New in the Fray

Monday, March 31st, 2003

Derek Powazek writes about how the two Gulf Wars have bookended our generation.

These gulf wars are the bookends of my generation. From seventeen to twenty-nine, from high school to a salary, from home to away, from the last glimpse of childhood to the first glimmers of middle age.

I miss the certainty I had during the first gulf war. I miss being a teenager and knowing, really knowing, that this was wrong. I miss having all the answers.

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