NYT OPINION: How 90 Became the New 60
By Gail Collins
Section: Opinion
Source: New York Times
Published Date: April 12, 2023 at 03:00AM
OK, maybe not a lot. But President Biden, 80, is saying he plans to run for re-election in 2024. His fans are going to be super-aware of anything that suggests he isn’t all that old.
I was thinking about this when I got invited to a 90th-birthday party recently — shortly after I went to a lunch a friend threw to celebrate her 95th. Kinda wondered if I was looking at a new trend.
Yeah, the really-truly-older cadre is zooming — thanks, boomers! The U.S. Census Bureau estimates that by 2060, the number of people 85-plus will have tripled compared with 2017 and the country will have half a million centenarians.
Today we’re not going to discuss the social-support angle; obviously, many of these folks will need a lot of care. Or the fact that while the old are getting older, overall life expectancy in America has actually been dropping, thanks to guns, drugs and Covid.
Fox News host Tucker Carlson gives his take on the leak of classified government documents on 'Tucker Carlson Tonight.'
By Gail Collins
Section: Opinion
Source: New York Times
Published Date: April 12, 2023 at 03:00AM
Are you 1? Are you 2? Are you … 95?
Have you noticed a lot of people turning 90 lately?OK, maybe not a lot. But President Biden, 80, is saying he plans to run for re-election in 2024. His fans are going to be super-aware of anything that suggests he isn’t all that old.
I was thinking about this when I got invited to a 90th-birthday party recently — shortly after I went to a lunch a friend threw to celebrate her 95th. Kinda wondered if I was looking at a new trend.
Yeah, the really-truly-older cadre is zooming — thanks, boomers! The U.S. Census Bureau estimates that by 2060, the number of people 85-plus will have tripled compared with 2017 and the country will have half a million centenarians.
Today we’re not going to discuss the social-support angle; obviously, many of these folks will need a lot of care. Or the fact that while the old are getting older, overall life expectancy in America has actually been dropping, thanks to guns, drugs and Covid.
Read more at: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/12/opinion/aging-politics-biden.html
Tucker Carlson: This will make you sick to your stomachFox News host Tucker Carlson gives his take on the leak of classified government documents on 'Tucker Carlson Tonight.'
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