Photo by Juan Bacab on Unsplash At the grocery this week, I glimpsed a magazine cover featuring 80-year-old Cher, and my first thought was how very old she looks (notwithstanding the best plastic surgery money can buy). Cher is definitely aging. So are Bob Dylan, Harrison Ford, Tom Hanks, and Dolly Parton. You can see […]
No. 110/July 8, 2026 NewScan is a biweekly briefing on news relevant to readers of The EndGame. NewScan is a premium feature exclusively for paid subscribers. Congress Can’t Keep Kicking the Can Down the Road If Congress does not act to strengthen Social Security’s finances before 2034, benefits to retirees and the disabled will have […]
Photo by Anika Mikkelson on Unsplash The EndGame is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Happy Fourth of July! I am vacationing this week. Here is a dusty, but perhaps useful post from the archive for your information and entertainment. When Bob and […]
Photo by Yunus Tug for Unsplash+ The EndGame is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Fresh from a recent adventure in an emergency room, I was intrigued to learn of a trend in emergency medicine that is gathering momentum: the Geriatric Emergency Department. […]
No. 109/June 24, 2026 NewScan is a biweekly briefing on news relevant to readers of The EndGame. NewScan is a premium feature exclusively for paid subscribers. More Older Adults Require Care – No System Provides It The first members of the Baby Boom generation turn 80 this year, signaling a sharp increase in the number […]
Photo by Towfiqu barbhuiya on Unsplash The EndGame is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. If you have not had the pleasure of visiting an Emergency Room lately, let me assure you that it is nothing like the televised medical dramas. On television, […]
Photo by Katie Rosario on Unsplash Some birthdays are cause for celebration. I didn’t consider my 75th birthday to be one of them. Aside from my radical amazement that I’m still walking the planet after three-quarters of a century, it didn’t strike me as an occasion worthy of summoning friends and family to offer toasts, […]
Photo by Aysegul Aytören on Unsplash The EndGame is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Odds are, you have heard someone toss off the remark, “You can never be too rich or too thin,” as if it were true. Some people must believe […]
No. 108/May 27 , 2026 NewScan is a biweekly briefing on news relevant to readers of The EndGame. NewScan is a premium feature exclusively for paid subscribers. Few Retirees Work Although 75% of American workers expect to supplement their retirement savings with paid work, only 27% of retirees actually do, according to EBRI’s 2026 Retirement […]
Photo by Sabine van Straaten on Unsplash Note to Readers: Today, May 23, is my father’s birthday. (It is also my birthday, and my grandfather’s birthday, but that’s another story.) In his honor, I am reprinting this post from the archive. The EndGame is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, […]
