Why Old People Matter  Carol Osborne tells you why!  You don’t
have to look very far to find somebody or other bashing the
Boomer generation. Politicians refer to us as a burden to
society. Younger generations accuse us of being selfish.
Historians reserve their praise for the cohort that preceded us
(“The Greatest Generation”) and their greatest hope for the
generations that follow. When it comes to Medicare and Social
Security, even the use of the word “entitlement” bears negative
connotations, implying that our generation is gobbling up
communal resources that we neither earned nor deserve.  Here’s
the thing. You also don’t have to look very deep to discover the
bedrock upon which such harsh critiques reside: garden variety
ageism. The rhetoric may be fresh, but the stereotypes of aging
are mundane. Our youth-centric society reviles the aged,
reducing all that is holy and productive to four simple words:
“Young=good; old=bad.” Dare to venture to the other side of
midlife while refusing to become invisible