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Thu, September 28, 2023 | 15:49

Recollections of remarkable Seoul Mayor Park Won-soon

Recollections of remarkable Seoul Mayor Park Won-soon

Mayor Park Won-Soon stands out in my memory among the many politicians that I have met during my 12 years in Korea. Granted the limits imposed by current political systems, he tried to practice what he believed. He believed that the mayor should serve as the first among equals and he took his relations with other public servants seriously. At meetings and public events he mad...

2020-07-12 13:32

Deaths of two leaders left Korean society divided

Who owns Facebook?

Who owns Facebook?

When I discussed my plans to run for president of the United States with friends, I was told that my ideas and my purpose were noble, but that I had to get my message out via social media and to make sure my profile was readily available in search engines, specifically in Google. I understood the good intentions of those urging me to do so, and to the degree that I could, giv...

2020-06-27 09:40

The aikido of politics after the death of George Floyd

The aikido of politics after the death of George Floyd

The political, social and economic landscape we face in the United States is transforming at a terrifying speed. Small groups have monopolized resources, assets and knowledge and they have left the vast majority to suffer in ignorance the catastrophic consequences of criminal mismanagement. The super-rich stole between five and ten trillion dollars from you over the last four...

2020-06-06 09:54

The potential of the internet for public diplomacy in the age of COVID-19

The potential of the internet for public diplomacy in the age of COVID-19

The COVID-19 crisis has extended to every aspect of our modern society, creating institutional paralysis, severely limiting our ability to travel, and recently, with the controversy over social network freedom within the United States, there is even a risk that there will be increasing limits on our ability to interact in a meaningful manner with each other online. The crisis...

2020-05-31 11:37

What is security?

What is security?

What exactly is meant by the word “security?” The question is so simple as to be overwhelming. And, as critical as the question is, granted the billions - even trillions - of dollars that we spend on security, most of the experts who strut around at lavish think tanks, or who pontificate to us from the Pentagon, or from the National Security Council, or from various news prog...

2020-05-30 10:39

Why run as an independent candidate for president?

Why run as an independent candidate for president?

My name is Emanuel Pastreich and I have declared myself an independent candidate for president of the United States in the 2020 presidential election. I have been a teacher for most of my career, teaching at university level, but also for high school, starting in 1998 at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. My specialty has been East Asian studies, covering the cultu...

2020-05-23 09:59

'Movementism,' 'complainism' and 'magicianism'

'Movementism,' 'complainism' and 'magicianism'

The rate of the economic, institutional and cultural collapse in the United States increases, so that today almost everyone can sense something is fundamentally wrong in our country and that the newspapers and TV stations are incapable of doing anything besides presenting us fairy tales. We seem powerless to stop the transformation of our country into a moral desert, to be re...

2020-05-17 11:59

'A democratic economy'

'A democratic economy'

The COVID-19 crisis is not the result of a single virus. No single virus could create such deep uncertainty and fear in our country; no disease could unleash such horrific ambivalence and unspeakable loathing. No, we face the collapse of an economic system that has been so puffed up with air, so corrupted by derivatives and quantitative easing, so diluted by stock buybacks an...

2020-05-09 09:30

Rise of Christian Zionists in US government and collapse of chain of command

Rise of Christian Zionists in US government and collapse of chain of command

The Trump administration makes policy and manages the federal government through the combined efforts of two distinct groups: a small group of the super-rich and a spreading network of radicalized Christian Zionists who appeal to a growing population of disaffected and alienated working-class whites in the United States. Both groups have a shared interest in pushing forth a s...

2020-04-18 10:28

COVID-19 and implosion of global economy

COVID-19 and implosion of global economy

This is a transcript from “Betting on the Pandemic” on Political Misfits (hosted by Bob Schlehuber and Jamarl Thomas) on Sputnik Radio, March 31, 2020, that featured Korea Times online columnist Emanuel Pastreich.

2020-04-04 10:33

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