Economic survivalists take root

Seeded on Sun Apr 19, 2009 6:49 AM EDT (USA Today)

Christian Discipline as the Bedrock of a Healthy Society

Sat Aug 2, 2008 8:53 PM EDT

The birth rate here in South Korea has dropped steadily now for several years. Currently it is below 1.0 babies per woman. I read that ten years ago 13% of 30-year-old-women here had never married. That number is now 40%.

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divorce, society, discipline

Prisoners Beyond the Heart

Sun May 11, 2008 1:36 AM EDT

South Korea is rapidly moving towards becoming a Christian majority nation, a first for Eastern Asia, and a blessing for this quarter of the globe.

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The Color of Korea

Sun May 11, 2008 1:25 AM EDT

I read the article, "Hiding Behind the Constitution," in your paper, 22 March 2004, reprinted from the New York Times. I enjoyed it, even though I'd already read it the previous day on The New York Times web site.

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south-korea, writers, behemoth, foreign-culture

Santioning Underage Drinking in South Korea

Sun May 11, 2008 12:38 AM EDT

This is in response to an article in The Korea Times, 19 December 2003, entitled "A Teacher's Grief," by Seog Kyeong-dong.

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social-responsibility, alcoholic, underage-drinking, proverbial-ass, teachers-grief, fuddy-duddy, heart-disease-protection, full-grown-brain

Incalculable Value, on an Intractable Moral Basis

Sun May 11, 2008 12:12 AM EDT

It seems that you're not wholly content with the proposition that God will take care of everything if but you follow your conscience and let your children grow at their own rates. Prestigious universities are largely overrated.

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ten-commandments, education, south-korea, home-schooling, socialism, golden-rule, indignation, moral-disgust, incalculable-value

Concern For the Heart

Thu May 8, 2008 5:55 AM EDT

[This article was written for a South Korean audience in response to a column in the Korea Times in February of 2004.]

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Casual Theft Eviscerates the Soul of Our Culture

Thu May 8, 2008 3:04 AM EDT

A teacher's role in society is sacred. As teachers, we must set a high standard for our students, in our personal conduct, as well as in our classroom manner.

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Rachael Ray Fights Childhood Obesity

Seeded on Tue Feb 26, 2008 2:58 AM EST (Yahoo!)

This seems to be a good program to combat obesity in children.

health, obesity, childhood

The Vanishing Point

Seeded on Fri Feb 8, 2008 3:36 AM EST (The New York Times)

While everyone worries about thin female models, designers embrace the skinny man.

fashion, weight, shows, nytimes, hedi-slimane, advertising-and-marketing, models-professional

Ivy-League Letdown

Seeded on Wed Jan 23, 2008 7:51 AM EST (The New York Times)

Will financial aid for wealthier students edge out poorer ones?

nytimes

Making a 'bucket list' before you kick

Seeded on Sat Jan 19, 2008 1:56 AM EST (USA Today)

usatoday

'Miraculous' Recovery for Man Who Fell 47 Floors

Seeded on Fri Jan 4, 2008 9:19 AM EST (The New York Times)

The man who fell nearly 500 feet is now talking and may walk again, his doctors said.

windows, nytimes, rescues, medicine-and-health, accidents-and-safety, nyregion

New Year's Eve

Seeded on Wed Jan 2, 2008 12:29 AM EST (The New York Times)

There is something deeply gratifying about joining the horses in their pasture a few minutes before the clock strikes 12 at the turn of a new year.

horses, new-year, opinion, nytimes, editorials

Bread and Rocks: An Age of Excess

Tue Jan 1, 2008 3:16 AM EST

In reading the article, "The New Deal Jobs Myth," I am reminded of how difficult it seems for people to decide just how much socialism (collective ownership of the means of production, or, government consumption as a percentage of GDP) that they truly want to have.

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politics, pie, earmarks, new-deal, drooling, balanced-budget-amendment, pork-spending

Worms infect more poor Americans than thought

Seeded on Wed Dec 26, 2007 9:49 AM EST (alertnet.org)

We need to fix the problems we have now, problems for which we have already developed practical solutions ... rather than spinning so much hype about inestimable problems of the future, about which scientists are unable to even agree that there is even a problem awaiting us.

health, health-hype, a-stitch-in-time

Nightmare Before Christmas

Seeded on Sun Dec 23, 2007 7:01 AM EST (The New York Times)

Even as the Wall Streeters are high-fiving and ordering up record shipments of Champagne and caviar, the American dream is on life-support.

bonuses, opinion, nytimes, service-employees-international-union, economic-conditions-and-trends, united-states-economy, wall-street-nyc

The Reclamation of Skid Row

Seeded on Tue Dec 4, 2007 9:26 AM EST (City Journal)

Well, I had heard of "Skid Row" in a song or two, somewhere along the cultural grapevine, but this is the first I've read of the actual place. It's good to hear a balance on the homeless industry.

police, homeless, choice

My Son is Free

Thu Nov 8, 2007 8:27 PM EST

This piece is in response to the Chosun Ilbo article, "Please Treat Our Daughters Well," 1 Nov 2007. ulr:

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education, south-korea, racism, vietnam, spousal-abuse, intermarriage, harmful-myths, cross-cultural-marriage

An ATM for Books - The Best Inventions Of The Year - TIME

Seeded on Tue Nov 6, 2007 7:44 PM EST (TIME)

Books on Demand. A good idea. Need a book? Punch a button. Presto. You've got your book. This is the best reason for me to cough up 50,000 that I've seen. I must begin saving.

arts, book-printing, best-inventions, tech-buyers

Islam and sexuality on film

Seeded on Sat Oct 27, 2007 10:40 PM EDT (Yahoo!)

This seems to be the first thorough film documentation set to enjoy wide exposure. It is a product of six years of gathering over 400 hours of film footage, interviewing a large number of Muslims who self-identify as gay.

film, religion, islam, homosexuality