Good column today on Boston.com — “Generation Obama vs. the Boomers” …like other recent pieces, it points out that although Barack Obama is technically a boomer, his presidential campaign appears to be setting itself up as different from older baby boomers. (The piece is a riff on this Boston Globe article, which calls Obama a [...]
Entries from February 2007
Barack Obama not a baby boomer?
February 21st, 2007 · No Comments
Tags: Aging · Boomers · politics
On my life list
February 20th, 2007 · No Comments
Appalachian Trail Originally uploaded by John Cutter. I was moving some photos this weekend into my Flickr account when I saw this one, taken in 2003 on the Appalachian Trail near Wayah Bald near Franklin, N.C. It shows ABC and me. For a long time, I used to say that hiking the whole trail was [...]
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The first boomer to turn 50
February 18th, 2007 · No Comments
The first baby boomers starting turning 50 in 1996. I was working for the St. Petersburg Times, and we were looking for a way to tell that story. I chose to talk to one person — someone born on Jan. 1, 1946 — to see how her experience would confirm (or contradict) the stereotypes of [...]
Tags: Aging · Boomers · Journalism
Sunrise or Sunset?
February 16th, 2007 · 2 Comments
Does the world really need another baby boomer talking about turning 50? My guess is no, but then, as a boomer, it is all about me, isn’t it? I’ve thought about writing a blog about the passage to 50, but have resisted. One reason is a fear of being as honest as I should be [...]