Here are some wonderful 35 mm slide images of President Richard Nixon's 1971 visit to Walla Walla, Washington. The photos first appeared on Bygone Walla Walla. They were taken by Howard B. Ludwigs. Here is a brief excerpt from the speech he gave that day. "...I would...
Quantumrun has a podcast that focuses on the trends and innovations that will shape our world over the next two decades. Their latest episode is When Generation X Takes Over Politics, which reminds me I promised to cover future Gen X presidential candidates this year,...
Who Is Generation Jones? Before Generation X came Generation Jones. This is the micro-generation between Baby Boomers and Generation X that was born during the late 1950s and early 1960s. Read on to learn more about this important generation in American life and...
Senator Marco Rubio (R-Florida), talked a lot about his generation and leaving a legacy for his children in the most triumphant third-place finish speech ever made. He came away with 23 percent of the vote last night in the Iowa Caucus, which was better than he was...
Generation X and Government Governing.com has published an article today about how Generation X is now the generation shaping government. It's an excellent article that's been thoroughly researched, but compressed for quick readability. Here are a few chief takeaways:...
Unsure why Eisenhower was so popular with so many? Check out an essay on Ike by Stephen Ambrose on PBS.This is the 80-something usher who greets me at church on Sunday mornings. A member of the Silent Generation, this is the button he's been wearing for the last few...
According to a new study by Pew Research, Generation X is divided over the 2012 candidates for president. National Public Radio aired a story about it yesterday. Here is an excerpt: "...A majority of Generation Xers have an unfavorable view of the Republican Party....
From the pages of the The London Evening Standard (May 25, 2011) "Even more important than this personal identification, however, has been the gradual and unexpected emergence of a generational self-consciousness. Cameron is 44, Obama five years his senior: they are...
First Things is published by The Institute on Religion and Public Life, an interreligious, nonpartisan research and education institute whose purpose is to advance a religiously informed public philosophy for the ordering of society. They've published a pretty lengthy...
From the Los Angeles Times, March 17, 2011 The Children of Reagan Reshaping Congress "When voters elected 87 new GOP members to the House last year, they chose a crop of young, conservative politicians — more than half in their 30s and 40s — whose perspective...
The largest wave of Gen X Congressman will arrive in Washington in January. David S. Bernstein, a writer for Boston Phoenix has written an excellent piece about the historic event. Here is an excerpt: "...Indeed, many of the few Gen-X Democrats to reach Congress —...
It's going to be an interesting political race season. Economic woes shroud every race, and it's open season on incumbents. What races are you closely following? Speaking of politics, have you heard the term Joshua Generation? In 2007, Barack Obama gave a speech in...