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About this kid
Greg Volk is a freelance writer whose TV credits include Cash Cab and Pawn Stars. He desperately clings to his own youth while living and writing in Brooklyn. Likes include history and things that are awesome. Dislikes include chores and being told what to do. Follow his 140-character rebellion @kidsthosedays. MORE→
Category Archives: 1970s
Are you going to hell on Saturday?
Find out with Ann Landers’ 1978 Sex Test for teenagers… Check it out in her archives or play along below. The test was revised in 1988 and again in 1996, but it’s more fun and more telling to go back … Continue reading
How do you solve a problem like Osama?
With the man gone, it’s open season on explanations about how he came to be. Looking back, how could we have told the difference between a man who would go on to wreak havoc on the modern world from just … Continue reading
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Tagged Bobos, David Brooks, Jennifer Rubin, New York Times, Osama bin Laden, Oxford, teenager, Washington Post
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KTD were trustafarians
It’s like Jack Donaghy said, “The first generation works its fingers to the bone and makes things. The second generation goes to college and innovates new ideas. The third generation … snowboards and takes improv classes.” It’s easy to treat … Continue reading