In response to some of the foolishness taking place around the country on tax day today, I offer a very un-GenX take on the subject of the individual and the community, reposted from my old Emphasis Added blog from 2003:The concept of  the “rugged individual” is intimately bound up with contemporary conservatism. He (because the ideal is ...

The generation gap was once again on full display in John McCain's response to the economic bailout negotiations this week. McCain yesterday announced that he was ''suspending'' his campaign and potentially skipping Friday's Presidential Debate so he could give his full attention to the policy issues being hammered out on Capitol Hill. This is a ...

A new TV spot for Barack Obama takes on John McCain on the issue of technology literacy. Seems like dangerous territory, given that a lot of older people vote, and many are self-conscious about being behind the times with their tech skills. Personally, I would have liked to see Obama declare his support for digital literacy and programs designed ...

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The Baby Boomers were, until recently, the largest generation in American history (at 78 million). They dominated American life and culture for more than 50 years - as the first kids raised on TV in the 1950s, the disruptive peaceniks, Vietnam warriors, and crewcut Nixon bully-boys of the 60s, discoteque denizens of the 70s, yuppie 30-somethings ...

According to a new report on the political attitudes of the Millennial Generation called  The Progressive Generation: How Young Adults Think About the Economy: (link courtesy of MyDD) Millennials are more likely to support universal health coverage than any age group in the 30 previous years the question has been asked, with 57 percent of ...

I just saw this review of a new book called Millennial Makeover: YouTube, MySpace and the Remaking of American Politics by Morely Winogrand and Michael Hais. The reviewer, Mike Connery, is himself the author of a book on Millennials in politics called Future Majority. The political implications of generational theory interest me at least as much ...

Clive Crook thinks it is. His piece on the Atlantic Monthly blog (entitled ''The Dumbing of America'') notes a study that shows that, ''For the first time in decades, and probably ever, workers retiring from the US labor force will be better-educated on average (according to one measure anyway) than their much younger counterparts.'' He laments ...

Shelly Palmer has a very interesting piece up at the Huffington Post titled ''US Digital Deficiency Jeopardizes Super-Power Status.'' No time to comment at length, but here's a taste: Children born in America this year will be the first true Digital Natives of the Information Age. They will grow up in a time when all of their telecommunications ...

As part of some consulting I am doing for Congressional candidate Darcy Burner (D-WA 08), I attended a strategy session yesterday with DNC Chairman Howard Dean (seen left exchanging words with your humble narrator). Dean discussed Democratic prospects in the upcoming election and fielded questions from party activists and campaign staff. One ...