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Sat, November 23, 2019 | 08:32

'Do you wanna be white?'

As recently reported in "The Korea Times" there's a Korean cosmetics advertisement positing this very question - in America. In 2014, no less, if you can believe it.

2014-08-11 17:04

First, for the uninitiated, "wack" is an American urban expression meaning "uncool." Admittedly, there are hints of misanthropy in my personality. Some of that misanthropy is well-informed by legitimate concerns and unfortunate experiences; some of it's informed by nonsense.

2014-07-28 17:14

Killing families

Korea, Japan, and America have conservative or conservative-leaning governments supposedly concerned with "the family." Korea and Japan keenly feel this, as their respective populations are in a precipitous decline. They aren't producing enough children to replace the old and dying. Both nations have negative population growth. (America’s population is just above replacement level due to immigration and the births thereof. Native American, African-American and white childbirths have been declining for decades).

2014-07-14 16:58

Are Christians crazy?

It sounds trite, so forgive me: some of my best friends are Christian. I'm a Christian (Presbyterian), though I think one could call me a liberal, even lapsed, Christian, like lapsed Catholics or Jews.

2014-06-30 17:10

My beef with vegetarians

I've encountered Westerners and native Koreans who are vegetarians or vegans. Most are pleasant enough, but some are exceedingly pushy with their beliefs. Not so subtly, they believe in the supposed moral superiority of not eating flesh. The loudest and most subjective argument you'll hear PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) and their counterparts assert is any use of animals - for food, clothing and/or medical research - is morally wrong.

2014-06-16 17:05

I'm a bigot, too

I had a great time in America (including Hawaii) and Japan over the long, cold, winter break earlier this year. During my trip, one of my really good friends, an entrepreneur and model, introduced me to her new boyfriend, also a model and a pre-med student.

2014-06-02 17:09

When governments fail

The Sewol ferry disaster exposed the failings of the government. There's a lot of blame to go around: the inadequate loading of the ferry with cars and the actions of the captain and the crew, for starters.

2014-05-19 17:05

Bigotry in the 21st century

I told a good friend from Alabama, now in Korea as an educator, how surprised I was with the recent rash of unarmed, black males (often children) being murdered by other citizens in America. Recently, the news has been riddled with such cases.

2014-04-21 17:26

Some of my favorite things

It's finally spring, and since we have nicer weather let’s lighten things up with a few of my favorite things.

2014-04-07 17:01

Korea's crazy neighbors

All of Korea’s immediate neighbors are a bit…off. North Korea, a horror show of human rights atrocities, and where human life is exceedingly cheap, has rudimentary, yet functional, nuclear weapons.

2014-03-24 17:00

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