Jennifer Finney Boylan Column

I was born in a country where people said, “I Like Ike.” I turned 60 in a country led by a man who doesn’t appear to like much of anything — excepting, of course, himself.

Who is to blame? In large measure, my generation.

Jennifer Finney Boylan (@JennyBoylan), a contributing opinion writer, is a professor of English at Barnard College of Columbia University and the author of the novel “Long Black Veil.” Her column appears on alternate Wednesdays.