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  • Fatherhood Is an Art

    Fatherhood Is an Art0

    My daughter has intensely blue eyes, bright, cerulean, sky, and turquoise all mixed and glittering in mesmerizing orbs. Life, light, and laughter shimmer there, along with the hints of her own kind of wisdom. Where did this depth come from? Where this character, this soul? She is both mine and not mine. No human achievement

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  • ‘Toy Story 5’ Serves Up Pointlessness Over Nostalgia

    ‘Toy Story 5’ Serves Up Pointlessness Over Nostalgia0

    Hollywood can’t make a good movie anymore. This is partially because of its own preoccupation with wokeness, which comes at the expense of artful excellence, but it’s also partially a lack of storytelling genius. The only movies people get really excited to watch these days are smut (“Wuthering Heights,” “The Housemaid”), viral sensations (“It Ends

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  • Raising Kids to Keep the Faith

    Raising Kids to Keep the Faith0

    Some of us may still practice the faith with which we were raised. Others may have fallen away from childhood religion into agnosticism, atheism, or indifference. Still others may have converted to another creed. While all these shifts in religiosity are far from uncommon, one overarching fact remains: Religious practice in the United States over

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  • The ‘Tradwives’ Who Don’t Talk the Talk, but Walk the Walk

    The ‘Tradwives’ Who Don’t Talk the Talk, but Walk the Walk0

    Whenever the internet makes a trend of a certain lifestyle, that lifestyle, however good it may be, is unlikely to emerge unscathed. The cartooning of traditional wives and mothers on social media is one such example. Many mothers build massive followings online by romanticizing homeschooling, baking, homesteading, and other markers of traditional motherhood. It’s all

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  • I Grew up Without a TV. Here’s What I Appreciated.

    I Grew up Without a TV. Here’s What I Appreciated.0

    Twice, in all my childhood, a TV entered our house. The first time was during the 2012 Summer Olympics. We’d borrowed an old screen from a friend – one of those boxy 13-inch TVs (the kind that, minus the off-screen dials, you might see Calvin watching in “Calvin and Hobbes”). My family propped the clunky device

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  • Fatherhood Is What You Make It

    Fatherhood Is What You Make It0

    Only a dad with a tired face, Coming home from the daily race, Bringing little of gold or fame To show how well he has played the game; But glad in his heart that his own rejoice To see him come and to hear his voice. Only a dad but he gives his all To

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