Why I'm in Medicare Advantage

It’s Medicare Open Enrollment season until December 7. New enrollees can sign up for a plan, and those already in Medicare can switch plans if desired. 

There are two ways of enrolling in Medicare.

Grappling with a play about Mexican wrestling

When I pooh-pooh a critically acclaimed show, I generally don’t spend a lot of time second-guessing my reaction. But it bothered me that I was bored watching Lucha Teotl, on stage at the Goodman Theatre through Sunday, because I suspected that cultural unawareness was at play.

Toward better understanding of accented speech

Some time ago I wrote about my problem with accents in a stage play, but a more frequent issue is not understanding people with whom I’m speaking routinely.