Last month, I got to return to the U.S. for Home Leave, a congressionally mandated form of leave diplomats get at the end of assignments, or after serving a year in many danger posts. It’s meant to allow diplomats to kiss the soil of the motherland and reacclimate to their own country after being away
Let’s circle back to something I wrote about a few year ago that everyone does but no one really likes to talk about: using the bathroom. Specifically, what happens after. For most Americans, that means reaching for the trusty roll of toilet paper. But here’s the thing—why are we still doing this when there’s a
