plant’s new album, “lullaby and ... The Ceaseless Roar,” sells 500,000 copies, in my humble opinion it establishes a new gold standard for mature artists attempting to make relevant contributions to their legacy. Plant’s incomparable evolution…
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Few celebrities relate well to people of all ages. Joan Rivers did, for six decades. Fortunately she left us with a legacy of shows and specials and books to remind us of how adroitly she skewered the deserving, including herself,…
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Wipe the playing field. Get ready for “Two-bit Table Soccer,” the always entertaining, sometimes inappropriate time killer. All that’s required to enjoy this distraction is a slow server at the restaurant of choice, two players, one quarter, and a flat,…
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Driving for more than four decades on roads throughout California, from rural back roads to L.A. freeways, I’ve come to appreciate how important these years of experience are to being safe. Intuitive driving, which translates to anticipating others’ mistakes and…
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Deep concerns about the current status and future of services for older adults were reinforced at the joint committee hearing of the newly formed Senate Select Committee on Aging and Long-term Care and the Assembly Committee on Aging and Long-term…
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A visit to the National September 11 Memorial and Museum is a transformative experience, worthy of the time by all respectful Americans. The displays are informative and thoughtful, though some are especially disturbing and tough to view. Perhaps most poignant…
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Enable is a very ambiguous word. It can mean to make able; to provide with capability and power. Contrastingly, it can also mean to support dysfunctional behavior. No wonder English is such a difficult language to learn. But it doesn’t…
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There will come a time in our lives when fighting gravity becomes a continuous challenge if not a losing battle. We’ll be obliged to rely on one type of apparatus or another to keep ourselves upright and mobile: most likely…
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