15842069, whats it all about . Neil well, generations is a whole new way of looking at how the past shapes the future. Our book retells the entire story of america from the perspective of separate generations moving through time. We follow each of these generations from childhood to old age, starting with the first puritan colonists and going through the small children of today. Along the way we discovered some outstanding patterns in history that seemed to be recurring in the appearance of generations. We found, for instance, that every generation belongs to one of four lifecycle types that seems to repeat in the same order over time. The appearance of young war heroes is almost always followed by the appearance of a young generation that appears indecisive and conformist to others. The appearance in history of passionate, young moralists is always followed by a generation which appears wild and uneducated to elders. So, what we do is take these patterns and try to use them to show am
Predict future cultural trends. This was recorded in washington, d. C. , as part of cspans book notes series. Ts about an hour. Neil howe, coauthor of generations the history of americas future 15842069, whats it all about . Well, generations is a whole new way of looking at how the path shapes the future. Our book retells the entire story of america from the perspective of separate generations moving through time. We follow each of these generations from childhood to old age, starting with the first puritan colonnists and going through the small children of today. And along the way, we discovered some outstanding patterns, patterns in history that seem to be recurring in the appearance of generations. We found, for instance, that every generation belongs to one of four life cycle types that seems to repeat in the same order over time. The appearance of young war heroes is almost always followed by the appearance of a young generations that appears ininsky sive and conformist. The hist
A teenager is dead after an Early Morning stabbing in cedar rapids. Rapids. Right now, the circumstances around this deadly act remain a mystery. Mystery. Police were called to the 67hundred block of around this deadly act remain a mystery. Police were called to the just after 2 00 this morning. They found allege 18yearold with a stab wound to the chest and rushed him to the hospital. An hour later the unidentified dora has been looking into this case for us and after so many hours we know so little about this case. And it is unfortunate because so many of his friends say he was loved around the area. Students living there say they dont feel safe any more. Thats because there are rumors of a robbery. Right now police wont confirm any details and say they are suspicious death. Authorities have questioned a number of people but no suspects have been named. Those who say they knew the victim declined to go on camera today but we also reached out to they tell us because authorities have no
Happen until the first part of the year. Some of them wou some of them would take place many february, some in march. But what would happen this question was asked by one of our fine senators, senator fischer from nebraska. She said, now, what would happen right now at the he happened of thiend of thisyear, december 31 . What provisions would we lose if we dont pass this bill . And the answer is there are several of them but ill just highlight a few of them here. One would be the session bonus for new officers in critical skills, the incentive bonus for conversion to military occupation specialty to ease personnel shortages. Those of us whove been in the military, thats called the mosss. The incentive bonuses for transfer between armed forces, someone whos transferred from one area to the other has the we have the obligation of paying those expenses or bonuses. We wouldnt be able to do it. Aviation officer retention. I mentioned a minute ago some of the what, onethird of the combat . O
Thats the issue the democrats want to distract us from. The American People should know what the liberal play book is here. The left believes that the president s agenda runs straight through the d. C. Circuit court. The president s agenda runs straight through the d. C. Circuit court. Thats why they pressured democrats to change the rules of the senate to pack this court with folks like professor pillard. The goal here is actually twofold. First, grease the skids for an agenda that cant get through the congress, then build a firewall around it by packing the court with your ideological allies. That way, democrats can keep telling folks what they think they want to hear about obamacare and anything else. But they can also rest assured that nobodys going to tamper with it. Nobodys going to tamper with it. All of this is in the context in which the National Debate over obamacare and its failures should be viewed. But none of it, none of it should distract us from what obamacare is doing