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Arthur Brooks: Why Won’t the Boomers Grow Up?

The Free Press · Aug 31, 2026, 3:01 PM UTC

That’s right, my young friends. It might very well be the case that your 75-year-old dad relaxing down in Boca is smoking weed right now and just caught the clap from one of his lady friends, writes Arthur Brooks.

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