Over the Hill

An Older, Better Future

Demography’s specter is haunting Europe, where low native birthrates and aging populations pose serious questions about national economies and their apparently indispensable ...

Your Parents Are Weird

During this cozy holiday season it’s worth taking a step back from the football game and having a good hard stare at the baby boomers who made you. What is with these people? ...

Mr. Shailendra Kumar Upadhyay

Old Age Wasted On the Old

A toast, ladies and gentlemen, to Mr. Shailendra Kumar Upadhyay of Nepal, who shuffled off this mortal coil on Monday afternoon at age 82. Mr. Upadhyay was at 18,700 feet above ...

Aging More Gracefully Than England

As I write these words and watch them grow into sentences, I am living the final hours of my fifties. By the time you read this, I"€™ll be sixty years old. Or, as French and ...

Oliver Stone: Older, Wiser, and Worse

A cinematic development I hadn"€™t expected is Oliver Stone evolving into a director who makes movies that are fair, responsible, and forgettable. His sequel Wall Street: Money ...

10 Things About Turning 40

After 39 years of not being 40, I decided to give it a try. Being two score is unlike anything before it so I feel it would be prudent to warn you about a few things... 1) YOU ...

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