Greatest Generation

The Greatest Generation Takes a Sip of Bourbon

B. Jeffrey Madoff | Posted 07.09.2009 | Business


B. Jeffrey Madoff

The significance of every generation will be examined, interpreted and reinterpreted, but in reality, the distinctions between them aren't so clear.

My Message To Tom Brokaw: We're New Yorkers & We'll Whine If We Want To!

Lita Smith-Mines | Posted 07.02.2009 | Living


Lita Smith-Mines

I'm not defending excesses and greed and those who chose to live beyond their means - I'm defending New Yorkers' right to whine!

An American Heartbreak

Norman Lear | Posted 06.29.2009 | Business


Norman Lear

What's going on with our car companies breaks the heart of this member of the Greatest Generation. The American motor car played such a significant part in our "American Dream."

Lost and Found: Don't Give Up on Dad

Peggy Drexler | Posted 03.14.2009 | Style


Peggy Drexler

There's a new kind of father-daughter relationship. Young women are educated, oriented and dedicated to making their way in a world of work -- territory that their fathers have patrolled for decades.

Living and Dying American

Stephen Herrington | Posted 02.13.2009 | Living


Stephen Herrington

Back then a typical Republican was to the left of the Clintons. Nixon was a transition. It took Reagan to really define the world in which we now live, in which merit is no longer of value.

Detroit's Rebirth as the "Arsenal for America's Future"

Raymond J. Learsy | Posted 12.17.2008 | Business


Raymond J. Learsy

What a boon it would be to have a renaissance of our historic "Detroit Arsenal," with our government and the automobile industry working together once again on a program critical to the nation's well-being.

Global Warming: a Test for the Next Greatest Generation

Charles Alexander | Posted 06.18.2008 | Green


Charles Alexander

Climate change will affect the lives of billions of people. Like my parents' generation, you will be drafted to save the world. You could be the next greatest generation.