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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Roger Angell, The New Yorker essayist and author on sports and culture turned 96 this year. He is living proof you can be both great and humble. His story “This Old Man: Life in the Nineties” (The New Yorker, 2-17-14)…
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This is an old story with a new plot twist: Add to Hollywood’s well-documented biases against woman and minorities a new category: older adults. More confirmation than revelation, ageism exists in the entertainment industry, according to a comprehensive study of…
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Incongruence is a beautiful thing. “I Love To Love (But My Baby Loves To Dance)” was just another cheesy disco tune – liked or disliked by people for that reason. Until the Tina Charles song was used – had a…
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The YouTube videos only slightly less cliché than those of cute cats are of “seniors” doing cute things. More power to the talented tap dancing seniors (about 8,250) and seniors singing rock songs (about 43,300). But here’s why I take…
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Words do matter. Words have the power to inform and influence; and used effectively, the right words can dramatically impact a reputation, product, or cause. Just as words can make a movement, they risk breaking one as well. Some policymakers…
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There’s a new and encouraging reason to sense less stress about getting older. According to recently released scientific research, mental health improves with age. “People who were in older life were happier, more satisfied, less depressed, had less anxiety and…
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Sometimes a story just shows up, like a shark to blood. A word search of this Humble Sky blog exposes two overexposed words: longevity and humility. Not directly related in any particular context, longevity is used to define a long,…
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Jerry: “What is this obsession people have with books?” More than a few classic “Seinfeld” episodes centered on books: the library cop, Kramer’s coffee table book, George’s flagged bathroom book (“If it wasn’t for the toilet there’d be no books”),…
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