Steve Lopez is a California native who has been a Los Angeles Times columnist since 2001. He has won more than a dozen national journalism awards and is a four-time Pulitzer finalist. Lopez is the author most recently of “Independence Day: What I Learned About Retirement, From Some Who’ve Done It and Some Who Never Will.” His book “The Soloist,” inspired by his columns on his relationship with a Juilliard-trained homeless person, was a Los Angeles Times and New York Times best-seller, winner of the PEN USA Literary Award for Non-Fiction, and the subject of a Dream Works movie by the same name. He has also written three novels and two column collections.
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Facing fears of mortality: ‘We’re living under a different framework--the possibility of impending death. It’s so far back in our thinking, and then it’s right there.’
It’s Feinstein’s health that matters, not her age. Same with Biden. We do not all age on the same schedule — and aging is not inherently negative.
Reader response to Steve Lopez’s column about older drivers having to take knowledge and eye exams was all over the place. Said one reader: ‘All of my friends are at least 75, and I wouldn’t let half of them drive me anywhere.’
For those who care for aging adults, ‘It’s a legacy of slavery and a history in this country of not valuing the work done by … people of color.’