Interesting article Ronni to say the least and I found myself reading it more than once myself. I am sure you will get varying opinions on its nature. Here are the conclusions I have come to, at least for the moment, about the article.….

He seems to be wanting to make some points….but keeping it cloaked a bit of self-perceived humor so as to not piss off anyone on either side of the aisle since he obviously knows that ageism “is” a real issue.

It seems to me the article is satiric or sarcastic at some level, perhaps leveling to a degree the “charge of hypocrisy” at the Baby Boomers. It seems to be saying that we weren’t bothered with ageism when we were younger so why all the concern and issues with ageism now?

He also seems to want to make the point that as a demographic we are being dragged into our elderly years kicking and screaming - doing every thing we can to keep ourselves from looking or acting like we are becoming elderly because of the stigmatism associated with being elderly.

And finally he, perhaps sarcastically again, seems to insinuate that we are a bit of a self-centered generation so those prejudices of ageism which may have been applied in the past to the aging just don’t apply to this generation and woe to those who dare try and apply them. Which is, in his opinion, the reason why ageism is now finding itself a front and center issue?

In closing, I must say I am not a huge fan of Wheel of Fortune but have watched many a show as most of you have. It has always been my perception that Pat Sajak seems to nurture a sarcastic sense of humor based on many of his remarks. I certainly think he was trying to make some points in his commentary, but again lacing it with a degree of humor and sarcasm.

Well, I found his statements confusing on one hand & somewhat insulting on the other? I definitely don't think he knows what he's talking about. As to humor, I didn't see too much there. All the Viagra & cosmetic surgery in the world is not going to change attitudes. What is needed is a change in attitudes toward elders & I'll be damned if I know how to do that.

I remember Sajak when he was an L.A. weatherman at one of our local network affiliated TV stations. I found him to be likeable. He still has that classic perpetually-boyish looking face so many stations include in their on-the-air staff. This look seems to earn a number of similar types automatic entry to televison-world advancement, so I wasn't surprised when he was tapped for game show hosting.

I recall him as having a sharp wit and good sense of humor in the by-talk that devours so much of news program time, as it has for many years now, in broadcast management's effort to focus on humanizing the shows anchors and reporters, over program content.

I think he was just being flippant, taking a bit of dramatic license by embellishing his comments with a little bluster in this article. I'll agree it is hard to know whether he was trying to be funny, satirical or serious. We really need to see his facial expression, hear his voice -- tone and inflections. Maybe he needs to stick to visual media exposure or develop his humor writing skills.

Sajak is definitely being satirical. I'm 1000 percent sure. He's a conservative, in case you didn't know, and one useful service conservatives perform is pointing out the enormous narcissism of the baby boom generation

Conservative hardly describes Human Events. These are the people who brought you the list of Ten Most Dangerous Books, including Democracy and Education, The Feminine Mystique and The Origin of Species. I wouldn't think twice about anything they or Pat Sajak say.