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...people, although they don't seem so victorious when they keep getting blown up by bombs. Others argue that the real winner is al-Qaeda, which is filling its ranks with young Arabs and Muslims galvanized by this great American "victory." How nice! A war in which everyone wins! Boomer Pinches Istanbul...
Anyone with a car radio or a baby-boomer parent has likely heard the political platforms of Stephen Stills—they just don’t realize it. His riffs play over and over again on “classic rock” stations, but his name rings bells only when grouped with those of David Crosby, Graham Nash and sometimes Neil Young. And while listeners may whistle the tune from “Suite: Judy Blue Eyes,” the smash single Stills penned, they don’t realize that they’re singing...
...course, any aging boomer could spend days playing at matching the Fab Four to his favorite political horses. But only Stills and a few other elite rockers can back up the Starr-Sharpton connection with a quick disclaimer: “I know Ringo very, very well, and they’re a lot alike,” he added...
Chung and others speculate that the attitude differences can be explained in part by forces that shaped each generation. While boomer women sought career opportunities that were unavailable to their mostly stay-at-home moms, Gen Xers were the latchkey kids and the children of divorce. Also, their careers have bumped along in a roller-coaster, boom-bust economy that may have shaken their faith in finding reliable satisfaction at work...
...life--what ever happened to my tennis game or the trip to Machu Picchu?--is nothing like what my wife and I imagined it would be. It's not just women who are disappointed that modern life has not accommodated their various needs. So are millions of baby-boomer men who wanted their marriage to be a genuine partnership of equals...