Baby Boomers

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Happy Hour: Step It Up

7:00 PM, Feb 9, 2012 • By MARK HEMINGWAY

Politico: "Joe Biden, Bill Daley warned of contraceptive backlash"

New York Times: "Surplus Surprises Michigan, but Is It Safe to Spend Again?"

Charles C.W. Cooke: "Congratulations, You’re Paying Your Neighbor’s Phone Bill"

Politico: "Mitt Romney's message from GOP: Step it up"

McSweeney's: "The Consumer Product Safety Commission Has Issued a Voluntary Recall for 'Baby Boomers.'"

Iowahawk: "A Fistful of Rebates"

Cartoon of aging Baby Boomers

Popular Culture and the Baby Boomers

One more thing we’ve ruined.

Jan 2, 2012, Vol. 17, No. 16 • By P.J. O'ROURKE

Did the baby boom wreck popular culture? “D’oh,” to borrow from the subject in question. On the other hand, consider the source. A generation ago was there anything with as much brains, sly cunning, human comedy, and broad public appeal as The Simpsons?

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Happy Hour: Bringing Patriotism Back

7:00 PM, Nov 14, 2011 • By MARK HEMINGWAY

Justin Timberlake: "My Night At The Marine Corps Ball"

New York Times: "Deficit Panel Seeks to Defer Details on Raising Taxes"

Dave Weigel: "Democrats Benefited from 2008 Trades, Too"

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Skewed Polls, and Medicare, and Obamacare! Oh, My!

Skewed Polls, and Medicare, and Obamacare! Oh, My!

9:48 AM, May 25, 2011 • By JEFFREY H. ANDERSON

A recent AP/GfK poll has been getting a lot of attention for allegedly showing that Americans think the federal budget can be balanced without cutting Medicare spending. The poll’s sample, however, includes 35 percent Democrats and only 18 percent Republicans (and 46 percent Democrats and 29 percent Republicans when including leaners).  That’s hardly a representative sampling of Americans.

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