Neither Carrie nor I had any idea who “Bad Bunny” was before the Super Bowl.

We knew two things. First, Carrie hated the name. Bunnies are supposed to be soft and cuddly, twitchy-nosed creatures constantly foraging for food. A bad bunny? That sounds like an evil Mickey Mouse. The name alone was a non-starter for her.

Second, when the NFL announced Bad Bunny as the halftime performer, a man no less than the president of the United States immediately shot the idea down as “absolutely ridiculous,” adding that he had “never heard of him” and that it was a terrible pick by the NFL.

Wow. This bunny guy must be some horrifically anti-American Leporidae.

On that point, Carrie and I had something in common with Donald Trump: Just who is Bad Bunny?

That question reveals a lot about Carrie, me, Trump, and millions of other aging Americans who have realized that time does, in fact, pass us by. The Benny Goodman generation recoiled at Elvis, the Beatles, and later Devo. Today, many of us simply do not keep up. Bad Bunny raced right past us old tortoises.

Bad Bunny is the most-streamed musical artist in the world, with tens of billions of streams. His music breaks records, tops charts, and has earned multiple Grammys. Widely regarded as one of the defining artists of his generation, he pushed Spanish-language music into the global mainstream, attracting fans regardless of native language. Many of us had no idea.

The NFL did not pick Bad Bunny to make a cultural........

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