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»

Twenty years ago, did your "look" include ... »more»

• fish-net t-shirts
• shoulder pads
• mullets (men) and big hair (women)
• blue eyeshadow
• fluorescent - neon colors

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»

Stuff.co.nz reports that American consultant Kevin Wheeler summarized Boomers, Gen X and Gen Y to an audience in New Zealand in a way that will make only one of them happy: »more»

In an article that manages to be condescending to both Boomers and Gen Xers, Fortune magazine sought some insight on mediating inter-generational issues at work. Fortune's Anne Fisher interviewed Janet Reid of consulting firm Global Lead, who made no friends with comments like these: »more»

You may think it's funny. Or not. Web site Baby Boomer Death Clock will tell you the percent of boomers who are dead, the number of still alive, and a few other factiods. »more»

Lost in the media hubbub about the first baby boomers turning 60: the first Gen-Xers turned forty last year and entered midlife. »more»