Wanted: New Voices from New Places!

Wanted: New Voices from New Places!

About five years ago, after a long career as a corporate lawyer and then as a nonprofit leader, I entered a field that goes by many names — aging, longevity, the encore movement. (Names in this area are all over the place, but that’s another story.) I was...
The Urgent Need to Stop Gun Violence Before It Starts

The Urgent Need to Stop Gun Violence Before It Starts

This week, I spent two days with Nicole Hockley, whose 6-year-old son Dylan was shot at Sandy Hook five years ago, dying in the arms of his special education assistant, who also died trying to protect him. I’m a mother with a son the same age as Dylan, and my heart...
Why Life Gets Better After 50

Why Life Gets Better After 50

A chat with Jonathan Rauch, author of ‘The Happiness Curve’ The midlife doldrums are real. But fear not; they don’t last forever. Take it from Jonathan Rauch, a journalist and author who has systematically studied every bit of research on happiness across the life...
Millennials: Allergic to Politics?

Millennials: Allergic to Politics?

If gun control becomes the gateway issue that entices distrustful millennials into the voting booth, America is in for a makeover. Never before has this country produced a generation with political views and demographic traits so different from those of its elders. On...