Come, pupils. Let’s light a cigarette for Anthony Bourdain … or I suppose a Zyn will do in 2025. In a recent column for “The Free Press,” Suzy Weiss argues that the late chef Anthony Bourdain approached both himself and food with excessive seriousness. That his televised sojourns, marked by war zones and whiskey, were not voyages
READ MORE
When it comes to children, we’re more than ready to acknowledge that screens have had a negative impact on their well-being. Jonathan Haidt’s “The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness” is proof. As of April, that book had spent 52 weeks on the New York Times’ best-seller
READ MORE
“The trad wives of Gen Z should talk to the trad wives of Gen Boomer about what happens when you hit 40.” This bit of social commentary on X from substacker Rachel Bitecofer has gone viral this week, sparking debate over the merits of being a “trad wife.” Urban Dictionary defines this bit of internet slang as, “Short for
READ MORE
‘Tis the season for weddings, and chances are the next several weeks will find many of us sitting in a lovely venue, decked in our best, watching a man and a woman pledge themselves to one another for better for worse, for richer for poorer, in sickness and in health. The good news is that
READ MORE
Every morning I’m up before dawn, enjoying some coffee on my front porch, and thanking my Maker for another day – I’ve reached the age where that gratitude is heartfelt. Two or three times a day, I play a couple of games of solitaire. Often, I’ll read a few pages from some book I know
READ MORE
There’s an old Yiddish proverb that says, “Mann tracht, un Gott lacht,” which translates, “Man plans, and God laughs.” Woody Allen rehabbed it for his audiences: “If you want to make God laugh, tell him about your plans.” My plans over a long life have surely provoked gales of laughter from the Almighty. In college, I changed
READ MORE
Most Read from past 24 hours
Most Read from past 7 days
Most Read from past 30 days
Most Read of All Time
Most Read of All Time
