If one reckons the basic boundaries of the Millennial generation to be 1981-2000, then we are now nearly 8 years into the birth years of the post-Millennial generation. How might this new cohort be different from their well-publicized older peers? Strauss and Howe's methodology offers one possibility. According to their theory of the procession ...

While the AARP is open to anyone over 50 - a cohort which now includes increasing numbers of Baby Boomers - the organization's demographics now fall solidly across the pre-Boom Silent Generation (b.1925-1945), and it shows. Silents, in Strass and Howe's taxonomy, are considered an ''adaptive'' generation, motivated by a desire to infuse the ...

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 ...

My mom celebrated a birthday yesterday. I hope she won't mind my telling you all that it was number 71. Earlier this week, she was in Atlanta meeting with potential clients and discussing healthcare informatics technology with people from the CDC. Though she ''retired'' from a 30-plus year career with the City of Philadelphia in the early 1990s, ...