New Year, Less Waste

On New Year’s Day I finally tidied up under the kitchen sink to prepare for the overdue repatriation of my compost bucket. Before the pandemic, my family composted regularly. Each week, we’d draw straws to see who had to lug the leaky biodegradable bags to a drop-off site several blocks away. Then the pandemic lockdown…

Read Your Way Through Tokyo

Which classic authors should I read? With the influx of Western thought and ideas in the newly open Tokyo in the late 19th century, intellectuals wrestled with the conflicts that arose between traditional Confucian ideologies and contemporary European spirituality. Natsume Soseki taught literature at the University of Tokyo after studying abroad in London, and, when…

Abortion Pills Can Now Be Offered at Retail Pharmacies, F.D.A. Says

“The Biden administration has once again proved that it values abortion industry profits over women’s safety and unborn children’s lives,” said Marjorie Dannenfelser. the president of Susan B. Anthony Pro-life America. “Abortion activists want to turn every post office and pharmacy into an abortion business, and the Biden F.D.A. is a willing participant.” Kirsten Moore,…