The good news: The secret to longevity doesn't involve eating raw eggs or porridge or even avoiding men. The less good news, says this children's book author: Getting older is kind of weird.
We're infuriated with the parents who aren’t vaccinating their kids. But what about the doctors enabling—or, like Dr. Bob Sears and Dr. Jack Wolfson, actually promoting—their ignorance?
After this writer lost both her parents before they turned 60, her two-decade chain-smoking habit seemed less like a coping mechanism and more like a death wish.