It’s Their Fault

I’ve been meaning to link to a recent opinion piece by Bob Herbert about the Millennials.  I don’t love this particular term for the generation, just like I don’t love Generation Y (or Generation Screwed) but, in any case, it’s well argued and relevant, so I’ll let him speak for himself.    
This is a generation that is in danger of being left [...]

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Andrew Sullivan and Ezra Klein point out the relevance of the boomer parents vs. their kids age gap. From Sullivan, who very much understands the generational differences at work:
…I have a feeling that the generational narrative of this campaign from here on out will be a very powerful one. It isn’t that one [...]

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One of the more annoying ways in which the Boomers have blamed us for the problems they have left us with is the whole “Perma-Parenting” concept. We’ve all read about somewhere or another: it’s a backhanded way that Boomers blame us for not making enough, not finding a career, etc. - they blame themselves [...]

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Okay, the term may be a bit much, but the facts are pretty shocking. According to CNN,
Relying on Census Bureau figures…after adjusting for inflation, men in their 30s in 2004 had a median income of about $35,000 per year, for a 12 percent drop compared with $40,000 per year for men in the same [...]

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One of the most insidious crimes of the Baby Boomer generation is crime not of culture, violence, or selfishness (many of those to come, though): it’s a crime of language. They’ve taken one simple word, elite, and made it a weapon, a terrifying realm of negative space, perhaps Modern America’s most accommodating [...]

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Coincidence? I think not.  Either Barack watched too much of The Muppets as a kid, or he knows his audience, and has modeled his political victory pose off the lovable Sam the Eagle.  He should take note, though, that Sam wasn’t the political hero we may remember.

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