1584-2069, what s 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 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 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
corporate funding is provided by mutual of america designing customized individual and group retirement products. that s why we are your retirement company. additional support has been provided by: and by the corporation for public broadcasting, and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. from the tisch wnet studios at lincoln center in new york, william brangham. brangham: good evening and thanks for joining us. voters in new hampshire are getting their last looks at the candidates on the ballot in the first-in-the-nation presidential primary. candidates still running have spent a total 444 days on the ground in new hampshire, according to manchester t.v. station wmur, while the candidates and super-pacs supporting them have spent a combined $84 million in the state alone, according to the new york times. that s a lot of time and money to win over the roughly 500,000 primary voters who re likely to vote. and last night, seven republican ca
What can churches do to care for the poor where we live? If we’re willing to humble ourselves and learn from others, we can do far more than we might think.
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