By PAT TAUB and LISA SAVAGE Aging with a loved one can tap into joys, strengths and the benefits, but also health changes, family tensions, and potentially devastating financial challenges. Consider this scenario: Friends of friends [...]
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These days your favorite news sources likely feature stories about the war in Iran, desperation in oil-deprived Cuba, voter disenfranchisement, and Trump’s massive corruption schemes, relegating news of Gaza to a few paragraphs, reflecting ‘Gaza fatigue.’ After two plus years of waking to screens dominated by the genocide: bombed-out [...]
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In our increasingly dark times, despair is a seductive force. Many of us have been deeply affected by the 170 Iranian schoolgirls murdered by US bombs; ICE’s inhumane detention centers; and an increasingly unhinged President who is oblivious to how his policies are threatening WW lll. The list is long, but if we limit our focus to the darkness, [...]
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2025 was a dark year. Disturbing news became routine: ICE terrifying migrant communities; the gutting of critical federal departments, like Education and the Climate Research Center; mean-spirited cuts to food stamps, heating allowances, and Head Start; rolled back protections for gay, lesbian and trans individuals. Casualties from Israel’s [...]
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More and more older women are discovering a new voice: one that embraces a newfound freedom. Sharon Blackie, author of Hagitude, contends that women tend to lose their inhibitions as they age. Aging often ushers in a new confidence. Many older women describe themselves as not the same person they were 20 or 30 years ago. Living through [...]
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This Christmas season prominent religious leaders like Pope Francis and Rev. Munther Isaac, Palestinian pastor in Bethlehem, call on us to put into practice the parable of the Good Samaritan, as it applies to Gaza. In a show of compassion for Gaza, the Pope’s nativity scene shows Baby Jesus with a Palestinian keffiyeh. Rev. Isaac’s church, [...]
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This Thanksgiving I’m giving thanks to people who have acted with courage and compassion. Some in a big way and others in small everyday actions that warmed my heart. Among those to whom I offer a big thanks is Ursula Slavick, a Portland, Maine resident and member of a women’s peace group to which I belong. Ursula died at age 87 on [...]
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