Facebook

“While it creates the impression that it offers choice, Facebook paternalistically nudges users in the direction it deems best for them, which also happens to be the direction that thoroughly addicts them.” – Franklin Foer

Mifepristone

“When ProPublica revealed cases of women who died following complications from [mifepristone], it somehow blamed pro-life states—and was rewarded with a Pulitzer. But those cases are not rare. In April, the Ethics and Public Policy Center released a study of over...

Ordinary Nature

“Be not blind, but open-eyed, to the great wonders of Nature, familiar, everyday objects though they be to thee. But men are more wont to be astonished at the sun’s eclipse than at his unfailing rise.” – Orchoth Zadikkim 

Alpenglow

“Long, blue, spiky-edged shadows crept out across the snow-fields, while a rosy glow, at first scarce discernible, gradually deepened and suffused every mountain-top, flushing the glaciers and the harsh crags above them. This was the alpenglow, to me the most...