The BOOMERS ISSUE

American Idle

Never before has an entire generation had so much time in which to do so little.

(Illustration by Koren Shadmi)

By Jennifer Nicholson Graham

July 27, 2008

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`HOW YA BEEN?" THE GROCERY- STORE CLERK ASKED THE WOMAN IN front of me. "Busy, busy, busy," she answered wearily. "Me too," said the clerk, and everyone around nodded sympathetically. * Of course they were busy. They were baby boomers, as I am, and you can conjugate the boomers like this: I am busy; you are busy; he, she, and ... (Full article: 792 words)