Stefan Beck

Stefan Beck contributes on fiction and other subjects to the Barnes &
Noble Review, The New Criterion, The Weekly Standard, and elsewhere.

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TACKY TREASURE

Gas Food Longing: The Goofy Magic of America's Gift Shops

Roadside gift shops are full of jackalopes, whoopie cushions, refrigerator magnets in the shape of states, and all kinds of trash. And yet, each one is like Aladdin’s cave.

Stefan Beck

SAT to OED: Drop Dead

Why Are We Dumbing Down the SAT?

America’s college entrance examine wants to do away with difficult vocabulary.

Stefan Beck

MANLY MEN

China’s New Five-Year Plan: Be a Man

Not quite, but that doesn’t mean we all couldn’t use a refresher in masculine virtues.

Stefan Beck

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Parliament of Fools

How ‘Idiocracy’ Predicted 2016

The movie was a documentary, after all.

Stefan Beck

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Scout’s Honor

The Boy Scout Handbook: Best Y.A. Ever

It teaches adventure, independence, and how to navigate by the stars—and along the way, helps kids become the adults we all wish we could be.

Stefan Beck

Stefan Beck

Gas Food Longing: The Goofy Magic of America's Gift Shops

Why Are We Dumbing Down the SAT?

China’s New Five-Year Plan: Be a Man

How ‘Idiocracy’ Predicted 2016

The Boy Scout Handbook: Best Y.A. Ever

Childless Adults: Monsters or Awesome?

Book of Mormon as Great American Novel

Ivy League Frat Boy Repents (Kind Of)

America’s Meddlers Are Our Worst Enemies

Ted Thompson’s Debut Novel Features A 1 Percenter As Its Hero