The Collection: Father’s Day, Self-Care, and Le Terminator
Leslie has had to step back due to her dad’s passing this week. I know all our readers will sympathize with her loss and understand as the rest of us try to fill in for her.
On a happier note, a very Happy Father’s Day to all our dads and granddads today! You can find dad-themed pieces in our Variations on a Theme section.
From Around the Web
Macron, Le Terminator by Anne-Elisabeth Moutet in The Weekly Standard
New French President Emmanuel Macron has been dubbed “Hollande 2”, but Moutet has a new name for him: “Le Terminator”.
Augustine, the Guilty Optimist by Elizabeth Bruenig in Arc Digital
Did Augustine “invent sex”?
Vaping: Reshaping the FDA’s Regulations (Video) by Sally Satel in American Enterprise Institute
Vaping is much safer than smoking and has helped countless smokers kick the habit, but the expensive regulatory burden threatens the industry.
Is Self-Care The Ultimate in Millennial Narcissism or a Healthy Habit? Yes. by Joy Pullman in The Federalist
Self-care is something that should be more or less taken for granted — so why are millennials so obsessed with it, and is that a good thing? Joy Pullman explores.
Variations On a Theme
Rather Than Judging Fathers’ Household Labor Let’s Appreciate It by Stella Morabito in The Federalist
Father’s Day Without Fathers by Kay S. Hymowitz in City Journal
The Virtue of Being a Dad by Melissa Langsam Braunstein in The Federalist
It’s Fatherlessness Day Again. What Are We Going to Do About It? by Suzanne Venker at SuzanneVenker.com
From the Magazine
Courtney Love, Better Than Ever by EdgeOfTheSandbox
Toward a New Resistance by Trudy W. Schuett
Towards a New Resistance, Part II by Trudy W. Schuett
It’s Not the End of the World as We Know It, So Act Accordingly by EdgeOfTheSandbox
Even Father’s Day Is a Feminist Holiday Now by Rachel Darnall