Skateboarding is not a crime'' is about more than skateboards. We want to try young offenders as adults and send them to prison. We blame young people for all manner of social sickness. Every year we make it more difficult for kids to get and keep their drivers licenses, something quite important to them. We don't like their music, we don't like their clothes, we don't like their tattoos and their nose rings.
Generational differences are nothing new.
Our parents talked about us in much the same way. Today's young people, both voters and nonvoters, will turn out fine, just like we did. As for how to get the vote of young people, that's no mystery - ask for it. Speak to them. Hank Nichols is assistant professor of journalism and writing at New England College.