unless otherwise provided for in the constitution. At 25, a man may be elected a representative in Congress; at 30, a senator; and at 35, he may be chosen president of the United States. He is liable to serve in the militia from 18 to 45. inclusive, unless exempted for some particula...
Children and the youth have become major consumers, while older persons are encouraged to lead active lives in the consumer society. The nation-state has also relaxed its age criteria. Its high-tech armies are no longer composed exclusively of young men, but now include not only women but a...
Except for pharmaceutical poison, there are essentially only two drugs that Western civilization tolerates: Caffeine from Monday to Friday to energize you enough to make you a productive member of society, and alcohol from Friday to Monday to keep you too stupid to figure out the prison that yo...
Discrimination based on someone's age is so ingrained in society that most of us don't notice it. Yet it affects us all and fighting it not only helps make a better society, it also helps us live longer, healthier lives. NPR Topics: National 29 Dec 2024 at 6:02am NPR coverage of ...
While it may have started out as nothing more than a catchy turn of phrase, “silver tsunami” has come in for increasing criticism as Americans become more attuned to ageism in society. The modifier “silver” has a long history as a hackneyed, often patronizing, term applied to older peop...
As America's aging population continues to grow, there is an urgent need to help the elderly redefine themselves as role models of healthy and graceful aging and to reincorporate them into society as a valuable resource. This powerful program is an excellent source of information for anyone ...
The root cause of that is the pure truth that entire social support and health insurance systems of modern day welfare society were historically built up on a “demographic growth” model [5]. Instead demographic pyramids are changing its shape with younger, resource-generating levels of societies...
The size of the aging population, the impact on caregivers, and the competition for limited resources between this demographic and vari ous other social needs is setting society up for major con-flict. A focus on aging will by definition put people at the center of planning.The numbers that ...
“Hyper-local journalism is dying, and so is the obituary of the local person,” Holly Shreve Gilbert, a journalism instructor at Oakland University and interim president of the Funeral Consumers Information Society. With more self-pinned obits in places like Legacy.com, the level of objectivity...
But we must resist—for our own sake, for others, and for society. We cannot control the conduct of others. We can only control ourselves. We must also learn to mentally unbundle people and situations. This means not assuming things about their character because of one deed, word, or inte...