Michael MazenkoAn Artful Trip to BostonWe went to Boston for a date with abstract expressionist Cy Twombly, and we almost came home with early modernist Marc Chagall. It all…Apr 19, 2023Apr 19, 2023
Michael MazenkoHigh School Seniors: (Don’t) Follow Your Passion“Follow your passion? That may be the worst advice I ever got.”Dec 4, 2020Dec 4, 2020
Michael MazenkoLess Than Zero: A Very Gen X Christmas MovieIs Die Hard a Christmas movie? Does anyone really care?Nov 6, 20201Nov 6, 20201
Michael MazenkoGeneration XerciseIn the early fall of 1981, the kids of Generation X were enticed to get in shape, or just pay attention to fitness, or at least entertain…Sep 2, 2020Sep 2, 2020
Michael MazenkoGen X Parenting: raising the neXt generation“Would you let your ninth grader hang out at a house with no parents home? Would you let that same freshman male hang out alone at a house…Aug 14, 2020Aug 14, 2020
Michael MazenkoGen X Parenting: raising the neXt generation“Would you let your ninth grader hang out at a house with no parents home? Would you let that same freshman male hang out alone at a house…Aug 13, 2020Aug 13, 2020
Michael MazenkoGoing Nowhere with Pico IyerPico Iyer is an inveterate traveller and travel-culture writer who once lived for a month in LAX to observe and write about “Global…May 23, 2020May 23, 2020
Michael MazenkoWhere’s Our CEO President?While Donald Trump’s time in the White House has been an endless supply of quips and quotes, the Covid-19 pandemic disaster has given…Apr 13, 2020Apr 13, 2020
Michael MazenkoMcLife: A Gen Xer Looks Back at 50 Years“I turned 18 last week.”Nov 7, 2019Nov 7, 2019
Michael MazenkoAlton, IL: a Giant, Little River Town“You’re from Alton? I know Alton.”Oct 17, 2019Oct 17, 2019