WRM: An Elegy for the Boomers

Walter Russell Mead takes a look at his generation - the Baby Boomers - and concludes it has been a failure. Writing for The American Interest, Mead sees his fellow Boomers as narcissistic, selfish, and immature. Too much the grasshopper, too little the ant.

Mead contrasts Boomers with the generation of their parents, and today's America with the kind of America those parents passed on to their Boomer children. He sees much to admire in the parents' cohort, in the America the Boomers inherited.

If you have a few minutes to read this sad, introspective article, it is definitely worth your time.