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Thu, December 1, 2022 | 20:06

Genuine military leader

Genuine military leader

According to his wishes, George Washington, founding father of the U.S., was buried at his Mount Vernon home in Alexandria, Virginia and not at the U.S. Capitol. President Washington was highly revered by many people in the world as the most trustworthy man for his integrity and modesty.

2022-12-01 17:19

Sharing time over holidays

Sharing time over holidays

Grandparents around the world would agree with me on this universal fact: spending time with grandkids is fun. Over the holidays this is much anticipated for me and my husband. Buying gifts and presenting them and anticipating their smiles and joy are all part of the program. I do not mind at all about noisy grandkids making a mess with toys strewn all over the living room. I...

2022-11-30 15:29

A piece of sunshine

A piece of sunshine

I had a sore throat but I hesitated to go to the clinic immediately because I had an oncoming visa interview appointment. When I tested myself with a self-diagnostic kit, a negative response came out.

2022-11-29 14:17

Major dilemma

How does South Korea navigate the challenge of a diminishing population, yet the need for more citizens to improve its economic growth, e.g., to fill jobs, seeing as you cannot have one without the other in the so-called economic theory of capitalism, where profits are expected to increase annually to appease shareholders.

2022-11-28 17:10

Finding beauty in everyone

Finding beauty in everyone

Sometimes it is easy to see other people's faults but difficult to find their merits. No one is perfect. Nonetheless, something is shining in everyone. Can we find beauty in every person we meet?

2022-11-27 15:12

Gayle S. Rubin: Rereading Claude Levi-Strauss

Gayle S. Rubin: Rereading Claude Levi-Strauss

In the 1970-1980s, a new feminist anthropologist of the politics of sex and gender appeared in the U.S.: Gayle S. Rubin. What is the matter, what is wrong with women? Women are just women by themselves. But some women become wives, while other women become prostitutes or sex toys in certain relationships. Rubin tried to understand them. Her starting points are Marx, Levi-Stra...

2022-11-24 14:13

Thanksgiving and Lincoln's legacy

Thanksgiving and Lincoln's legacy

Thanksgiving means actual, not contrived, inclusiveness. President Abraham Lincoln profoundly demonstrates this fundamental point.

2022-11-23 13:37

The roots of trust

The roots of trust

Many organizations today complain about a lack of trust in their community. Often, CEOs will identify this as an issue to solve. However, a lack of trust is not itself an issue to solve: rather, it is the result of many issues that exist in an organization.

2022-11-22 14:15

A history of knowledge

A history of knowledge

A while back, obtaining “A History of Knowledge,” a discarded 1991 book by one of our county libraries; I thought perhaps the reading would enlighten me a bit. Obviously, in those cognizant years that you have lived and experienced, you have no need for reiteration of that portion of history of which you are a product. You lived in it and through it as you are doing now. You ...

2022-11-21 14:31

Family albums: priceless, immortal treasures

Family albums: priceless, immortal treasures

Numerous fun times, happy times and beautiful times in our lives come and go soon, and are then forgotten eternally. But if we preserve those moments opportunely in photos, they stay alive and unchanged indefinitely for our journals of life. Photography is a marvelous human invention to embellish the quality of life through reminiscing. Also, photos taken of family activities...

2022-11-20 17:00

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