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Soylent Greenbacks: David Brooks Wants People to Die for Debt Reduction

A single-payer system, James Ridgeway argues, would solve our biggest problems without killing off ailing geezers.

By James Ridgeway

 | Fri Jul. 15, 2011 11:47 AM PDT

In the Social Security Debate, Today's Democrats Are Worse Than Yesterday's Republicans

By James Ridgeway

 | Mon Jan. 24, 2011 9:29 AM PST

Obama's Tax Deal and the Future of Social Security

By James Ridgeway

 | Wed Dec. 22, 2010 9:36 AM PST

Obama's Deficit Commission Prepares to Carve Its Turkey

By James Ridgeway

 | Sun Nov. 28, 2010 10:49 AM PST

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Cat Food For You, Tax Cuts for Me

The deficit commission's report lays out the battle lines for the next Congress.

By James Ridgeway

 | Wed Nov. 10, 2010 2:20 PM PST

Live Poor or Die: The New American Retirement

By James Ridgeway

 | Wed Oct. 20, 2010 8:43 AM PDT

Why Do Tea Party Geezers Drink the Kool-Aid?

Even if Michele Bachmann's plan to kill Social Security fails, the tea party could still screw geezers like me.

By James Ridgeway

 | Tue Sep. 21, 2010 9:19 AM PDT

"Geezer in the Hole": The Reality of Aging Behind Bars

By James Ridgeway

 | Mon Sep. 20, 2010 12:10 PM PDT

As Numbers of Uninsured Soar, Health Insurance Companies Plan Rate Hikes

By James Ridgeway

 | Thu Sep. 16, 2010 2:39 PM PDT

Obama's "Cat Food Commission," Alan Greenspan, and the Dancing Grannies for Medicare

By James Ridgeway

 | Mon Aug. 9, 2010 7:04 AM PDT

How to Become Your Own One-Member Death Panel

By James Ridgeway

 | Tue Jul. 13, 2010 10:04 AM PDT

Meet the Real Death Panels

Should geezers like me give up life-prolonging treatments to cut health care costs?

By James Ridgeway

 | July/August 2010 Issue

What Psychiatrist Robert Butler Left Behind

He coined "ageism." He founded gerontology. Plus more reasons to remember this champion of elders.

By James Ridgeway

 | Wed Jul. 7, 2010 2:29 PM PDT

On Memorial Day in Normandy, Reminders of What We Won--and Lost

By James Ridgeway

 | Mon May. 31, 2010 7:21 AM PDT

Is DC Granny-Bashing?

By James Ridgeway

 | Thu May. 27, 2010 3:56 AM PDT

Inventing Disease to Sell Drugs

Pharma's favorite trick.

By James Ridgeway

 | Tue May. 11, 2010 8:15 AM PDT

Age Discrimination at Work

Will Congress address unfair treatment of older workers?

By James Ridgeway

 | Thu May. 6, 2010 7:24 AM PDT

Pete Peterson's Anti-Entitlement Juggernaut Gets Fueled Up by Obama

By James Ridgeway

 | Wed Apr. 28, 2010 9:28 AM PDT

Drugsters Back On Top

Big Pharma comes out ahead in the health care bill.

By James Ridgeway

 | Fri Mar. 19, 2010 10:04 AM PDT

Obama's Stealth Entitlement Commission

By James Ridgeway

 | Fri Feb. 19, 2010 12:33 AM PST