We don’t have any. We are lucky for that, but not necessarily better for it. Throughout all of the recent military conflicts, the only uniform effect on the civilian population is that the oil companies have gouged us in gas prices. Other than that, there has been no defining drive to remember those who have died for our freedom. That sucks for us.

Our parents and grandparents had countless wars and political revolutions that helped define them as a generation. We, on the other hand, have been defined by our rebellion against the system set up by our elders.

As Memorial Day is upon us, as a 20 year old from a middle class up-bringing, I have no political or ideological definition through strife. The Gulf War was like watching the big mouthed fat kid get his ass kicked by the captain of the football team. The military actions in Rwanda and Bosnia meant nothing to most mainstream Americans. The most recent incarnation of the Gulf War that was supposedly won years ago has supposedly spun into our generation’s Vietnam, but I don’t think we really feel it. Rather, we are so wrapped up in telling Bush how crappy he is doing that we are not interested in the solution. (more…)

The love story about a British boy and an American girl is set against the backdrop of the social upheaval of the 1960s. Although not about the Beatles, the musical will use their songs to drive the narrative, with the actors singing and dancing to the classic tunes.