Many of today’s younger people tend to be dismissive of beliefs and practices by older generations. Hence, the now-popular phrase “OK, boomer,” which, even when done in jest, can be perceived as ...

In tackling the subject of memes, I might have bitten off more than I can chew, but isn’t that the Gen X way? We were the latchkey kids, the ones who figured things out without a guidebook or adult ...

The gap-toothed, jug-eared idiot gazes out from the cover of the magazine, lost in a state of moronic bliss. The face is familiar, for sure—with that stupid smile, like Ron Howard's Opie with a ...

In November 2019, New Zealand's Parliament, a 25-year-old lawmaker named Chlöe Swarbrick, was delivering a speech about climate change when an older colleague heckled her. Without missing a beat, she ...

Things come and go so quickly these days. Or is it just that some of us are slower on the uptake? Whatever: No sooner do we—does one—become aware of a meme or a trend or a catchphrase than it is ...