Mothers Superior

(Peter Oumanski)

Bottle Feeders: Should Procreation Necessitate a Personal Prohibition?

Before I became a mother, I was, as my Sonoma County aunt is fond of saying, “a lover of the grape.” I liked my wine. So much so, in fact, that when I got pregnant, I continued to hold stemware at parties, feigning sips, because I knew that if I were to abstain among anyone who had seen the old, half-a-bottle-a-night me in action, the jig would immediately be up. Read More

Homelessness Is On the Rise

The growth of tent settlements in California and elsewhere is one of the saddest developments in this season of sadness.  As President Barack Obama recently observed, “It is not acceptable for children and families to be without a roof over their heads in a country as wealthy as ours.” Here in New York City successive Read More