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Baby Boomers

  1. money
    Apparently, Tipping Is for OldsA new poll suggests avocado toast isn’t the only thing dividing generations financially.
  2. the real estate
    The Great Resignation Was Actually Because of the Pandemic Housing BoomBoomers sold their houses and quit their jobs.
  3. millennials
    Millennials Will Not Age Into Voting Like BoomersOlder millennials are getting more conservative as they age, but the generation’s politics are still distinctly left-wing.
  4. getting around
    There’s One Thing We Can Learn From the Villages’ SuccessThe fastest-growing town in America is also one in which golf carts replace a lot of car trips.
  5. religion
    Americans Who Belong to a House of Worship Are Now a MinorityThe 21st century has seen a rapid decline in religious membership. But the country has been even more “churchless” in the not-so-distant past.
  6. vision 2020
    Lawsuit Targets Discriminatory Vote-by-Mail Exemptions for SeniorsThe 26th Amendment, which extended the vote to 18-year-olds when today’s boomer seniors were young, may prevent discrimination in their favor today.
  7. vision 2020
    The 2020 Gerontocracy Intensifies With Bloomberg’s RiseThe presidential contest for the Party of Youth and Diversity could soon turn into a vicious ideological fight between two 78-year-old white men.
  8. Kerry 2020 and the Reign of the GerontocratsKerry is definitely a blast from the past, but deserves a hearing as much as any other septuagenarian.
  9. close reads
    Halt and Catch Fire Was the Most Quintessentially Gen-X Show on TVIn the end, it was a story about realizing the next big thing will be accomplished by the next generation.
  10. Boomers Don’t Work Any Harder Than MillennialsThe Protestant work ethic rules us all.
  11. music review
    Boomer Rock Icons Are Back, and Their Albums Aren’t BadPaul McCartney, Bob Dylan, Eric Clapton, Neil Young, and Paul Simon are all releasing new material.
  12. the millennials
    Suck on That, Dad: Millennials Are Now the Largest Living GenerationLet’s celebrate.
  13. my generation
    Baby Boomers Want to Be Just Like Us When They Grow UpPlanning their retirement, they look to millennials for tips.
  14. drama
    The Secret Social-Media Lives of Baby BoomersDrama. Defriending. Sexting.
  15. blog-stained wretches
    New York Times Launching Blog Just for Baby BoomersFinally.
  16. john heilemann
    Morning Joe: Heilemann on Baby Boomers and GE’s Jeff Immelt’New York’ columnist John Heilemann appeared on MSNBC’s ‘Morning Joe’ to discuss the looming baby-boom time bomb’s effect on entitlement programs and GE CEO Jeffrey Immelt’s new gig as head of the president’s economy panel.
  17. end of privacy
    Baby Boomers Join Facebook to Destroy American YouthAlmost half of them are now using social media.