Aging

Waking up nearly blind

I panicked at first, but with time, my vision impairment allowed me to see things more clearly than ever before

Lillian Rubin Tuesday, May 28, 2013 11:45 AM UTC
Life Life stories, Aging, blindness

I thumbed 1,700 miles to discover the open road and myself. Is it time to reconsider a lost American tradition?

Bill McAuliffe Wednesday, Feb 27, 2013 1:00 AM UTC 14
Life Life stories, Travel, Aging

Proof Bowie and Tilda Swinton aren't the same person: This new video from "The Next Day," releasing March 12 VIDEO

Kera Bolonik Tuesday, Feb 26, 2013 11:56 AM UTC
Entertainment Video, Music, entertainment news

Why is TV so enamored of the "Golden Girls" archetypal quartet to explore female friendship?

Meghan Lewit Monday, Feb 18, 2013 5:00 PM UTC 10
Entertainment Editor's Picks, Girls

"Amour," "The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel" and "All Together" offer very different portraits of the elderly

Steve Early and Suzanne Gordon, Jacobin Thursday, Feb 7, 2013 11:17 PM UTC
Life Jacobin, Aging, the elderly, Movies

At 88 and ailing, I refuse to live at any cost. I only hope that when the time comes, I'll have the courage to act

Lillian B. Rubin Thursday, Dec 27, 2012 1:00 AM UTC 35
Life Life stories, Aging

The Halloween-loving novelist, now 50, suddenly finds mortal crises in the holiday's every image

Kate Christensen Wednesday, Oct 31, 2012 9:00 PM UTC
Life essays, costumes, Williamsburg

Care facilities often prevent elderly patients from getting it on -- and a new study says that's unjust

Tracy Clark-Flory Tuesday, Jun 26, 2012 8:36 PM UTC
Life Love and Sex, Sex, Editor's Picks