February 17, 2024

Stash the Trashby Hudson CooperIn 1968 Stanley Kubrick released the film 2001: A Space Odyssey. It is a futuristic look at space travel, computers and the existence of alien life ...READ MORE

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Stash the Trash
June 2, 2023

By Ronald E. Roel (Originally published in Newsday on June 15, 2000) ...READ MORE

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My Father’s House
August 6, 2016

FINDING CALM WITHIN AMERICA’S DEMOGRAPHIC STORM Ken Taub I know, I know. Who listens? Besides, we are shouting at each other. We are anxious, jittery, uncertain. We are more than ...READ MORE

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Those Other People

MAKING GRAY THE NEW GREEN Ken Dychtwald EACH DAY, ANOTHER 10,000 BABY BOOMERS TURN 65. BORN IN 1950, I’M A MEMBER OF THIS COHORT. As we migrate into elderhood, our ...READ MORE

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Do Boomers Have the Guts—and Wisdom— To Course-Correct Our Nation?

TURNING INADVERTENT ACTIVISM INTOAN UPDATED DOWNTOWN David Sabatino I came to community organizing inadvertently. As a young man, I was more aware than most people about what was going on ...READ MORE

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From Coffeehouse to New, Improved Community

HOW THE GREATER PHOENIX AGE-FRIENDLY NETWORKEXPANDS RESOURCES, TRAINING & SHARING Amy St. Peter During the Great Recession a few years ago, the Maricopa Association of Governments (MAG) came to a ...READ MORE

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Making the Most of our ‘Longevity Bonus’

THE SPECIAL STRENGTH TO PLACE AN ENTIRE COMMUNITY ON YOUR SHOULDERS Ken Taub How do we measure a healthy heart?  By how generously it pumps. People are known to help ...READ MORE

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His Neighbors’ Keeper

RESPECT DIVERSITY, AND YOUR PROGRAMS WILL DELIVER UNITY Michael I. Udine When I came to Parkland  17 years ago, this small Floridian city was known as a great place to ...READ MORE

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Creating a Community for All Ages