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Sun, May 16, 2021 | 17:09

Flipping the script in discussions

My friends often marvel at my ability to not only think outside of the box, but to flip the box upside down, look at things from both inside and outside of the box, and to even stand on the box. I enjoy flipping the script on myself and others by actively attacking cliches and conventional wisdom

2021-05-13 17:33

'I want to be like Jesus'

A time-honored hymn sung around campfires at church retreats and in prayer meetings is a favorite of mine, as it reminds me of what it means to be a disciple of Jesus. The primary phrases declare, “Lord, I want to be a Christian in my heart; Lord, I want to be more loving in my heart; Lord, I want to be like Jesus in my heart.” Most of us Christians leave those good thoughts ...

2021-05-13 17:20

Taiwan can help build a resilient and inclusive global health system

The threat that emerging infectious diseases pose to global health and the economy, trade and tourism never ceases. Pandemics can spread rapidly around the world due to international aviation and transport. As of March 2021, a novel form of pneumonia that first emerged in Wuhan, China, at the end of 2019, and has since been classified as the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19...

2021-05-13 17:19

Morals and vaccine market

As the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic outstrips the severity of the first, a clear global bifurcation is emerging. The pandemic is abating, gradually and unevenly, across richer countries, but flaring up in several developing and emerging economies, most notably India, but also to varying degrees in countries such as Bangladesh, Pakistan, Turkey, the Philippines, Ethiop...

2021-05-13 17:10

Propaganda is the point

In three decades in the news business, most of them spent covering government and politics, I've been to more than my share of press conferences.

2021-05-13 17:08

Migration for the benefit of all

“Migration benefiting all” is a mantra echoed throughout the halls of my agency, the International ...

2021-05-13 10:41

Single mom by choice and good parenting

“I wish I had one more eye on my back.”Japanese-born TV personality Fujita Sayuri, better known to the Korean public by only her first name of Sayuri, utters this bizarre wish for one more eye as she struggles to carry her four-month-old baby, Zen, on her back and tries to reach out at him with a teether toy. After several failed attempts from different positions, she eventua...

2021-05-12 17:30

Deeply divided UK shown in elections

Results released during the weekend from the U.K.'s “Super Thursday” elections show that the country is more divided, politically, than any time in at least a generation, with the still-significant possibility that Scotland may secede from the union.

2021-05-12 17:24

Art of South Korea-China summit

In early April, the government said, "As soon as the coronavirus situation stabilizes, we have decided to push forward Chinese President Xi Jinping's visit to Korea to an early date." The announcement came after a meeting of the foreign ministers of South Korea and China in the Chinese coastal city of Xiamen.

2021-05-11 17:24

Logic of US-China competition

CAMBRIDGE - In his recent address to the U.S. Congress, President Joe Biden warned that China is deadly serious about trying to become the world's most significant power. But Biden also declared that autocrats will not win the future; America will. If mishandled, the U.S.-China great-power competition could be dangerous. But if the United States plays it right, the rivalry wi...

2021-05-11 17:20

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