Finding Anastasia At The Russian Orthodox Monastery In Upstate New York.
This is a story I wrote while covering the 2014 Israeli-Gaza war…I hope you enjoy… The siren started slowly but built quickly to a nerve-wracking crescendo, waking him rudely as the sunlight started to peak through the cheap, nylon curtains in the room. In an instant, he had a question…
In the open-air Kumagaya train terminal, schoolgirls wearing white slouch socks and plaid miniskirts were drawing furtive glances from a group of salarymen undeterred by the Frappuccino fatrolls above their knees. The girls were holding up a cheerfully drawn sign suggesting that sexual molestation of minors was not, in the…