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Tue, February 7, 2023 | 01:41

Meet challenges head on

Meet challenges head on

I am surprised, shocked and confused. But most of all, I am scared for our future. For most of my relatively young life, I grew up and learned to take for granted that the world lived in harmony. And that the world's problems are there to be solved, eventually.

2022-10-30 14:28

Leaders, lettuce and crisis in Britain

Leaders, lettuce and crisis in Britain

Rishi Sunak has been elected leader of the Conservative Party, and become the next prime minister of the United Kingdom (Britain plus Northern Ireland). This follows the incredibly brief and tumultuous tenure of hapless Prime Minister Liz Truss.

2022-10-27 14:15

We need new stories

We need new stories

By Kim Sun-aeWhen was the last time you watched a play or movie that has a wonderful female character? How many times have you found a woman in a novel whom you would like to resemble?From literary works to advertisements, women are generally depicted as similar images. Even in literary works that should present various figures, the women are often described only as a “...

2022-10-26 15:25

Second wave of liberal feminism

Second wave of liberal feminism

Several months ago, I read a book titled, “The Second Wave, Feminist Theory,” written by Linda Nicholson, an American feminist scholar. It addresses various kinds of feminist theories and movements in the U.S. as well as Europe. As I am very interested in such themes and activities, reading the book was a good chance for me to look at past and current feminist issues. As I wa...

2022-10-25 14:23

How exceptions destroy organizational culture

How exceptions destroy organizational culture

There are no rules without exceptions. This is a commonly acknowledged truth. However, if the number of exceptions becomes extreme in an organization, its organizational culture will be infiltrated by a feeling of mistrust, which will hurt both productivity and employees' psychology. Thus, managing the amount of exceptions is no less important than managing people itself, and...

2022-10-24 15:32

Where there's a will there's a way

Where there's a will there's a way

I was learning English for the first time when I was in middle school. My English teacher was a Japanese national named Tachiki. The first ever sentence he taught us was, “It is a map of Japan,” a sentence that made an indelible impression on me because it was the language that I had waited for so long to learn.

2022-10-23 17:00

Grammar matters

Grammar matters

My orthodontist, Dr. Kim, gave me one of his cherished books on English grammar from the bookshelf in his office. Most English as a Second Language (ESL) learners wrestle with English grammar though it is relatively easy compared to English pronunciation. But in some cases, ESL speakers may know more about some aspects of English grammar than native speakers. It humbled me th...

2022-10-20 14:19

Let's tell foreigners that it's called 'gim'

Let's tell foreigners that it's called 'gim'

“Gim,” also romanized as “kim,” is a generic term for a group of dried seaweed sheets used in Korean cuisine. As an average Korean, I am a gim lover. Whenever my wife and I go grocery shopping, I don't miss choosing seasoned grilled gim. Sometimes, I really enjoy shopping for two sets of packed gim from the buy-one-get-one-free sale at the local supermarket.

2022-10-19 14:59

Information/knowledge: bombardment/explosion

Information/knowledge: bombardment/explosion

To the small part of ignorance that we arrange and classify, we give the name “knowledge.” Writer Ambrose Bierce said that sometime before 1914 when he suddenly and literally disappeared, never to be heard from again. Although his era set the stage and launching, the sum of human knowledge in his era was almost nothing compared to today's sea of information available on the W...

2022-10-18 15:16

Overdue tribute to President Harry Truman

Overdue tribute to President Harry Truman

“Give 'em hell Harry.” That was the preeminent statement associated with President Harry S. Truman, and accurately sums up his political and more general style while in the White House, and thereafter for the rest of his life.

2022-10-17 14:31

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