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Blogger for Washington Post opinions. Author Pound Foolish, co-author The Index Card. REM: "Who'd have thought tomorrow could be so strange?" helaine.olen@gmail

Joined July 2009

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  1. Pinned Tweet
    26 Dec 2018

    Like everyone else, I'm highlighting the best of my 2018 writing before 2019. The highlight: I wrote about Bill Clinton & Brett Kavanaugh, saying, "What goes around comes around." A few days later he uses the phrase in his angry Congressional testimony.

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    Jan 3

    My latest: "Enabling age discrimination is both a moral embarrassment and an ongoing personal finance catastrophe. Perhaps the new Congress, where Democrats now control the House, can finally move to restore legal protections for older workers."

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  3. So says the man who tied his dog to the roof of his car.

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    New : The Ancient Roman Who Discovered Trumpism Before Trump

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    17 hours ago

    . notes that age discrimination is widespread. Why aren’t we doing anything about it? One suggestion: change the law so folks aren't kicked out the door at 65:

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    It's like a modern update of a Nathaniel Hawthorne novel when a political party led by a sexual harasser goes after women for dancing and cursing.

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    19 hours ago

    All of us deserve . Yet often gets in the way for many older adults & prevents them from living completely fulfilling lives. writes about the negative impacts of : via

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  8. Actually lots of impact. Higher income taxes for top earners means more revenue which means more government services.

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    29 Dec 2018

    "[T]he moralist is the most useless and contemptible of creatures ...He is contemptible in that his judgments reflect a vision of himself which in his ignorance and pride he would impose upon the world." John Williams, Augustus

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  10. It's like a modern update of a Nathaniel Hawthorne novel when a political party led by a sexual harasser goes after women for dancing and cursing.

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    Jan 4

    On day of blockbuster BLS jobs report, reminds us of a long-run structural problem in job market: Age discrimination in employment is hurting older workers' chances of staying in job market.

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    Age discrimination is more common than you think, writes. Why aren’t we doing anything about it?

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    Jan 3

    1/ THREAD: Some thoughts about the limits of Twitter, , and 's "hot pink dress." (Screen shot from )

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  14. Jan 3

    My latest: "Enabling age discrimination is both a moral embarrassment and an ongoing personal finance catastrophe. Perhaps the new Congress, where Democrats now control the House, can finally move to restore legal protections for older workers."

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  15. Jan 3

    Let's be honest: Nancy Pelosi's hot pink dress is great. But discussion of it should be relegated to the Styles section.

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    Jan 3

    In the spirit of how Congress is changing today, I wrote an article for about Elizabeth Warren's 2020 campaign, her interest in multiracial wealth redistribution, and why this makes Warren one of the most qualified presidential contenders.

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  17. Jan 3

    I'm sure there is some real estate/backstabbing/one-upmanship agenda going on, but for the moment I am simply going to celebrate Andrew Cuomo's decision to stop the L Train shutdown.

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    Jan 1

    writes that 2018 motto of the president and his administration "could be summed up by the words on the back of Melania Trump's infamous jacket: 'I really don't care, do u?'"

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  19. Jan 1

    Oh my god, this husband is actually boasting about how his wife now makes the bed every day post Marie Kondo. WHAT ABOUT YOU, DUDE?

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  20. Jan 1

    Very proud of my 15-year-old son. He watched 20 minutes of Tidying Up with Marie Kondo with me. When the husband whined about how his wife won't do the laundry, he yelled at the screen, "Why don't you do the laundry, you [word deleted]?"

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  21. Jan 1

    I'll vote for the politician who does an Instagram from their kitchen where they burn the food and talk about how much they love Peg Bracken's The I Hate to Cook Book.

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