Grappling with "Harry Potter" on the series' 20th anniversary
Pop culture anniversaries are thick on the ground these days, but one we marked this week stands out. "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" was published 20 years ago, which means that an entire generation has come of age with J.K. Rowling's seven-part "Harry Potter" series, the movie adaptations, a play and various web iterations as one of their dominant cultural experiences.