Growing up.............................

Matt Walsh offers Four Harsh Truths for his 18-34 demographic.  Not wishing to quibble with young Matt, but I would suggest that his truths apply to all demographics.  Here they are, followed by his conclusion:  

1) Nobody owes us anything.

2) We have to work.

3) We’ll never be successful if we don’t take risks.

4) Nobody cares about our excuses.

"History might be written by the old, but it’s made by the young. Just look at Thomas Jefferson, or Alexander the Great, or William Wallace, or Joan of Arc, or Beethoven, or Frederick Douglas, or Martin Luther King Jr. Young pioneers, all of them. Conquerors, artists, heroes. Martyrs."

As a side note:  While most of the real estate in our fair country may be owned by folks of my age cohort (and our parents), below is a chart, recently posted by Greg Mankiw,  to reinforce the notion that real history is mostly made by the younger set: