There is a persistent cultural myth that intimacy fades into irrelevance somewhere around retirement age. Hollywood rarely depicts it. Advertising ignores it. For millions of Americans over 60, the reality is considerably more interesting than […]
Quiz: Can you name these ’90s TV shows from their catchphrases? Before streaming, before binge-watching, before anyone had heard the word “algorithm,” there was just the TV and whatever was on it. For a generation […]
Only a real American senior can explain these 11 things — and the rest of the world is baffled There is a version of America that Boomers and Gen Xers carry around in their heads […]
Summer arrived in 1999 with bold promises of nostalgia. Organizers Michael Lang and John Scher planned to resurrect the magic of 1969, marking thirty years since half a million gathered for three days that defined […]
Millions of Americans take a daily vitamin, assuming it is doing something. That assumption is not always correct. The gap between what you swallow and what your body absorbs widens with age. The only reliable […]
The name has been appearing in headlines every single day. Given the ongoing geopolitical tensions involving Iran, the United States, and Israel, the Strait of Hormuz has become one of the most referenced points on […]
1971 song trivia The year 1971 was a musical powerhouse that gave us some of the most unforgettable songs in American history. It was a time when the cultural revolution of the ’60s was maturing […]
Language is supposed to help us describe the world. So why does it leave us pointing at things and saying “that little plastic thingy”? Well, most of those things do have names. Precise, official, often […]
Behind-the-scenes feuds that permanently rewrote television “It’s funny, every Grey’s actor I talk to who was there during that time is still traumatized by that incident,” Shonda Rhimes told The Hollywood Reporter about an early […]
The ’70s health habits that still work today There is a tendency to treat the 1970s as a medical dark age, a decade of cigarette ads, margarine, and jogging suits. But strip away the fads […]