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10 Pithy Observations About Boulder (Part One)

Bob Wells | Posted 11.23.2009 | Denver

Read More: Environmentalism, Rocky Mountains, Boulder, Denver Post, Twenty Something, Daily Camera, Exercise, Bicycling, Startups, Generation X, Green Living, Boulder Weekly, Denver News
Bob Wells

Number four: It's oh so common for us to comment after a trip to other parts of America about how fat everyone was. With compassion, mind you.

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John Hughes: "The Audacity of Empathy"

Kevin Smokler | Posted 09.18.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Youth, 1980s, 80s, Generation X, Film, Movies, John Hughes, Cinema, Death, Parents, Entertainment News
Kevin Smokler

Hughes's are not just movies about the mid-1980s, but movies set in the mid-1980s that now live as archetype and fable.

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The Passing of the Kennedys and Healthcare Reform

Michael B. Laskoff | Posted 09.15.2009 | Politics

Read More: John F. Kennedy, Baby Boomers, Death Panels, Palin, National Health Reform, Health Care Reform, Max Baucus, Generation X, Gdp, Single Payer, Eunice Kennedy Shriver, Ted Kennedy, Generation Y, Health Care, Politics News
Michael B. Laskoff

With the de facto passing of the Kennedy's in politics, we have truly reached the end of an era. What comes next, it seems, is an age in which the operative question has changed. It is now: what can America do for me?

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Why Can't the Boomers Just Shut Up About Woodstock?

Nathan Hegedus | Posted 09.12.2009 | Living

Read More: 1960s, Bill Clinton, Barry Lewis, Civil Rights Movement, Baby Boomers, Ronald Reagan, Andrew Sullivan, George W. Bush, Led Zeppelin, Generation X, Iraq, Cadillac, Wall Street Journal, Woodstock Museum, Janis Joplin, Gay Rights, Times Herald-Record, The Atlantic, Jimmy Carter, Woodstock, Exurbs, Jimi Hendrix, Bethel, Women's Liberation, Milennials, Taking Woodstock, Living News
Nathan Hegedus

Unless you were backing up Janis Joplin in a secret jam session, or at least at, you know, actually at Woodstock, please, shut up.

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Will The Next Generation Get Married?

The Stimulist | The Stimulust | Posted 07.05.2009 | Living

Read More: Marriage, Children, Relationships, Romance, Generation X, Hooking Up, Generation Y, Couples, Family, Living News

If you can put aside the inherent creepiness of hearing a man well past his teenage years talking about teenagers having sex, check out this Philip We...

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Delusional Republicans Claim to Own the Punk Rock Spirit Now

Howie Klein | Posted 06.07.2009 | Politics

Read More: Republican Image Problems, Generation X, Punk Rock, Punks, Politics News
Howie Klein

When I started a punk rock magazine, distrust and even hatred for everything conservatives stand for were ever-present motivations. Now conservatives are claiming to be punks?

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Well Hello There, Generation WTF

Richard Laermer | Posted 04.25.2009 | Media

Read More: Laermer.com, SXSW 2009, Generation X, Growing Up, Generation Wtf, Reverence, Wikipedia, Austin, Tumblr, Gen Y, Tumblr., Media News
Richard Laermer

In the rush to instant expertise, WTFers often forget that the inventors of the stuff they use every single day were born in my time. Ahem.

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Facebook And The Death of Mystery

Kimberly Brooks | Posted 04.02.2009 | Living

Read More: Kimberly Brooks, Facebook, Generation Y, Generation X, Google, Mandelbrot, The Artist's Life, Living News
Kimberly Brooks

What struck me as so odd about the request for 25 secret things about me was I instantly envisioned that I could be creating a white paper on my entire spiritual, intellectual and life DNA.

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Trophy Kids in the Workplace: An Interview with Author Ron Alsop

Eric Kuhn | Posted 01.02.2009 | Style

Read More: College Students, Ipod, College, Economy, Generation X, Obama, Millennial Generation, Students, Generation Y, Style News
Eric Kuhn

Author Ron Alsop finds that the iPod symbolizes the Millenials because they "are always connected to at least one, and often multiple technology devices and Internet sites."

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The Ketchup Generation: Entry-Level Jobs Really are There for You, Even During a Recession; Here's the Secret

Stephen Viscusi | Posted 12.18.2008 | Business

Read More: Layoffs, Graduates, Business School, Unemployment Rate, Economy, Entry-Level, Generation X, Jobs, Careers, Pink Slip, Law School, Generation Y, Mba, Mayonnaise, Ketchup, Business News
Stephen Viscusi

Everyone I know under 30 loves ketchup -- on everything. When I grew up, it was just for french fries and hamburgers. Now, they practically want to use it as lube.

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Obama the Figurehead

Andrew Sargus Klein | Posted 12.08.2008 | Politics

Read More: Transition, Politics, Youth, Youth Vote, Protest, Obama Youth, Generation X, Millennial Generation, 2008 Election, Generation Y, Barack Obama, Culture, President Obama, Obama Wins, Obama Election Day, HuffPost Election Analysis, Election Day 2008, Election Day, Election Results, Election, Presidential Results, Obama Presidency, Obama President, Election Analysis, Presidential Election, Politics News
Andrew Sargus Klein

Prop. 8 passed, after Obama's speech. It was a bitter pill for progressives to swallow and a reminder that no matter who is president the public faces many significant issues on its own.

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Attention GenY'ers! Talk To Your Parents! Don't Let GenJonesers Vote Against Themselves!

David Paulsen | Posted 11.26.2008 | Politics

Read More: Phil Gramm, Baby Boomers, Colin Powell, Complacency, Abortion Rights, Millennials, Obama, Barack Obama, Undecided Voters, Generation Jones, Swing Voters, Generation X, Boomers, Global Warming, Generation Y, Voting, Joneser, Genxers, Geny, Genx, Genjones, Politics News
David Paulsen

Convince them, as the children of several former Republican Governors convinced their parents to come out for Obama, as GenJoneser Caroline Kennedy's GenY kids moved her from Hillary to Barack.

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The Corporate Freshman: Do You Appreciate Your Parents?

Alexandra Levit | Posted 10.10.2008 | Living

Read More: Relationships, Workplace, Generation Y, Generation X, Gratitude, Family, Millennials, Living News
Alexandra Levit

My question for those of you who are Millennials is: do you appreciate the sacrifices made by and the care from your parents, or do you perceive it as a matter of course?

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Palin Winning Over Twenty-Something Catholics

Diane Tucker | Posted 10.09.2008 | Home

Read More: Abortion, 2008 Elections, The Today Show, John McCain, Bbc, Joe Biden Vp, Sarah Palin Vp Pick, Abortion Rights, Barack Obama Polls, Generation X, Sarah Palin Vice President, Biden Catholics, Joe Biden, Facebook, 2008 Election, Barack Obama, Barack Obama 2008, Catholics, Mccain Swing States, John McCain 2008, Cnn, 2008 Presidential Race, Sarah Palin, 2008 Campaign, Bbc News, Swing Voters, Generation Y, Sarah Palin Reaction, Home News
Diane Tucker

Catholics have backed the popular-vote-winning candidate in the last nine presidential elections. They make up nearly a quarter of all registered U.S. voters and may well determine who wins the White House in 2008.

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Gen X And Gen Y Heading For Congress In November

The Hill | Aaron Blake | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: Generation X, 2008 Elections, Democratic Congress, 20 Year Olds Congress, Young Representatives, 30 Years Olds Congress, Generation Y, Politics News

More than a dozen 20- and 30-somethings have a real shot at being elected to Congress this November, suggesting that the apparent surge of youthful pa...

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Baby Boomers Set To Retire; The Rest Of Us Set To Hear About It

236.com | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home

Read More: Generation Y, Social Security, Baby Boomers, Generation X, Social Security Benefits, Home News

The first official Baby Boomer, Kathleen Casey-Kirschling, will be eligible for social security benefits this year. In the coming years, 80 million Am...

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"Mils" In The Workplace: Re-Defining 20-Something

Chuck Underwood | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

Read More: Millennials in the Workplace, Generation X, Generational Divide, Millennial Generation, Generation Y, Generational Imperative, Careerbuilder, Millennials, Business News
Chuck Underwood

The generation that has been told "You are the center of the universe" since birth by its over-protective and nurturing Helicopter Parents is beginning new jobs with wildly unrealistic expectations and with a naive sense of entitlement.

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