PUMPING IRONY: You Snooze, You Win?

I am famously (or infamously) oblivious once I fall asleep at night. Crying babies, thunderstorms, smoke…

PUMPING IRONY: Hopeful Signs for Troubled Ears?

You might call it ironic that hearing-impaired seniors are finally gaining access to (more) affordable hearing…

PUMPING IRONY: Screen Test

This is not a topic one discusses in polite company, but recent headlines seem to be…

PUMPING IRONY: The Postmortem Muddle

Funerals tend to turn up on our social calendar far more often than weddings these days,…

PUMPING IRONY: Movement and Memory

It’s pretty widely accepted these days that exercise promotes cognitive function, so after lifting a couple…

PUMPING IRONY: Zapped!

The cause and treatment of dementia have so flummoxed scientists for so long that we’re now…

PUMPING IRONY: Working on Purpose

Several factors have contributed to my continued participation in the workforce as I’m meandering into my…

PUMPING IRONY: A Tough Pill to Swallow

I consider myself lucky to be among the 10 percent of U.S. seniors who do not…

PUMPING IRONY: Class and Cognition

Shortly before our nuptials in the spring of 1980, I informed my betrothed that it was…

PUMPING IRONY: Too Busy to Calm Down?

I read somewhere years ago about the counterintuitive strategy Mahatma Gandhi employed when confronting a full…