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You Can Do Better Than a Beach Read
- Culture, Featured, Literature
- June 2, 2026

âItâs the danged avocado toast!â boomers say, blaming that little delectable treat as the reason todayâs young people canât become homeowners. But that $9 avocado toast that a millennial can have delivered to his apartment (a parent-financed apartment, of course) for $5 in delivery fees plus a $2 tip? Thatâs only part of the story.
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In a recent âNew York Timesâ article titled, âMen, Where Have You Gone? Please Come Back,â Rachel Drucker laments what she calls âa collective shiftâ in men, a âslow vanishing of presence.â So many single men, she writes, arenât âsitting across from someone on a Saturday night, trying to connect.â Instead, they âhave retreated from
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Sometimes a book comes along that delivers a jolt to the mind and spirit. Most readers have surely experienced this sensation. You leave the dishes in the sink, you stay up late, and your brain is buzzing with a million thoughts, all because the words on the pages are electricity rather than paper and print.
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âMy heart feels like itâs going to jump out of my chest!â Eric yelled out as he stopped short of the finish line. âWhat?â âMy heart! Itâs never felt like that before! Thatâs why I stopped!â We were running laps after his indoor baseball practice. I was frustrated with his sprints during conditioning at the
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In recent decades, patriotism has become partisan, a sentiment reserved for conservatives while frowned upon by the left. This distaste is spreading to those further on the right. They maintain a nationalist attitude, but discard patriotism as pointless. Yet to have a proper perspective on nationalism, patriotism is crucial, for it helps us have a
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If youâre like me, youâve probably had some point in your life where you knew it was time to stop scrolling through your phone, put all screens far from you, and nail your pants to a chair with the hard copy of a book in your hands. But even when the hearty among us resolve
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