Who today would rule the room, any room? With the most transcendent reputation, and highest and ageless levels of respect, popularity, charisma and admiration to command unanimous attention amongst any group of people. The “It” person whose entrance into the…
If only, when people hear Joe South sing “Walk a mile in my shoes,” his poetic and encouraging metaphor for empathy would move all who “abuse, criticize and accuse.” And, if only, older adults were among the highest regarded beneficiaries…
There is a world where two wrongs make it right. Where you can get by on your looks. Where social-Darwinism evolves. This hotbed of sociopathic behavior is called high school. It is as easy as it is disturbing to imagine…

With wealth and fame come awareness: of new and more of everything — possessions, pleasures, pretentions. On rare occasions, though, there’s another, more profound sense of awareness: of self. The kind of awareness that can be humbling when internalized and…

Veteran actors Helen Mirren, 68, and Om Puri, 64, star in the new DreamWorks film “The Hundred-Foot Journey.” The story is not about age though. Food, family, ego, ambition and love are the ageless themes of this mini-masterpiece. With its…