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The Clash of Generations

Laurence J. Kotlikoff | Posted 05.25.2012

Laurence J. Kotlikoff

As we sit back and blithely watch Greece's death by debt, it's easy to assume it can never happen here. It can, and it will.

Is American Idol Ageist?

Brent Green | Posted 05.24.2012

Brent Green

Older artists can achieve extraordinary dreams if given a chance.

Intergenerational Equity: The Mother of All Guilt Trips

Brent Green | Posted 05.21.2012

Brent Green

To what extent are post-50 adults financially obligated to future generations?

Why Post 50 Males Must Resist Becoming "Standardized Old Men"

Brent Green | Posted 05.07.2012

Brent Green

This is a generation that has never settled for outdated traditions, and collectively men over 50 will create new images of male aging. The sociology of Boomer male aging has vast implications for business, from edgy new products to inspired services.

You Say You Want A Devolution

www.vanityfair.com | Posted 12.20.2011

For most of the last century, America’s cultural landscape—its fashion, art, music, design, entertainment—changed dramatically every 20 years or...

The Clash Of The Generations: 'Boomers' Vs. 'Millennials'

www.theatlantic.com | Posted 12.20.2011

GREAT FALLS, Va.--Economist and demographer Neil Howe sells himself as an expert on generations. He argues that when people are born determines the cu...

What Happens When Millennials Come Together

David D. Burstein | Posted 12.10.2011

David D. Burstein

We're the first generation to spend all of our grown years in a world where connecting to people from all over the world, instantly and constantly, seems normal and natural.

'Think Different'

Jalees Rehman, M.D. | Posted 12.05.2011

Jalees Rehman, M.D.

In many ways, Steve Jobs was the embodiment of the Apple advertising slogan "Think Different".

Youthless Churches And The Arab Spring: A Generation of Ideas, not Ideology

Frank Fredericks | Posted 11.29.2011

Frank Fredericks

Our faiths were not faltering; instead, our churches were failing to engage with young people in a way that is relevant for them.

Deflated Barista Generation

Jim Neal | Posted 11.15.2011

Jim Neal

Living in a community loaded with talent from major universities I'm all too aware of the pressures that students feel to pursue degrees in law or business.

Amanda M. Fairbanks

Newly Graduated and Scrambling For Full-Time Jobs

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda M. Fairbanks | Posted 06.15.2011

NEW YORK -- For David Cristello, the jobs are catch as catch can. Cristello, 23, currently holds down five part-time jobs. Come summer, when h...

A Call to Black Families

Marian Wright Edelman | Posted 05.25.2011

Marian Wright Edelman

Our families have seen us through many crises, but there have also been threats to black family stability and reports of black family breakdown throughout our history.

Vote for Me?

Cody Brotter | Posted 05.25.2011

Cody Brotter

No seriously, like, as a favor. As if I had asked you to get a "sandwich for me." I'm just always super tired on Tuesdays. In the November 2010 elect...

A Funeral on My 50th

Megan Smolenyak | Posted 11.17.2011

Megan Smolenyak

Born twenty years to the day after John Lennon and married the day before 9/11, I need no calendars or tickler systems to remind me of the milestone b...

What the New York Times Missed About "20-Somethings"

David D. Burstein | Posted 05.25.2011

David D. Burstein

The New York Times article, "What Is It About 20-Somethings" has missed the amazing success stories of so many in this generation, and the unprecedented levels of accomplishment and achievement of so many of its members.

The Internet's Love Affair with WebTV

Ramon Nuez | Posted 05.25.2011

Ramon Nuez

Information is a commodity. It's an article of trade that is valued above all other products and services. Information has always been coveted but con...

New Documents Show Increased Cancer Risk For Baby Boomers Afte Nuclear Testing

Politics Daily | Posted 11.17.2011

Even with a half century's hindsight, the U.S. government's willingness to risk the health of the nation's children seems somewhere between unfathomab...

The Real Magic of Michael

Jim Selman | Posted 05.25.2011

Jim Selman

Michael Jackson's most important gift was that he allowed so many people to love him, to find in their sense of wonder and delight a bit of their own magic.

YouTube and MySpace Leaves "No Space" for a Generation

Francesca Biller-Safran | Posted 11.17.2011

Francesca Biller-Safran

A generation suckled on the need to be constantly seen and heard leaves a generation that is heard and seen, but doesn't listen much.

On Principle, The Presidency Is Not for Average Folk

Lance Simmens | Posted 05.25.2011

Lance Simmens

We have become a wistful electorate, intoxicated by the elixir of irresponsibility that I can only guess traces back to the gee-whiz, by golly folksiness of Gerry Ford.

GOP Warms To Al Gore's Cause

Politico | Jim VandeHei and John F. Harris | Posted 05.25.2011

Rep. Bob Inglis (R-S.C.), once a skeptic of global warming, got a hint that the political winds might be shifting when a longtime supporter warned tha...