Is my generation dumb, misunderstood, or somewhere in the middle? For baby boomer Mark Bauerlein, the answer is the first of those three options.

Bauerlein came to UNC-Chapel Hill in November to give a lecture on his new book, The Dumbest Generation: How the Digital Age Stupefies Young Americans and Jeopardizes Our Future (Or, Don’t Trust Anyone Under 30). Mitch blogged about it here.

My own take on the book is posted on today’s American Spectator online. I didn’t instant message, text message, or use an iPod while writing it. Honest.