First Things RSS Feed - David F. Forte https://www.firstthings.com/author/david-f-forte en-us Copyright 2025 First Things. All Rights Reserved. ft@firstthings.com (The Editors) ft@firstthings.com (The Editors) Mon, 20 Jan 2025 16:56:58 -0500 https://d2201k5v4hmrsv.cloudfront.net/img/favicon-196.png First Things RSS Feed Image https://www.firstthings.com/rss/author/david-f-forte 60 Getting Rid of the Vegetables https://www.firstthings.com/article/1992/10/getting-rid-of-the-vegetables https://www.firstthings.com/article/1992/10/getting-rid-of-the-vegetables Thu, 01 Oct 1992 00:00:00 -0400 The other day, I cleaned out the vegetable bin in my refrigerator. Some leaves of the head lettuce had browned, an old zucchini was wrinkled with age, and a forgotten tomato was shrunken. I had little regret, for I was replacing the space with some fresh sweet corn and a nicely formed Holland pepper.

Continue Reading »

]]>