Trouble with Old People: Let’s Get Normal
By Steve Van Auken for TDS While most of us were in pandemic isolation this past year, America’s...
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Trouble With Old People | Pandemic procrastination
Writing by Steve Van Auken Pandemic isolation isn’t much fun. This is a great time, however, to work...
How crises can teach resilience, according to an Akron psychologist
By Steve Van Auken Parents today may find themselves worrying about the long-term impact of the COVID-19 pandemic....
Trouble With Old People | Adventures in Quarantine
by Steve Van Auken When you hang around the house for what feels like decades at a time,...
Trouble With Old People | Senior Social Services
by Steve Van Auken I’m not saying that all older people are clueless about modern social behavior. But...
none too fragile theatre Brings Powerful New Shows From Akron to the Big City
“We are Akron’s off-broadway” by Steve Van Auken 09/26/2018 Sean Derry and Alanna Romansky have been making cutting-edge...
Trouble with Old People | May 2018
A Full and Fair Hearing by Steve Van Auken 05/17/2018 Hearing loss comes as a standard feature of...
Trouble with Old People | April 2018
The Common Touch written by Steve Van Auken, Illustrations by Ted Mallison 04/05/2018 If recent elections prove anything, it...
Trouble with Old People | March 2018
Moving Out by Steve Van Auken Being an older person is not all discount movie tickets and 50th...
Trouble with Old People | February 2018
Call Me Garrulous by Steve Van Auken 02/16/2018 One of the consolations of getting old is that you...
“We Are the Alternative to the Alternative”
The Numbers Band Shows Why Quality Still Counts 11/20/2017 words by Steve Van Auken, photo by Ashley...
Trouble with Old People | October 2017
What’s Up, Slick? by Steve Van Auken 10/04/2017 I don’t like to brag, but in my senior...
Trouble with Old People | Who’s Ahead?
by Steve Van Auken Note: This column is satirical. Please read Mr. Van Auken’s writings as a sort of...
The Trouble with Old People | Zombies in Orthopedic Shoes
column by Steven Van Auken; illustration by Paul Hoffman When did zombies enter the national consciousness?...
The Trouble with Old People | Parent Advisory: Competitive Grandparenting
by Steve Van Auken Young parents face many difficult choices: finding a place to live, shaping career...