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Thu, September 28, 2023 | 23:46

Musings on 'diamond anniversary'

Musings on 'diamond anniversary'

The 60th anniversary represents quite a remarkable span of time and is called a diamond jubilee. Before life expectancy spanned into the so-called contemporary “100-year-old life” era, the time span of 60 years used to be a wonderful celebration event to mark the amazing grace of the longevity of life, as far as my memory goes. Diamond jubilees are to some extent still feted ...

2023-09-13 16:30

Disruption and instability grow in Africa

Disruption and instability grow in Africa

The leader of Gabon in Africa, Ali Bongo, has been overthrown in a sudden military coup on Aug. 30, right after he was declared the winner in a contested presidential election. This appears to have been a result of strife within the powerful group that has ruled the nation for a half-century, not a fundamental change in the nature of the regime.

2023-09-12 16:30

My green forest room

My green forest room

As a renowned modernist writer, Virginia Woolf pioneered stream of consciousness as a narrative device. In 1929 she wrote an essay titled “A Room of One's Own.” She opined that a woman should have her own room in order to be a writer. In other words, a woman had to be economically independent to write good essays or novels. In Woolf's early days, work and education opportunit...

2023-09-11 16:30

Tracing our ancestral roots

Tracing our ancestral roots

I recently had the pleasure of meeting the Choi family, descendants of Korean-American heritage. This encounter occurred during an introductory event, organized by professor David A. Mason. Douglas Choi, a representative of Sons of Rigor Films in Boston, attended the event with his two sons. The elder son is a junior majoring in computer engineering and an ROTC cadet at Harva...

2023-09-10 16:30

Humility, precious value in life

Humility, precious value in life

A few days ago, I felt refreshed to see a learned and prominent figure conducting modest acts in public.

2023-09-07 16:30

Where is your Walden?

Where is your Walden?

When I first read Henry David Thoreau's “Walden” (“Life in the Forests”) in 1985, I was indelibly impressed by the idea of having spiritual freedom to live independently in the forests.

2023-09-06 16:30

Japan and South Korea reach important accord

Japan and South Korea reach important accord

On Aug. 18, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida of Japan and President Yoon Suk Yeol of South Korea met with President Joe Biden at Camp David to complete a historic accord. The three nations will significantly expand trilateral military exercises. Seoul and Tokyo will also significantly expand communication and cooperation related to security.

2023-09-05 16:30

Subject matter experts

Subject matter experts

Quite some time back I wrote a stingingly incisive piece on “so-called experts.” It was not published in this paper. Perhaps, because it leaned toward a scathing attack upon anyone calling themselves an expert.

2023-09-04 16:30

Is it too much to hope?

Is it too much to hope?

There are various sorts of shops and stores near my house. They are restaurants, convenience stores, beauty parlors, a sports center, a pharmacy and hospitals. There is even a comparatively large traditional market. Thus, I have never experienced any kind of discomfort or inconvenience living in this area, except for only one thing: a bookstore.

2023-09-03 16:30

Environmental and public health concerns about light pollution

Environmental and public health concerns about light pollution

Inappropriate and excessive use of artificial light powered by electricity can lead to light pollution, which gives rise to concerns related to both the environment and human health. Light pollution emerges as an aftereffect of emitting energy into the surroundings at a pace that surpasses the environment's capacity to effectively scatter or absorb it, resulting in adverse he...

2023-08-31 16:30

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