Can America get out of the gerontocracy trap?

Can America get out of the gerontocracy trap?

"We have a sclerotic gerontocracy," posted 48-year-old Rep. Ro Khanna (D–Calif.) in December. Khanna's outburst on X was provoked by the revelation that an 81-year-old Rep. Kay Granger (R–Texas), who had been absent from Congress for months, had in fact been diagnosed with dementia and was residing in a memory care facility. "I'm more concerned about the congressmen who have dementia and are still voting," joked a 53-year-old Rep. Thomas Massie …