Boomsday

If you read Thank You for Smoking by Christopher Buckley or saw the movie, you have some idea of the delight I'm taking in reading his latest, Boomsday.   

Not only is Buckley one of the funniest writers around, he's hit upon a subject that makes everyone squirm, the possibility of intergenerational warfare between profligate Baby Boomers and younger Americans who don't want to be stuck paying the bill.  Cassandra, a 29 year old blogger, proposes that boomers at age 70 kill themselves in exchange for tax breaks,  a lively way indeed, to get people talking about  the looming social security crisis.

Buckley tosses off lines that have me laughing out loud.  How's this for a description of politicians - "The usual Washington chest thumping and pecker flexing."