Aging causes a huge number of problems for many of us. These days, we believe everything peculiar we find ourselves doing for the first time to be the start of Alzheimer’s. Like sweeping your finger up the page of a book to turn the page.

The Star Wars franchise may be 46 years old but age didn’t matter last weekend when Chewbacca and other Star Wars legends came to town for the Desfile de las Galaxias 2023. 

Are you fed up?  I mean with the constant media coverage of disturbing news images: wars, destruction, violence, Trump?

Do you find yourself at serene moments lying in the sun wondering about human social development and Coca-Cola?

A few weeks back I did a column on roosters, more specifically, fighting cocks. Today, I’m giving equal time to a breakthrough story on chickens.

Cosmetic surgery is often viewed as our interminable counter-offensive against aging. What seems to be different today in many places is that it’s acceptable to talk publicly about all those age-removing techniques.