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Many (Gen Xers) remember Bruce Springsteen's smash hit Dancing in the Dark, which in the mid-'80s was a staple of early MTV, MuchMusic, and Gen X high school dances. He turned 60 a few days ago. »more»

One of our readers sent me an email that really touched me: »more»

OMG…Is Oprah having a Mid-life Crisis? »more»

The number one topic that we discuss here is change and when it comes down to brass tacks...the one change that is predominant throughout discussions among men and women at Mid-life are: finding our Purpose in Life…this can be the problem or it is the answer! »more»

The most popular topic on Oprah.com lately has been about the two most recent visits by Dr. M. Gary Neuman, author of “The Truth About Cheating”. Women by the millions tuned in both days to find out the answer to this most frustrating, devastating and destructive subject, only to find out that, in a nut shell, it was primarily their fault. »more»

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When Christopher Buckley riffs on matters of politics and policy, expect the absurdity dial to be turned to "11." The tobacco lobby? In "Thank You For Smoking," their lobbyist is a hero. Presidential infidelity? "No Way to Treat a First Lady" features a First Lady on trial for assassination. Now we face the Social Security / Medicare crisis, and in "Boomsday" Buckley's heroine puts forth voluntary Boomer suicide as a policy prescription. »more»

The Boston Globe's Peter Canellos thinks that first-black vs first-woman isn't the most important element of the Barack Obama vs Hillary Clinton race. Instead, he says, we should look at them as representing two different generations. While Obama, born in 1961, is technically a Baby Boomer ... »more»

Newsweek, March 21, 1966 (link)

The girl in this 1966 Newsweek cover probably spent the next decade of her life decrying the generation gap, experimenting with a cornucopia of mind-bending substances, and participating in the sexual revolution.

Now, according to her children, she's a square.* »more»

Baby Boomers already dominate mass media and politics, but now they're really serious: they have their own lobbyists in Washington, DC:

Public relations biggie Fleishman-Hillard Inc. has launched what it calls FH Boom, a practice that targets baby boomers, those folks roughly between 42 and 60 years old. The demographic is about 78 million people. »more»