Photo: Getty Images for Unsplash+ NOTE TO READERS: I did a bit of travel this week, leaving no time to draft a fresh post, but here is one from the archive. Enjoy! It’s widely acknowledged that you can’t teach an old dog new tricks. Good thing you’re not a dog. You, by contrast, possess a […]
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 talk to scores of people about retirement. Some love it. Some hate it. Some find it vaguely unsettling. So I was not surprised by the results of […]
No. 76/February 26, 2025 NewScan is a biweekly briefing on news relevant to readers of The EndGame. NewScan is a premium feature exclusively for paid subscribers. Climate Change Sparking Great Migrations Rising seas. Higher temperatures. Longer droughts. Larger wildfires. The impact of climate change is mounting, and the economic costs are starting to hit … […]
Photo: Getty Images with Unsplash+ The EndGame is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. When I first started to write about aging, I described my topic area as “aging with grace, purpose, and joy.” At that time, I saw aging gracefully as a […]
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. Forgive me for being slightly off-topic this week, but this has been occupying considerable real estate in my brain. In January, outgoing U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy […]
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. Forgive me for being slightly off-topic this week, but this has been occupying considerable real estate in my brain. In January, outgoing U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy […]
No. 75/February 12, 2025 NewScan is a biweekly briefing on news relevant to readers of The EndGame. NewScan is a premium feature exclusively for paid subscribers. Deportation’s Impact on Long-Term Care Unauthorized immigrants make up about 4% of current long-term healthcare workers. If the Trump Administration implements its announced policy of mass deport… Read more
Photo by National Cancer Institute on Unsplash Just 10 years ago, there were 43.1 million Americans aged 65 and older. By 2050, according to the U.S. Census Bureau, that number will balloon to 83.7 million. The EndGame is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid […]
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 was surprised to learn recently from The Economist that you and I and all our peers are responsible for the ills of our troubled world. The article, […]
No. 74/January 29, 2025 NewScan is a biweekly briefing on news relevant to readers of The EndGame. NewScan is a premium feature exclusively for paid subscribers. Another Fall Risk: Blood Pressure Meds Close to half of U.S. adults have high blood pressure, or hypertension, which poses risks to the heart, kidneys, and nerves. But a […]
