As I am quickly approaching my 75th year, I had to chuckle at Danny Heitman’s definition of a “codger” (“Envy the Old Codger,” op-ed, June 6). I wander in public wearing clothing that my ...

codger." The word probably comes from "cadger," meaning a beggar, often a grizzled old man, who wants to hit you up for some money or a meal or whatever. Or he might just steal it instead of begging.

So maybe, the old codger was telling me, there is always hope, even in the darkest of hours, even in the Time of Trump. The fellow on the other side of that mirror wasn’t really buying it.

Regarding Lance Morrow’s “OK Boomer? Bernie, Biden and Bloomberg Are Older Still” (op-ed, Feb. 27): I think the proposed publication would be better called “Codger and Crone,” but either ...

You could call it (with a wink!) codger power. We’ve seen this close up: Over the past few months, we’ve worked with others of our generation to start the group Third Act, which organizes ...