Photo by Curated Lifestyle for Unsplash+ The EndGame is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. I’ve been having dreams for several weeks about working for a newspaper, which strikes me as odd since the last time I did that in real life was […]
No. 83/June 4, 2025 NewScan is a biweekly briefing on news relevant to readers of The EndGame. NewScan is a premium feature exclusively for paid subscribers. Cutting Medicaid Also Cuts Some Medicare Benefits A bill making major cuts to Medicaid funds, passed in the House and now before the Senate, would reduce health insurance coverage […]
Helen was born in New York City in 1930, into a family that had the money to indulge her every whim and to shelter her from life’s harsh realities. Helen also happened to have a talent for dancing, which her mother did everything in her power to facilitate. By her teens she was a successful […]
Photo by Getty Images for Unsplash+ The EndGame is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. I am in pretty good health for a guy who just turned 74, and my ambition is to stay that way for the duration. The odds are not […]
No. 82/May 21, 2025 NewScan is a biweekly briefing on news relevant to readers of The EndGame. NewScan is a premium feature exclusively for paid subscribers. BlackRock CEO Warns of a Retirement Crisis Larry Fink, CEO of BlackRock, the world’s largest asset management firm, says only employees of major companies receive adequate retirement planning and […]
Photo by Curated Lifestyle for Unsplash+ The EndGame is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Everyone who has dealt up close and personal with the American healthcare system has stories. This is ours. My mother-in-law is 94 years old, and for 93 of […]
Photo by Joseph Corl on Unsplash You may be forgiven for believing in the inevitability of dementia in your future. News media have done well what they do best, which is cranking the anxiety volume up to 11. With predictable results: In the United Kingdom, a study last year by the Alzheimer’s Society found that […]
No. 81/May 7, 2025 NewScan is a biweekly briefing on news relevant to readers of The EndGame. NewScan is a premium feature exclusively for paid subscribers. May Campaign Advances Case for Older Workers May is Older Americans Month, and Encore Roadmap has launched Flip the Script, an all-volunteer grassroots campaign to spotlight the power of […]
Image by TSD Studio for Unsplash+ The EndGame is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. At times I feel that whatever I am going through, I am going through it alone. If you feel that way sometimes, perhaps you will be encouraged to […]
Photo by Getty Images for Unsplash+ The EndGame is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Early in his writing career, Kurt Vonnegut was surprised and annoyed to find his stories relegated by reviewers to “the drawer labeled ‘science fiction.’ “ He wrote, “I […]
