I recently finished Gerald Marzorati’s new book, “Late to the Ball: Age. Learn. Fight. Love. Play Tennis. Win.” I enjoyed the tennis references, of course, but what I most enjoyed were the meditations about retirement and aging, friendship and connection — and on learning to do anything new and grow in the process. For Marzorati, this happens through taking up tennis in retirement at the improbable age of 60. But it could apply equally to someone learning to play the piano, cook Italian food, ballroom dance, or speak French. I have seen it all this week as my two young daughters just started learning to rollerblade, wobbling around awkwardly on wheels…
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REVENGE OF THE POLITICAL CENTER
Today my state, California, votes in the 2016 presidential primary. By the end of the day, it should be the end of the Bernie Sanders presidential campaign. And I will be happy almost never to hear his name again. What a primary season it has been! Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders as viable candidates for President of the United States. I am horrified. I have not misjudged the temper of my country so badly since the “Charlie’s Angels” movie debuted in 2000. A re-tread of a lame 1970s “Charlie’s Angels” TV series about three model/actresses who are secretly super detectives? “Surely nobody would pay good money to go see that!” I…