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Justice for Generation X

17 October 2020 6:17 am

Long before her Senate confirmation hearings, we knew Judge Amy Coney Barrett was smart. A Supreme Court clerkship and prolific…

OK zoomer, is that really the best you’ve got?

16 November 2019 9:00 am

Every generation and teen subculture likes to put the boot into baby boomers like me. I’ve been physically attacked by…

2020: Will Gen Z elect a Boomer president?

28 May 2019 7:54 pm

Not a week goes by without my Generation Z students asking, ‘Does America have an age problem?’ It does, but…

American teenagers in the 1940s: part of the Silent Generation — so called for conforming to the norm and focusing on careers rather than activism

Songs of innocence and experience

2 May 2015 9:00 am

We live in an age of generational turmoil. Baby-boom parents are accused of clinging on to jobs and houses which…

Lust begins at 50

15 February 2014 9:00 am

Have I become a dirty old man?

Four recessions, runaway inflation, sky-high taxes: who says Baby Boomers had it easy?

20 July 2013 9:00 am

Here’s a competition for you: ‘The most irritating discussion on Radio 4 in the past month.’ Answers in not more…