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Amen! I am between the two groups, late 60s birth. I saw the malaise and embarrassment of Carter and the greatness of the Reagan years. The country I knew is gone...

There is a niche generation between the Boomers and X'ers called "Generation Jones." Many say they were born between 1954 to 1965, but I'd extend the latter a little bit, I was born in 1966, not much of a boomer but I don't quite fit in with the X'ers either. Basically the term comes from where when we were kids, like the Boomers, we were going to have it all but things started to go bust as we get older so the story is that "we are really 'jonesin' for what the Boomers had. "Jonesin'" is a strong desire for something like, "I'm jonesin for a cigarette" but also came from "keeping up with the Joneses." Jonesers tend to be cynical and distrustful of government. I guess the best way to see if you are part of Generation Jones is if you remember the Moon landings and TV being mostly black and white yet in your teen or early adult years, you started to use the first computers that came out for the home.

Oh yeah, I share your grief, the country I knew is mostly gone, heck, I often say to the point of cliche, "I miss the 1980's, it was the last time things really made sense."