War and Baked Beans : The young generation and the Government

 

 Robert Olmstead is a journalist and author for The New York Times whose work varies from books to news articles. Olmstead takes the conflict of Syria and goes beyond the aspect of war but instead discusses a new victim in the situation the youth group. His perspective is unique and different from other people his age who most of the time have very strict opinion on the younger generation instead he proposes that the older generation and the government are hurting the younger generation exposing them continuously to war. His background also as a teacher hints at how he relates or perhaps understand both side of the situation making his arguments more concrete. Olmsted description of his past and the memory of his mother’s beans sets the tone for the article as he compares the past to the presents to what was the good ol’ days. Not only does his memories present reflection they also serve as comparison to what the government is doing and Olden presents simple solution that will take care of the issue .His opinion could get a lot of approval from the younger generation because he presents them as the naïve and hopeful generation. The younger generation as he says are being left with the consequences of the decisions the government and are left with debt that a government shutdown can’t fix. Robert Olden “War and Baked Beans” is very much an interesting article with a different take on results of conflict that consider the possible  dilemmas that are left for the younger generation to deal with a view in which many people have forgotten who is going to be left to deal with such consequences.

 War and Baked Beans by Robert Olmstead