15842069, whats it all about . Neil well, generations is a whole new way of looking at how the past shapes the future. Our book retells the entire story of america from the perspective of separate generations moving through time. We follow each of these generations from childhood to old age, starting with the first puritan colonists and going through the small children of today. Along the way we discovered some outstanding patterns in history that seemed to be recurring in the appearance of generations. We found, for instance, that every generation belongs to one of four lifecycle types that seems to repeat in the same order over time. The appearance of young war heroes is almost always followed by the appearance of a young generation that appears indecisive and conformist to others. The appearance in history of passionate, young moralists is always followed by a generation which appears wild and uneducated to elders. So, what we do is take these patterns and try to use them to show am
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New york, it says in your bio you are the only jurist in the federal courts with a phd in Political Science. How can that be . It just happens, i guess. Out going to graduate school in Political Science at harvard. , worked withhd james wilson and Daniel Patrick moynihan and richard neustadt, and then went to law school at yale. I am originally from new york. I am a product of the Public Schools in new york. So, going to those schools outside columbia as an undergraduate, going to those schools were really my first exposure outside of new york and got those degrees and then spent really a career before the bench trying to look at the workings of our institutions. And studied relations between the branches of government at the Brookings Institution and at georgetown. Senator Daniel Patrick moynihan, who had been my professor at harvard, and i was his teaching assistant, he. As on my oral exam because of him, i became a judge. Ofwe have got some videotape you from 1993 testifying. Where
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Says you are the only judge with a phd in Political Science. How can that be . It just happens. I got a phd and worked and i got a phd, worked with james wilson and Daniel Patrick moynihan and richard neustadt, and then went to law school at yale. I am originally from new york. I am a product of the Public Schools in new york. So, going to those schools outside columbia as an undergraduate, going to those schools were really my first exposure outside of new york and got those degrees and then spent really a career before the bench trying to look at the workings of our institutions. And studied relations between the branches of government at the Brookings Institution and at georgetown. Then because of senator Daniel Patrick moynihan, who had been my professor at harvard, and i was his teaching assistant, he was on my oral exam. Because of him, i became a judge. We have got some videotape of you from 1993 testifying. Where would you have been . I can tell you exactly what i was doing, th