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[Kim Seong-kon] Things that make us ashamed these days

Oct 7, 2020

Shame, though painful or unpleasant, is an integral virtue of human beings. Human decency and integrity stem from a sense of shame. If we are shameless and brazen, we are no longer human and reduced ...
[Elizabeth Drew] Is US facing next civil war?

Oct 6, 2020

America’s capital is more on edge now than at perhaps any other time since the eve of the US Civil War in 1860. The city was tense during Watergate, of course. But as much as Richard Nixon tested the...
[Therese Raphael] Johnson's case has echoes for Trump

Oct 6, 2020

When Boris Johnson announced on March 27 that he’d tested positive for COVID-19, Brits were in shock, much as Americans were Friday morning when they heard President Donald Trump was infected. The UK...
Belief in mission vital to entrepreneurs

Oct 5, 2020

The world as we know it has changed. I have lived through three different crises in my life. The first one was the Indonesian political turmoil in 1998 that coincided with the Asian financial crisis...
[Andreas Kluth] Europe can have stimulus or rule of law, not both

Oct 5, 2020

More by carelessness than design, the European Union has conflated two of its biggest problems into what last week became one hot mess. To get out of it, the bloc may have to make the Brussels equiva...
[Kim Seong-kon] Learning from inspirational phrases on internet or in films

Sept 30, 2020

Recently on the internet, I came across a rather penetrating passage that says, “The American people will never knowingly adopt socialism, but under the name of liberalism, they will adopt every frag...
[Lee Kyong-hee] A land developer’s passion for Korean script

Sept 30, 2020

Tourists flock to Bukchon Hanok Village, perpetuating the must-see reputation of the Seoul enclave. The small Korean-style houses lining narrow alleyways are cultural magnets, pulling in sightseers f...
[Tyler Cowen] Will pandemic normal become normal?

Sept 30, 2020

One feature of the COVID-19 era is how much the standard ways of seeing and doing things have been remixed and turned upside down. The obvious question is then whether people will decide to make thes...
[Trudy Rubin] Trump’s ‘big lie’ echoes autocrats

Sept 29, 2020

In the 1920s Adolf Hitler coined the term “the big lie,” meaning the use of falsehood so huge no one would believe a leader could dare promote it were it not true. From then on the phrase “the big l...
[Andreas Kluth] If we can’t ban nukes, let’s stigmatize them

Sept 29, 2020

There are potential catastrophes so dire, only an approach that blurs the realist and the utopian seems appropriate. Take for example the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons. Adopted by the ...
[Ana Palacio] The EU merry-go-round

Sept 28, 2020

In her first State of the European Union address, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen offered a wide-ranging view of the current moment. She touted Europe’s recent achievements and ide...
[Jan-Werner Mueller] Democrats must finally play hardball

Sept 28, 2020

Around the world, right-wing populists are hollowing out democracy and the rule of law. But unlike many 20th century dictators, today’s aspiring authoritarians have tried to preserve the facade of th...
[Digital Simplicity] IU, 8K display and next-generation gaming

Sept 26, 2020

Last Saturday, singer IU’s newest live performance video was revealed on YouTube. It was a landmark event since the video was formatted in 8K resolution, which easily outperforms 4K display. A small...
[Robert J. Fouser] South Korea as a Middle Power

Sept 25, 2020

On Monday this week, President Moon Jae-in addressed world leaders by satellite in a special event to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the United Nations. In his address, Moon focused on the multi...
[Ramesh Ponnuru] It’s dumb to bash the WTO

Sept 24, 2020

When the World Trade Organization was created in the mid-1990s, the US Senate voted 76-24 to establish it. But it is now facing more opposition than ever, and from both parties. “The World Trade Org...