All of these mothering fables are careful to edit out the role played by the phalanx of nannies and other help who usually do the bulk of the actual labor of raising children. Mothering in form, not function. They don’t discuss the real secret behind maintaining their work-life balance, mothering as if they don’t have children: it’s undergirded by

I don’t answer. One thing you learn as a diplomat, or maybe just as an adult: there are times to keep your thoughts and feelings to yourself.

I start to realize that Facebook’s office is reinforcing the idea that Facebook is reckless and feckless and nothing good is going to come from continuing the tour.

The

When you realize a cartoon fish can achieve more than the United Nations, it’s time to go.

We live in an era when intelligent weapons can autonomously identify and kill human targets without human input.

ongoing suffering they caused, they seem indifferent. They’re happy to get richer and they just don’t care.

It’s an incredibly valuable tool for the most autocratic, oppressive regimes, because it gives them exactly what those regimes need: direct access into what people are saying from the top to bottom of society.

I had told myself I could do more on the inside than the outside, but realistically, being the grit in the machine wasn’t working.