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    What golden years? California retirees lament the 'venom' coursing through American politics

    LOS ANGELES — The Leisure World and Laguna Woods retirement villages envelop you in tranquility from the moment you enter their gates. Single-story houses sit low to the ground, their facades partially hidden behind Moroccan-style screens and tropical plants. Residents old enough to have lived through a dozen presidents get their morning exercise by hitting the links on flawless green golf ...
    by Tyrone Beason, Los Angeles Times Nov 05, 2022 6 minutes
    Leisure World residents play table tennis next to a banner that decries racism.

    LOS ANGELES — The Leisure World and Laguna Woods retirement villages envelop you in tranquility from the moment you enter their gates.

    Single-story houses sit low to the ground, their facades partially hidden behind Moroccan-style screens and tropical plants.

    Residents old enough to have lived through a dozen presidents get their morning exercise by hitting the links on flawless green golf courses and working up a sweat in communal gyms while chatting with friends.

    Some are staunch Republicans and others are equally devoted Democrats. The factions don't agree on much. But on this they are unified: It's hard to enjoy a carefree life of leisure during a turbulent midterm election season that feels like a stress test for civil society itself.

    Phil Friedman can hardly recognize the country he served when he was in the Navy in the early 1960s.

    "I used to think that I knew what was going on in this country, but I don't anymore," says Friedman, a resident

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