Exile and banishment through the ages Claudius, in Shakespeare's "Hamlet," declares: "And where the offense is, let the great axe fall." Not all crimes, however, deserve such an irreversible penalty. Society, in its infinite wisdom, has devised a tapestry of punishments, their intensit..
'Jindallae Kkot' (Azalea flowers) I grew up in a small town in North Korea. It was nestled snugly amid hills, mountains, and a nice river. In the spring, those hills and mountains would come alive with pink colonies of azalea flowers or "jindallae kkot" in Korean. In South Korea, a..
For US food aid, healthful reform proposed President Barack Obama's new budget contains a sensible and long-overdue reform in how the United States distributes food aid to impoverished nations dependent on foreign help.
Would condom mandate become porn-industry barrier? It's a familiar refrain in the California Capitol: legislation to regulate a major industry surfaces, and industry emissaries warn that it could drive production and its jobs to another state.
North Korea is erratic on military matters "A real and clear danger" is how Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel on April 3 described North Korea. Secretary of State John Kerry and South Korean Foreign Minister Yun Byung-se held a joint press conference in Washington to emphasize a military and se..
Passing of Thatcher Margaret Thatcher was the woman who began the shift to the right that has affected almost all the countries of the West in the past three decades. She died in London at the age of 87 on Monday, 34 years after she became Britains first female prim..
With tax reform a little secrecy is not all bad Major tax reform is brought forward as a desirable goal in every Congress, but it's so difficult it has been accomplished only twice, in 1954 and 1986.
N. Korea needs to be reined in by China The whole world is watching.
Prime Minister Thatcher and Asian century LOS ANGELES - Margaret Thatcher, who died earlier this week, may not have been one for turning, as she dubbed her putative inability to never alter a chosen course of action. But when the first woman ever to become British prime minister first ..
Margaret Thatcher set fine example Margaret Thatcher is dead, the great Margaret Thatcher, the woman who saved Great Britain not the way Winston Churchill did it earlier, through wartime leadership, but domestically, through reform.
Abenomics and Asia Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abes economic agenda - dubbed Abenomics - seems to be working for his country. Expansionary monetary policy is expected to inject liquidity into the Japanese economy until inflation hits the Bank of Japans 2 pe..
New initiative with EU in dealing with N. Korea The U.N. Security Council (UNSC) adopted a new resolution, 2094, to impose additional and tougher sanctions on North Korea in response to its third nuclear test. North Korea continuously heightens its level of provocative action and rhetoric to the..
China's patience may be running out In the literature of Chinese proverbs, patience is a much-prized and much-honored virtue, but Chinese President Xi Jinping must surely be wondering if those ancient sages knew what they were talking about. Surely they never had to deal with North K..
In American politics, second acts are a specialty WASHINGTON - There she was! One of the most famous Argentine mistresses in history! Standing by her man, now that he's divorced from his wife.
Korean vortex UNITED NATIONS - The increasingly ballistic bluster pouring out from Pyongyang threatening South Korea, Japan and the U.S., with nuclear attacks has jolted East Asia into paying attention. Perhaps thats the real intent of Kim Jong-un, the new ..
Dementia threat to health and finances The United States and, undoubtedly, other developed nations, too, are facing a crisis that is cruelly inevitable, unaffordable and, further, not one we can do much about - at least yet.
Years after he was abused by a cop, man helps convict the pedophile Scott Terry didn't tell anyone he was sexually abused at age 12.
