By Tom Engelhardt Reprinted from TomDispatch.com As I turn 75, there’s no simpler way to put it than this: I’m an old man on a new planet — and, in case it isn’t instantly obvious, that’s not good news on either score. I still have a memory of being a camp counselor in upstate New…
[Reprint of an article I first published in January of 2011] By Don Pelton 5:30 AM, the first day of the new year, still dark out. I peer out the bedroom window and see a small circle of new snow glistening in the light from the motion-detector on the well house, probably set off…
I just ran across this Amazon book review I wrote back in 2001, of Katie Hafners’ The Well: A Story of Love, Death & Real Life in the Seminal Online Community. The WELL, started by Stewart Brand and Larry Brilliant in 1985, was one of the first online virtual communities. For a time in…
Don Pelton It occurred to me recently, as I was cutting a couple of pieces of watermelon for my dear wife and me (giving her the larger piece) that in a long marriage (we’re at 52 years and counting) we exchange the “Gift of the Magi” more or less everyday. In a thousand small…
Jne Valokuvaus/Shutterstock by Hayley Wright, Coventry University Originally published in The Conversation, August 25, 2017 Research into how we can keep our brains healthy as we age has gained momentum in recent years. There is now an increased focus on the changes that we can makes to our health and lifestyle, which may prevent…