March 2nd, 2024 Don Akchin
Photo by Gabriel on Unsplash The EndGame is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. For months I have been having a recurring dream. I am back at one of my former jobs – sometimes as a returning employee, other times as a visitor – and as […]
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February 28th, 2024 Don Akchin
No. 51/Feb. 28, 2024 NewScan is a biweekly briefing on news relevant to readers of The EndGame. NewScan is a premium feature exclusively for paid subscribers. On Test of Retirement Literacy, Most Score an F When The American College of Financial Services quizzed adults ages 50 to 75 on their knowledge of financial factors on […]
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February 24th, 2024 Don Akchin
Photo by Getty Images on Unsplash The EndGame is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Growing older comes with more than its share of surprises. One of the most unpleasant is the termination of a marriage. Unfortunately, that nasty surprise faces a growing […]
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February 17th, 2024 Don Akchin
Photo by Tarik Haiga on Unsplash The EndGame is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. What’s wrong with this picture? Last fall the U.S. had 6.5 million unemployed workers but 9.5 million job openings. In manufacturing, health care, education, and wholesale and retail trade, there […]
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February 14th, 2024 Don Akchin
No. 50/Feb. 14, 2024 NewScan is a biweekly briefing on news relevant to readers of The EndGame. NewScan is a premium feature exclusively for paid subscribers. Memories Fail and Change – At Any Age In response to Donald Trump confusing Nikki Haley with Nancy Pelosi, and Joe Biden reportedly having trouble recalling the day his […]
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February 10th, 2024 Don Akchin
Photo by Delano Ramdas on Unsplash The EndGame is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Are you fearless? Good for you! I, unfortunately, am not put together that way. You would think that by now I would have outgrown my fears, most of […]
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February 3rd, 2024 Don Akchin
Photo by Saikiran Kesari on Unsplash The EndGame is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. People in our generation can take several approaches to climate change. The first is to be grateful that we won’t be around that much longer to worry about it. We can […]
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January 31st, 2024 Don Akchin
No. 49/Jan. 31, 2024 NewScan is a biweekly briefing on news relevant to readers of The EndGame. NewScan is a premium feature exclusively for paid subscribers. Classic Board Games Rebooted for All Generations Three favorite board games from back in the day have been revived in new editions designed for intergenerational play. The Game of […]
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January 27th, 2024 Don Akchin
Photo by Lucy Heath on Unsplash The EndGame is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Would you like to live to be 100 years old? This is not a hypothetical question. It used to be that living to be 100 virtually guaranteed your picture in the […]
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January 20th, 2024 Don Akchin
Photo by Laura Paraschivescu on Unsplash The EndGame is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Last weekend my wife and I traveled to New York City to see our daughter. On the train my wife wore a mask. I did not. In New York we got […]
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