
Snowed in' or a Lazy Generation
Our parents and grandparents used to regale us with tales of trudging miles and miles to school in a blinding blizzard, wind whipping at their faces, no such thing as boots or gloves. And they arrived gratefully, taking their seats, never complaining. These days’ kvetch about slow Wi-fi. We’re getting soft as a nation, and so it’s no surprise that when word spread of a blizzard heading into the Northeast this week, everything started to shut down, beginning with the public-sc