tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8758915259850765412.post7376564543904352805..comments2023-11-03T05:52:52.238-04:00Comments on Musing in Obama's America: Today's Tom Sawyer: Obama the archetype for his generationSM Kovalinskyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12137642942538595560noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8758915259850765412.post-8060579444254405072009-02-16T14:53:00.000-05:002009-02-16T14:53:00.000-05:00Ah, Politico; you are back! Thank you for your re...Ah, Politico; you are back! Thank you for your remarks, and I really appreciated your informing me about Gen. J last time. Actually did up a whole piece about it. I think the only reason I keep sneaking X in there, is that I cannot get out of my mind how Howe and Strauss described the Xers against the Boomers, and I keep relating to that. You are so right, though; thanks and I am glad you liked the piece. Stay well, and best regards.SM Kovalinskyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12137642942538595560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8758915259850765412.post-47455672165747889612009-02-16T14:41:00.000-05:002009-02-16T14:41:00.000-05:00Nicely-written piece. The only part I disagree wit...Nicely-written piece. The only part I disagree with is the implication that Obama is partly GenX. Obama is quintissential GenJones, born right in the middle of its birth years, and possessing the classic Jones generational personality traits. No prominent voices have said Obama is a GenXer, while a long list of such influentials have declared him a GenJoneser.<BR/><BR/>Great and fitting reference to "Today's Tom Sawyer".<BR/><BR/>I like your Newsweek article, but I found this column in Newsweek by Jonathan Alter even more on the mark about Boomers vs. Jonesers: http://www.newsweek.com/id/107583<BR/><BR/>Bennet Kelley's HuffPo column about GenJones was very well-written; I felt like Nancy Snow's recent piece in HuffPo about GenJones was very strong also: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/nancy-snow/generation-jones-our-time_b_162644.html<BR/><BR/>And Jonathan Pontell's recent op-ed about Obama as the first GenJones President in USA TODAY nails it: http://www.usatoday.com/printedition/news/20090127/column27_st.art.htmAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com