I welcome the long weekend that comes with Independence Day at the beginning of each July. This year, I relished a slow day with my family and experienced the joys of a summer cookout. Beyond decorations and outfit choices, nothing in my celebration was particularly patriotic, and I gave only a small amount of time
READ MOREI’m a sucker for books about books and book lists. On my shelves are titles like Gladys and Mark Hunt’s “Honey for a Child’s Heart: The Imaginative Use of Books in Family Life”; George and Karen Grant’s “Shelf Life”; and James Mustich’s “1,000 Books to Read Before You Die.” Give me a cup of coffee,
READ MOREFor years, it was not uncommon for everything related to Christianity, religion, and traditional values to be scorned and rejected as something whose time had come and gone. That attitude, however, seems to be slowly shifting. Case in point is the following video of feminist author Louise Perry, who confesses her quest for faith and
READ MORE“It’s the danged avocado toast!” boomers say, blaming that little delectable treat as the reason today’s young people can’t 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? That’s only part of the story.
READ MOREIn a recent “New York Times” article titled, “Men, Where Have You Gone? Please Come Back,” Rachel Drucker laments what she calls “a collective shift” in men, a “slow vanishing of presence.” So many single men, she writes, aren’t “sitting across from someone on a Saturday night, trying to connect.” Instead, they “have retreated from
READ MORESometimes 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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