James Chappel is Gilhuly Family Associate Professor of History at Duke University. This interview is based on his new book, Golden Years: How Americans Invented and Reinvented Old Age (Basic Books, 2024). JF: What led you to write Golden Years? […]
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Biden jokes about his age and memory
Remember this: And today Joe Biden offered this: I love it! It seems like this is the best way for Biden to address the “age” issue in the wake of the recent special counsel’s report on classified documents.
“The idea of growing old in America today is become more uncertain and even scary, and it shouldn’t be”
No, this is not one of those posts about older people worrying about the state of American democracy. It is much more pragmatic in nature. Why aren’t we taking care of older Americans in the way that we should? Conservatives […]