Boomers

Before we get to today’s topic, here’s a brief:WORLD CUP EPILOGUEMy wife, Michelle Kaufman, a professional sportswriter, covered the World Cup for the Miami Herald, and as a perk she was given a small piece of the actual sod on which the soccer matches were played in Miami.We decided to plant this piece of sod in our yard, where it has settled in nicely and is already giving the lawn a distinctive World Cup “feel,” as you will see in this completely candid and unrehearsed video:Ha ha! Get it?But enough slapstick humor. It’s time for today’s topic, which is an article I came across in the distinguished British publication The Economist. The headline is:My immediate assumption when I saw this headline, was: Oh, great, yet another article about how we Baby Boomers are terrible because we’re hoarding all the wealth, and we’re draining the Social Security trust fund, and we refuse to vacate our houses so younger people can live in them, and we think that all popular music has sucked since…