“IT'S CALLED GOSSIP AND OF COURSE IT'S AN OBSESSION OF MINE" -ANDY WARHOL

Americans are accustomed to the idea that there is an ideological divide between the 70 million baby boomers (born between 1946 and 1964) and the 46 million members of Generation X (born between 1965 and 1981). Now comes the greatest split of all, thanks to the arrival on the scene of the largest and most diverse generation ever — the approximately 100 million members of the Millenial Generation (born between 1982 and 2003). According to sociologists and demographers who study the generations, Millenials are more optimistic, upbeat and idealistic about promoting social change than either boomers or X’ers. The Millenials are steeped in technology, fluent in YouTube, Google, Facebook and MySpace. They have faith in the federal government and think it can be a vehicle for good. And they’re more interested in working together to find solutions to difficult problems than in engaging in the partisan, red state/blue state skirmishes that many of us grew up with.

-RomeSentinel.com