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Kudos to College Students May. 24, 2020

Dear Annie®

Dear Annie: There are so many heroes who are all helping us get through the COVID-19 crisis. I want ... Read More

Nurses Offer a Hand to Hold May. 17, 2020

Dear Annie®

Dear Annie: We hear so many accounts of sick relatives dying alone in the hospital and family member... Read More

Anonymous Helpers Might Scare Seniors May. 13, 2020

Dear Annie®

Dear Annie: I am a 77-year-old woman, recently transplanted after 50 years in a different city and p... Read More

Finding Beauty in the Ugly Part of Aging Apr. 30, 2020

Dear Annie®

Dear Annie: I was very close to my grandmother, and when she died, I felt guilty at times, thinking ... Read More

Take Your Time Apr. 27, 2020

Dear Doug

Q: I'm a lonely widower who would like to find the same sense of companionship I had when I was marr... Read More

Diabetes and You Apr. 24, 2020

Positive Aging

Last month, I wrote about the remarkable book "Genius Food," which gave me a whole new perspective o... Read More

Truth Is Mandatory Apr. 20, 2020

Dear Doug

Q: A couple of years ago, I met a widowed lady. She has become a good friend, but no romantically sp... Read More

Some People Are Happy Being Unhappy Apr. 13, 2020

Dear Doug

Q: No one can out-depress my new neighbor! I have learned not to ask her how she is. She spends at l... Read More

Are Your Finances in Order? Apr. 10, 2020

Positive Aging

My new personal hero is New York Times science writer John Schwartz, but the reason I admire him so ... Read More

Caretaking From the Heart Apr. 09, 2020

Dear Annie®

Dear Annie: I have never written to an advice columnist but feel the need to share my experience of ... Read More

Suggestion of Letting the Vulnerable Die to Save the Economy Is Absurd Mar. 31, 2020

Daily Editorials

Texas' lieutenant governor has suggested that older Americans have a duty to, essentially, sacrifice... Read More

Coupon Obsession Mar. 23, 2020

Dear Doug

Q: My wife and I looked forward to retirement for a long time. I devoted most of my time to a demand... Read More

Forget Downsizing Mar. 20, 2020

Positive Aging

For many of my baby boomer peers, the most-dreaded activity on the horizon is the possibility of bei... Read More

'Ageless Soul' Mar. 13, 2020

Positive Aging

Back in 1982, Thomas Moore published the first of more than 20 books about the human condition. You ... Read More

Don't Settle With That Service Mar. 07, 2020

Dear Annie®

Dear Annie: I've had the same woman, "Veronica," doing my hair for several years now. She also does ... Read More

Keeping Young Mar. 02, 2020

Dear Doug

Q: Some people just seem to age better. I am in my late 60s and just moved into a retirement communi... Read More

Gratitude Attitude: Part 2 Feb. 28, 2020

Positive Aging

Are you having a down day? When that happens, oftentimes it can be all too easy for us to tell ourse... Read More

Grandchild Favoritism Feb. 24, 2020

Dear Doug

Q: I feel bad about it, but I have a favorite grandchild. My wife and I only had one child and didn'... Read More

Gratitude Attitude: Part 1 Feb. 21, 2020

Positive Aging

After reaching the age of 50, many of us fall into the trap of thinking that everything was better "... Read More

Ways to Face Hard Times Feb. 07, 2020

Positive Aging

By the time you have celebrated your 50th birthday, it's a pretty safe bet you have gotten several d... Read More