Guess what else babies like?

A new talking point to justify home subscriptions. . . [READER]( The Daily Reader For as long as I can remember—and probably even longer than that—I’ve subscribed to three newspapers, delivered every day to my front door . . . The New York Times, the Chicago Tribune, and the Chicago Sun-Times. It’s practice for which I’ve been roundly, almost gleefully, mocked by my younger Generation X & Millenialistic friends. Man, oh, man, they love to remind me I can get the same product for much cheaper—as in free—if I just poach it from the Internet. Like they do—generally, in the name of wanting to help save the environment. By the way, few things worse than a cheapskate who says, “I’m not really cheap. It’s all about saving the planet!” Even now, after newspapers got wise and threw up internet paywalls, my friends still enjoy pointing out that they’re getting the product for less than I do. To which I say . . . I prefer to read on paper as opposed to screens. And . . . I love being able to scrawl in the margins, and circle key quotes. And . . . I don’t mind subsidizing the papers. To which they say, “Whatever.” Well, I’ve discovered a new talking point to justify home subscriptions. I learned about it this weekend when Esti, my baby granddaughter, came to town with her mother and aunt for a massive wedding celebration. Hold on, tangent coming . . . Shoutout to Asia & Michael, the newlyweds. Okay, baby Esti didn’t actually attend the wedding. But her mother and auntie sure did. And we all got drunk and shamelessly wept when the disc jockey played “What a Wonderful World” by Louis Armstrong. A song that gets me everytime. Now back to the point I was just about to make . . . Hey, Gen Xers and Millennials, guess who loves newspapers? Babies! I know this because I watched Esti and Rhea (her baby friend who came to visit) indulge in their own creative form of newspaper loving. Bypassing many toys along the way, they made a beeline for all three home-delivered papers—which happened to be lying on the coffee table. Turns out they love ripping newspapers to shreds. And then popping the paper into their mouths. As much as I love newspapers, I refrained from joining in. Guess what else babies like? Magazines: especially The New Yorker. Man, they ripped that sucker to shreds. At one point, I said, “Wait, I wanna read a Jane Mayer article in that issue!” Too late. Cover ripped off. And then ripped in half. And then into mouth. It looked like so much fun that I was tempted to join in. Here’s hoping this means a comeback in print journalism among future generations. Listen to [The Ben Joravsky Show]( [What Ben's Reading] - Slow Horses by Mick Herron: [I read it a few months back](. Then I saw the TV show. And then just had to read it again. He really is the second coming of John le Carre. - Mike Sula: Asian stoner food at [SuperHai]( - Ben Joravsky: [Better beware]( Illinois. If our MAGA are like Ohio’s & Indiana’s, some crazy abortion laws are on the way . . . [Best of the Ben J. Show]( - [Rummana Hussain]( on Guns & Abortion - [Ken Davis]( Wait, It’s Not Legit? - [Ben & Dr. D]( The Joravsky Chronicles [Izzy’s Looks, Elevated Films, cat videos, and music]( Optional activities for Tuesday 7/26/2022 by [Micco Caporale]( and [Salem Collo-Julin]( [Summer in the city: youth edition]( How to enjoy Chicago when you’re a teen with a budget and a curfew by [Kirsten Lambert]( 📰 Tired of searching for Chicago’s most popular biweekly alternative newspaper? [Subscribe to our print deliveries and never miss another issue!]( The Reader will be right at your door 🗞️ [Issue of July 21 - August 3, 2022 Vol. 51, No.]( [Download Issue]( [View this e-mail as a web page]( [@chicago_reader]( [/chicagoreader]( [@chicago_reader]( [Chicago Reader on LinkedIn]( [/chicagoreader]( [chicagoreader.com]( [Forward this e-mail to a friend](. Want to change how you receive these e-mails? You can [update your preferences]( or [unsubscribe from this list](. Copyright © 2022 Chicago Reader, All rights reserved. Our mailing address is: Chicago Reader, 2930 S. Michigan Ave., Suite 102, Chicago, IL 60616