Tait Trussell has written for The Wall Street Journal, The Saturday Evening Post, Congressional Quarterly, Nation’s Business and Front Page Magazine (online). He was vice president of the American Enterprise Institute, a Washington public policy think tank, and served on the Bicentennial Commission on the Constitution. A fourth generation journalist, there are few topics Tait hasn’t written something about…even bananas. He’s an old guy!
TAIT'S ARTICLES
- The Art of Downsizing (February 2013)
- The Odor of Old – Better than the Younger Folks, Actually (October 2012)
HUMOR
- Here’s a Real Yawner (July 2013)
- Senior Shrinkage (July 2013)
- Help for Dry Mouth, But You May Want to Hold the Caffeine (May 2013)
- Implantable Devices Suspected in Physician Fraud (May 2013)
- Obama Proposes Ambitious Research to Map the Brain (May 2013)
- Stopping Surgical Infections during Joint Replacement Procedures (May 2013)
- Sprucing Up Your Memory (April 2013)
- Big Pharma Reaping Benefits to Pursue ‘Orphan Drugs’ (March 2013)
- Cutting Surgical Errors (March 2013)
- Plan Now for End of Life Treatment (March 2013)
- Technology Developing on Many Fronts to Help the Blind See Again (March 2013)
- Getting Enough Doctors – Technology to the Rescue? (February 2013)
- Coping with Arthritis (January 2013)
- Does Your Heart Need Help? How to Find the Best Surgeon for You (January 2013)
- Eight Glasses of Water a Day? Pure Fiction (January 2013)
- Heart Stoppers All — Stress, Fear and High Blood Pressure (January 2013)
- Concierge Medicine — A New Way to Pay for Your Doc’s Services (December 2012)
- Hepatitis C Blooming in the Boomer Population (December 2012)
- I’m Me, Doc, Not a Stereotype (December 2012)
- The Despair of ED and the Potential Dangers of Treating It (December 2012)
- Big Savings Inside and Outside the Traditional Emergency Room (November 2012)
- Going Bald? Some Possibilities for Hope and Help (November 2012)
- Got Rhytids? You Could Try to Get Rid of Them, But Are You Sure You Want To? (November 2012)
- Hold the Radiation, Please (October 2012)
- Death by Hip Fracture: Take Steps Now to Try to Avoid It (September 2012)
- Hold That Pill and Swallow Calcium-rich Food Instead (September 2012)
- Little Help for Seniors’ Mental Health Issues (September 2012)
- Is There a Day of Birth/Day of Death Connection? (August 2012)
- Lung Cancer Screening Proves Valuable Despite Lack of Most Insurance Coverage (August 2012)
- Money Needed for Obesity in Seniors as Well as in Children (August 2012)
- Sitting Out Fewer Years of Life (August 2012)
- Stealth Strokes: ‘Silent’ and Deadly to Your Brain (August 2012)
- The Reassurance of a Personal Security Device (August 2012)
- Pain: Gender Differences and Complementary Approaches to Relief (July 2012)
- Predicting Hear Attacks Still Elusive but New Studies are Promising (July 2012)
- Ever Hear of 'Exergames?' (June 2012)
- More Problems with Statin Medications - Now Also Linked to Increased Risk of Diabetes (June 2012)
- Hospitals on Wheels (May 2012)
- Sugar - Shackle it or Keep Scarfing It? (May 2012)
- Alzheimer's Research Advances with New Discovery of Genetic Influences (April 2012)
- Going Bananas for Health (April 2012)
- Teach Your Brain to Help Alleviate Your Pain (April 2012)
- The Looming Nursing Shortage Not a Good Sign for Aging Boomers or Seniors (April 2012)
- Finally Putting Away the Golf Clubs, But Not the Jokes (October 2012)
- Huge Penalties Possible for Older Smokers (April 2013)
- Grandparents’ Gifts in Hard Economic Times (November 2012)
- Retirement Woes for Women? Study Finds their Savings Lag Far Behind Men's (July 2012)
NOSTALGIA
- Oldest Boomers’ Rapidly Changing Attitudes and Lifestyles (July 2013)
- Valuing Those Who Do Some of the ‘Nastiest’ Work for Us (June 2013)
- Americans Overseas (April 2013)
- Talk Is No Longer Cheap – Cell Phone ‘Sin’ Taxes (April 2013)
- Florida Cop a Model for Volunteer Help for Seniors (February 2013)
- Seniors Still Read a Lot of News. But Where and How? (July 2012)
- What Age Retirement Given Ever-Increasing Longevity (July 2012)
- Boomer Retirement Running Contrary to Predictions (June 2012)
- Innovative Health Programs Initiative Will Create New Jobs Quickly (April 2012)
- Seniors Still at Work (April 2012)
OPINION
- Hearing the Words, If Not the Voices of the Past (June 2013)
- Once When Nancy Reagan Was Wet and Cold (June 2013)
- The Andrews Sisters (March 2013)
- A Century Ago (February 2013)
- Remembering Satchmo the Satchelmouth (January 2013)
- Remember Willie & Joe? (December 2012)
- Calvin Coolidge, The Idealist (October 2012)
- Milton Friedman’s Philosophy (July 2013)
- Gen Xers – Our Next Generation of Caretakers? (June 2013)
- What Makes a Community Senior-friendly? (June 2013)
- Activity and Involvement in Later Life Enhance Seniors’ Well-being (May 2013)
- Who’s Most Empathic? (May 2013)
- Cats and Dogs (February 2013)
- Going Bald? Some Possibilities for Hope and Help (November 2012)
- Take Time to Fill Your Need for Your ‘Space’ (August 2012)
- Mustaches March Across Time (May 2012)
- Beans' Ear for Football (April 2012)
- Not Going Away (April 2012)