Letter: Menopause Can Be a ‘Passage of Liberation’
Gail Sheehy and Liza Mundy discuss the end of fertility—and the diversity of women’s experiences.
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Letters: Oral Immunotherapy for Peanut Allergies ‘Is More Than Worth the Risk’
Readers defend the risks of a costly new peanut-allergy treatment.
Letter: Justin Trudeau ‘Exploited the Culture of the “Woke”’
A former member of the prime minister’s foreign-policy staff encourages Canadian progressives to consider other candidates.
Letters: ‘The Anthropocene Epoch Is Not Hubris’
Members of the Anthropocene Working Group defend the proposed geological epoch.
Letters: College Presidents Should Focus on ‘Mission, Purpose, and Student Success’
Two leaders in higher education respond to Senator Ben Sasse’s (incomplete) list of the questions facing American colleges and universities.
Letter: Banning Corporate Lawyers From the Federal Bench Would Be Bad for Diversity
Readers push back on a proposal to exclude corporate-law partners from federal judiciary nominations.
Readers Respond: The Case Against Paper Straws
“Paper straws are not going to solve the ocean plastics crisis,” a reader writes. But they’re a good first step.
What Daniel Patrick Moynihan Actually Thought About Race
A reader pushes back on the notion that Moynihan was “quiet” in the face of Richard Nixon’s racism.
‘Extreme Larks’ Share Their (Very) Early Morning Routines
Some get right to work. Others watch the sun come up and listen to the birds.
Letters: The Medieval World of Incarceration
After Jeffrey Epstein’s death, readers discuss the mistreatment of inmates in U.S. correctional facilities and state penitentiaries.