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Wed, November 29, 2023 | 23:35

Merits of lifelong learning

Merits of lifelong learning

I admire and worship the inspirational epigram of Mahatma Gandhi: “Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.” When I looked back over the past 90-odd years of my life, I realized by chance that I too had been learning as if I would live forever, trying to learn something or anything so eagerly and constantly every day, year after year..

2023-07-24 16:30

Summer gardening

Summer gardening

I had a dream last night. In my dream, my eldest brother let me talk before people. He thought that I could share more efficiently because I have some experience.

2023-07-23 16:30

House Speaker McCarthy's big win on debt

House Speaker McCarthy's big win on debt

By Arthur I. CyrThe agreement at the end of May by Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) and President Joe Biden to raise the ceiling on national debt, then confirmed by Congress, is of continuing significance. The deal is a major victory for Congressional Republicans, and for pragmatic good sense. That is no small matter in the highly partisan, o...

2023-07-20 16:30

Nature and ourselves

Nature and ourselves

Some scholars and activists argue that human beings have ruined nature and that it is high time we preserve and conserve our natural environment, particularly for future generations. We have been suffering a lot from environmental degradation. The phenomena of our ravaged natural world, including heat waves, global warming, loss of glaciers and sea level rise, seem endless. P...

2023-07-19 16:30

Be a blessing

The Dead Sea, a landlocked sea located in the desert in southern Israel, is famously known for its high salinity, which enables people to float due to increased buoyancy. As its name implies, the hypersaline lake is inhospitable for any lifeform to flourish in, leaving the surrounding areas deserted.

2023-07-18 16:30

Angelic people

Have you ever experienced that you are healed and refreshed during sleep? Do you believe in the communal presence of guardian angels among us?

2023-07-17 16:30

A disaster unfolds

A disaster unfolds

The Japanese government's decision to discharge radioactively contaminated water from the Fukushima nuclear power plant into the sea has sparked widespread concern and raised significant questions regarding the potential consequences for the environment and human health.

2023-07-16 16:30

Mary Wollstonecraft and liberal feminism

Mary Wollstonecraft and liberal feminism

By Lee Nan-heeMary Wollstonecraft was Mary Shelley's mother, whom many readers may remember. Wollstonecraft is a famous woman and feminist thinker from the early Enlightenment or liberal 18th century England. I remember that I read her essay titled “A Vindication of the Rights of Woman,” in the English literature textbook, “Anthology.” Wollstonecraft i...

2023-07-13 16:30

For the lady who is as pure as glass

For the lady who is as pure as glass

Yesterday, we were visited by some close friends. We have a genuine feeling of warm affection toward them. But according to the Korean way of thinking, “friends” is an inappropriate term. One of the couples is senior to us and the other is junior, by more than five years. Nevertheless, we feel very close to them.

2023-07-12 16:30

Excessive privileges of parliamentary members

Excessive privileges of parliamentary members

During one of my visits to Europe before the pandemic, I had the privilege of a lunch appointment with a distinguished official who was both a member of parliament and a government minister of a European nation.

2023-07-11 16:30

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