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The most delightful elderly man - looked to be late 70's/early 80's - just delivered our pizza, handing it over with a slight tremble in his frail arms.
If it's possible for a heart to feel physically heavy, it does.
If it's possible for a heart to feel physically heavy, it does.
Shortly after the 2016 election, an older female journalist pulled me aside after a TV hit and explained that, while she was in the sunset of her career, I (and other journalists my age) are now responsible.
We are responsible for explaining WHY we have safety net programs.
We are responsible for explaining WHY we have safety net programs.
And doing it with plainspoken English.
We have them, because before they existed, before Social Security existed, many old people were poor or would just die if they didn't have family to take them in.
"The Depression was a catastrophic blow to almost every American, but none
We have them, because before they existed, before Social Security existed, many old people were poor or would just die if they didn't have family to take them in.
"The Depression was a catastrophic blow to almost every American, but none
more than the elderly. For many people, said Franklin Roosevelt in 1934, old age is "the most tragic of all hazards." https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB109520630433518093
