A country for the old?

 

There's plenty of chatter on Twitter about the implications the increasingly aging Congress. 

To some extent, the aging Congress merely reflects an aging population. Fully 17 percent of us are over 65, and old people are increasing as a share of the population inexorably. And we vote. So it's not surprising we look to our age peers for leadership.

It does seem clear to me that there is a generation (my generation) for whom it is time to let go. If we're even minimally self-reflective, we know we aren't what we used to be. Maybe a little wiser -- but it is younger people's time.