How Boomers Rule. January 20th, 2025. Introduction. Inasmuch as this has been a while since I made everybody mad,

I recently reflected that perhaps it was time for me to take steps. As it is no longer November,

I will give some cautions and qualifications right here

at the front end. As is my custom, I will do it in this second paragraph right where everybody

should be able to see it. I'm going to say a number of distinct and disparate things in this post,

and so if you are among those many who specialize in taking things out of context, you will have

yourself a field day. From the title,

how boomers rule, I know there will be those who infer that I am saying that boomers should rule,

no matter what, or that in every respect that matters, they have always ruled wisely, or that I've

taken up this subject because I'm brittle and defensive on the point, as I do confess myself

to have been born in 1953,

which was almost back in the 40s. But alas, on all such wild surmises, I am fully prepared to

disappoint. Setting the stage. Anyone who has ever been involved in living with and caring for the

elderly knows that there are times when really difficult conversations do have to occur.

There do come times

when the family has to intervene, insisting on taking away Grandpa's keys or Grandma's credit cards,

or both of their phones. This is not disrespect for the elderly. Done right, it is a most profound

form of respect, 1. Timothy 5.1. But suppose the setup is a little bit different. Say a 32-year-old grandson, with six DUIs to his name,

wants to take away Grandpa's keys because that would enable him to drive the Mercedes more,

which is currently being used to drive, and pretty slowly we might add, to an old guy's breakfast

at Denny's every Friday. The rest of the time, that sweet car is just sitting there in the garage for pity's

sake, just begging to be flipped over a guardrail somewhere. This situation would be a tad

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