As a result, the fracas in Utah creates a momentous opportunity: To provide the people of that State, and Americans more generally, with the first serious opportunity in a generation for a conversation about our deterrent - and what it takes to ensure we continue to have one that is safe, reliable and effective.

CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Are we serious about deterrence?

We also talked with an icon of the civil rights generation for our Wisdom Watch conversation.

NPR: Roundtable: College Students Debate Pew Poll on Race

In addition to serving as a reminder of the older generation's mortality, a conversation about inheritance or Mom and Dad running out of money can provoke anxiety in parents.

WSJ: Baby Boomers Counting On an Inheritance May Have to Support Parents Instead

Three themes that jumped out to me about this generation from FAST FUTURE and my subsequent conversation with Mr. Burstein were the following.

FORBES: A Very Fast Future

There is tremendous promise for what this generation can achieve, and where it wants to lead the conversation about the right to choose.

CNN: Millennials have the power to protect Roe v. Wade

And the changing of the agenda, particularly the emergence of a new generation of Evangelicals really will change the whole character of the conversation this year.

NPR: Evangelical Leader Discusses Candidates

As a result, New Generation Latinos, also known as NGLs, are making waves and changing the conversation.

FORBES: The World's Most Powerful Latino Celebrities