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Get The Point? Pencils Are Great

By Michele Bazan Reed | bazanreed@hotmail.com “I’ll pencil you in.” We say it constantly, casually. Even in this day

By Marvin Druger | mdruger@syr.edu Unfortunately, spouses do not usually die at the same time. When a spouse dies,

By Jim Miller Spousal benefit questions are among the most frequently asked and confusing parts of Social Security. The

By Jim Sollecito Sometimes I wonder what happened to people I gave directions to. I hope they got there.

Let’s talk about sex and why I don’t smile at old men anymore. By Marilyn L. Pinsky I suddenly

By Eva Briggs, M.D. At a recent medical conference, I listened to a talk about a relatively new cancer

By Michele Bazan Reed | bazanreed@hotmail.com It’s that exciting time of the year, when we put up another perfectly

By Marvin Druger | mdruger@syr.edu The Bus Incident I got on a crowded bus in Los Angeles. There were

By Jim Miller Finding a good home repair or handyman can be a bit of a crapshoot. How do

By Jim Sollecito My career had a head-start, working with a local nursery at the impressionable age of 14.