Scripps Howard News Service is distributing an opinion editorial by Dale McFeatters, Dessert: The Shortchanged Generation. Warning: his ending is a real bummer.

There is never a short supply of bum-you-out news in relation to Generation X. It gets old, but as we all know, there's something to it. Here are two more news articles published so far this week related to Gen X.

Generation X is cited as a potential loser in life-extension technologies. The angle of this article is undiscovered investment opportunities.

The Jackson Free Press has an interesting article that discusses the tolerance revolution, which Generation X impacted by changing the political dynamic. If you scroll down to just above the tolerance revolution subhead and read from there, you'll learn an interesting perspective on the influence of Seasame Street and Barney on racism and segregation.