Ok, this is a new low for the Boston Globe. For a point of reference, I'm 35, so I don't make the cut, according to the grumpy Emory University English professor.

Leno's 'jaywalkers' are picked over after asking the same old questions to many people. They pick the absolute worst of the bunch. It hardly represents the whole. It's late night entertainment, at its best or worst. I quit watching Leno years ago. He seems to think it's funny to humiliate the gay community in the same regard. He finds the stories about the biggest freaks, and turns on the spotlight.

I live across the street from Northeastern University, two miles from Harvard and MIT. Not only do they read, they study,...

Ok, this is a new low for the Boston Globe. For a point of reference, I'm 35, so I don't make the cut, according to the grumpy Emory University English professor.

Leno's 'jaywalkers' are picked over after asking the same old questions to many people. They pick the absolute worst of the bunch. It hardly represents the whole. It's late night entertainment, at its best or worst. I quit watching Leno years ago. He seems to think it's funny to humiliate the gay community in the same regard. He finds the stories about the biggest freaks, and turns on the spotlight.

I live across the street from Northeastern University, two miles from Harvard and MIT. Not only do they read, they study, they work hard. I know this for a fact. They're bright and ambitious, friendly, and I would hardly call them dumb.

They can't spell? Wull neethir can we.

I could pick apart these points and build this generation up as we should be, just as easy as grumpy can tear it down.

Members of the generation ahead of ours will always look down in disgust and scoff. Blah blah they play Grand Theft Auto...so what? Donkey Kong and Pac-Man weren't exercise for the brain either.

Because they're young....well, that's what this all comes down to. They're young and stupid. They day I buy into these ideas is the day I die.