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…6 min read·Apr 19, 2023----
Michael MazenkoHigh School Seniors: (Don’t) Follow Your Passion“Follow your passion? That may be the worst advice I ever got.”5 min read·Dec 4, 2020----
Michael MazenkoLess Than Zero: A Very Gen X Christmas MovieIs Die Hard a Christmas movie? Does anyone really care?8 min read·Nov 6, 2020--1--1
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…5 min read·Sep 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…7 min read·Aug 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…7 min read·Aug 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…7 min read·May 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…4 min read·Apr 13, 2020----
Michael MazenkoMcLife: A Gen Xer Looks Back at 50 Years“I turned 18 last week.”8 min read·Nov 7, 2019----
Michael MazenkoAlton, IL: a Giant, Little River Town“You’re from Alton? I know Alton.”6 min read·Oct 17, 2019----