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Suggestions to the President

Thu, January 24, 2019 | 06:57

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Trump is making Americans more immigrant-friendly

President Donald Trump may ultimately be a unifying force on one of the most divisive issues in U.S. politics: immigration. That's not Trump's intent, of course. Having launched his presidential campaign in 2015 with a demagogic assault on immigrants, Trump has been a reliable fount of calumny ever since. His policies, from brutalizing children at the border _ a 7-year-old girl died in U.S. custody last week _ to terminating Temporary Protected Status for refugees, appear designed to convince his MAGAnauts that he can, and somehow will, forestall the further browning of America.

Guest Column | 2018-12-21 17:32

Strengthening Africa's climate resiliency

The fight against climate change could be reshaped in the final month of the year, following the G20 summit in Argentina and the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP24) in Katowice, Poland.

Guest Column | 2018-12-20 17:25

China, release our friend

Last week, I was looking forward to seeing my friend Michael Spavor in Seoul again. He tagged over 50 people in a Facebook post saying he would be visiting from Dandong, a Chinese border city with North Korea.?He failed to show up at the Royal Asiatic Society lecture on Dec. 11, disappointing many friends. But it wasn't until a day later that we started to really worry.

Guest Column | 2018-12-20 17:22

My life at a Korean law firm (part 44)

Why Trump won't be impeached

When I speak to an audience of older readers, I like to ask how many remember what they were doing the day President Richard Nixon was impeached. It's a trick question, of course. Nixon was never impeached, much less convicted by the U.S. Senate - although many who were around to witness the implosion of his presidency remember differently.

Guest Column | 2018-12-19 17:13

Stop Trump from deporting Vietnamese immigrants

President Trump has no shame when it comes to his non-stop efforts to demonize immigrants. The Atlantic reported last week that the Trump administration is renewing its early efforts to deport thousands of Vietnamese immigrants who have lived in the United States for decades - many of them having fled the country while at risk of becoming political prisoners during the Vietnam War.

Guest Column | 2018-12-19 17:10

Finding heart of Christmas in nursing home visit

At this time of year, many Americans become deeply conscious of essential living: love of family, enjoyment of friends, the value of “quality time” and the joys of simply being alive.Especially in these trying political times, many people of all faiths now fervently attempt to gain deeper sustenance and satisfaction from religious holidays. To appreciate life's blessings in t...

Guest Column | 2018-12-18 17:13

Why Americans need Mueller's verdict on Trump

In May 2017 when special counsel Robert Mueller began his investigation of Donald Trump's presidential campaign, the country strapped in for a long, strange trip. Destination? We'd know when we got there.

Guest Column | 2018-12-18 17:09

Rise of 'petroyuan'

It is now just 10 months since China launched its oil futures contract, denominated in yuan (renminbi), on the Shanghai International Energy Exchange. In spite of forebodings and shrill alarms, the oil markets continue to function, and China's futures contracts have established themselves and overtaken in volume terms the dollar-denominated oil futures traded in Singapore and...

Guest Column | 2018-12-17 17:01

Brussels turns deaf ear to UK in Brexit gridlock

British Prime Minister Theresa May emerged from the latest EU summit Friday with no major breakthroughs in her negotiations over the U.K.'s exit from the Brussels-based club. In this sense, the last few weeks of political drama in Westminster and Brussels have only “kicked the can down the road,” and the United Kingdom remains in Brexit gridlock.

Guest Column | 2018-12-17 16:53

Pollution by numbers

The Great Chinese Famine, which peaked in 1960, was the world's largest on record. But the effects of that famine - including its toll of more than 30 million deaths - were not quantified until long after the fact. That was partly because government officials were afraid to bring whatever information they had to the attention of Mao Zedong, whose Great Leap Forward policy had...

Guest Column | 2018-12-16 17:18

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