agebuzz Guest Blogger: Alice Herb

By Alice Herb   As I watched the Senate hearings on now-confirmed Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, I was reminded of an article I read years ago that maintained the following: Girls whose fathers encouraged and/or supported them to pursue careers usually not open to women often succeeded when they did…

By Alice Herb   As I will be 90 next year, I’ve been asked to look back to any regrets I may have. I hadn’t been thinking of any regrets and at first, I couldn’t figure out what I may have regretted – decisions I made, paths I followed, listening…

I was inspired to write about nostalgia while reading a review of Carl Bernstein’s latest book, in which he recalls his attraction to and love of the newspaper trade as it used to be. Nostalgia is a funny thing. It romanticizes and sanitizes what used to be but we also…

By Alice Herb   During the Omicron surge, I was binge-watching a Danish series, “Borgen.” The setting is Danish politics but it is really a story about two women. One, happily married with two lovely children, unexpectedly becomes Prime Minister. The other, an up-and-coming TV anchor and outstanding reporter, is…

By Alice Herb   When I first started working as a bioethicist, I spent a lot of time with on-the-job training addressing issues related to older adults. One of the most startling ones to me was how many seniors complained about having their possessions stolen. I was only 54 at…

By Alice Herb   I haven’t done my blog writing recently because like so many, I’ve been feeling very down, though not really depressed. One of the few things I could do during the pandemic was pursue one of my passions. I don’t think I’ve ever mentioned that I am…