Boomers Got a Bum Rap?

October 22, 2010 at 7:46 pm 1 comment

The October issue of Atlantic Magazine features a provocative cover story focusing on the Baby Boomer generation and their responsibility for and contributions to the country’s present situation. Whether you agree or disagree, Michael Kinsley has written an essay that will make you think. The issue also includes response commentaries from “experts.”

Personally, I appreciate Mr. Kinsley’s willingness to voice a different spin to the “self-absorbed and self-indulged” view of Boomers, for example, “the Boomers not the Greats … forced the nation to address Civil rights…the Greats were the ones who got us into Vietnam and the Boomers were ones who got us out…”

Atlantic Magazine is available at the Katy Geissert Civic Center Library. Links to specific articles may also be accessed through the Library’s EBSCO full text magazine database.

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1. Duane Economos (@GainWeight123) | October 13, 2011 at 7:41 pm

I think Michael Kinsley is right on. Boomers wind up taking care of their parents and kids. It seems like the only ones holding secure jobs are boomers and everyone else is gaining weight off of them. I really feel bad for the young generation, their just holding their breath until the jobs situation improves.
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