Photo by Fellipe Ditadi for Unsplash+ The EndGame is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Summer has always been my favorite season. In addition to the strong emotional connection I make between summer and academic freedom – freedom from academics, that is – […]
No. 60/July 3, 2024 NewScan is a biweekly briefing on news relevant to readers of The EndGame. NewScan is a premium feature exclusively for paid subscribers. Campaign Aims to End Ageism in Ourselves Changing the Narrative, a Colorado-based initiative to end ageism, has launched a 2024 campaign to end internalized ageism – the ageist beliefs […]
Photo by Tashka for iStockphoto When we were growing up, it was expected that we would get educated, get a job, and get our own place to live, more or less in that order. The EndGame is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. […]
Photo by Tim Mossholder on Unsplash+ The EndGame is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. You might think that after 40+ years of having sex, craving sex, obsessing over sex, dressing for sex, dreaming of sex, talking about sex, joking about sex, getting […]
No. 59/June 19, 2024 NewScan is a biweekly briefing on news relevant to readers of The EndGame. NewScan is a premium feature exclusively for paid subscribers. Financial Advisers Must Put Your Interests First Wait – you mean they don’t already? Well, they might, if they are also fiduciaries, which legally obligates them to act in […]
Photo by Greg Johnson on 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 read predictions of what climate change will do to our world over the next 50 years, I am sorely tempted to follow the counsel of Charlie Brown: “No problem […]
Photo by Unsplash+ in collaboration with Getty Images The EndGame is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. I started this newsletter three years ago to focus on positive aspects of aging. Sometimes I stray from that idea, as you may have noticed. Recently […]
No. 58/June 5, 2024 NewScan is a biweekly briefing on news relevant to readers of The EndGame. NewScan is a premium feature exclusively for paid subscribers Summer Bulletin: Watch Out for Heat Waves Deadly heat waves across the globe are posing serious health risks for older adults, who are the most likely to die from […]
Photo by Unsplash+ in collaboration with Getty Images The EndGame is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. When it comes to employment for older adults, two competing forces are crashing against each other. On the one hand, millions of older adults want to […]
Photo by Maria Lupan on Unsplash The EndGame is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. This week I celebrated another birthday (73, thank you very much) with the customary rituals of witty cards, calls from my siblings, and dozens of birthday clicks from Facebook friends. I […]