According to an online archive citing statistics from the Centers for Disease Control, 12,517,320 abortions occurred in the United States during the birth years of Generation X (1961-1981). There was a sharp rise in 1973, following Roe vs. Wade, the Supreme Court decision that legalized the procedure to end unwanted or life-threatening pregnancies. Since 2007, […]
A Nameless, Unlucky Generation
I came across an infographic recently that highlighted food culture statistics for Baby Boomers and Millennials. Much to my surprise — or not — there was zero mention of Generation X. Maybe the food industry doesn’t think we eat. I’ve been documenting silly slight like this for nearly a decade including contradictions in population and […]
Evolution of Gen-X Music + Current Gen-X News Links
Two questions have been asked about God for generations: 1) Where was He when that bad thing happened to me? and 2) Is He dead? Now, comes two movies that ask them again. Here are the official trailers for Where Was God? and God Is Not Dead. Where Was God is about the May 2013 […]
An Effective Prayer
When I worked as the public information officer for a large ambulance service I had access to information about every call they responded to through computer aided dispatch. This assisted me in responding to media queries about major accidents and other emergencies that news outlets became aware of via scanner traffic.After working therefor awhile, I […]
The Latchkey Generation is Generation X
For the Latchkey Generation When happily ever after fails and we’ve been poisoned by these fairy tales The lawyers dwell on small details Since daddy had to fly— Don Henley’s End of the Innocence, 1989 Generation X: The Latchkey Generation According to Douglas Coupland, author of Generation X: Tales for an Accelerated Culture, Generation X […]