America’s Exceptionalism is the Key to Our Recovery

We pre-boomers grew up in a time when there was no doubt that this country was the world leader in virtually everything we could think of.  Our generation was born between 1930 and 1945, so we saw results of what a united people are capable of doing.  Rising from the ashes of the Great Depression, [...]

Winter was fun as a kid, but long.

As a pre-boomer growing up in Philadelphia in the ‘40s and early ‘50s, I thought winter was a two-part season and lasted four months instead of three.  For me winter began on Thanksgiving and ended with the last snow storm of the year, around St. Patrick’s Day. 

 
The first part of the season started with a [...]

Are pre-boomers the forgotten generation?

First, few people know the definition of pre-boomers.  It is those of us born between 1930 and 1945, from the beginning of the Great Depression through the end of World War II. Second, no one seems to know how many pre-boomers there are.  The latest estimate is more than 30 million, which is three times [...]

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