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Tue, January 21, 2020 | 08:37

Recognizing differences

Recognizing differences

A creditor would never forget a loan provided, while a debtor easily forgets his financial obligation. A favor is remembered longer by the giver than the receiver. Likewise, war is remembered bitterly and longer by the victim rather than the assailant.

2020-01-20 17:20

'Siamese twins'

'Siamese twins'

A while back I began classroom ESL teaching to immigrants here in south-side Virginia. It is important that they learn a certain amount of slang and idioms that really makes them sound like other Americans. Of course, I always say to them, if you don't understand an expression someone uses, then, simply ask them, “What does that mean?” Most people like to explain their langua...

2020-01-19 16:31

Taiwan's democracy

Taiwan's democracy

President Tsai Ing-wen has been reconfirmed dramatically as leader of the government of Taiwan. The election of Jan. 11 gave her 57.1 percent of the vote, a stunning landslide.

2020-01-17 17:25

No war in Iran

The U.S. killing of Qassem Soleimani in a drone airstrike on Jan. 3 near Baghdad airport raised fresh tensions between the two countries and in the Middle East region, and worries of a major economic impact on the world in the event an all-out war starts between them. Oil prices shot up quickly on the future uncertainties between the U.S. and Iran. Soleimani was the commander...

2020-01-16 17:01

Wisdom of time

Humble Pope Francis is always concerned for the poor and the marginalized. He is committed to dialogue with others beyond barriers and to building bridges among people of all backgrounds and beliefs.

2020-01-15 17:16

Corporate culture

Corporate culture

What are your resolutions? It is the beginning of the year. Usually, people reflect on their growth throughout the past year and plan what they can do to further grow over the coming year. This causes many to feel a sense of failure, as they believe they did not grow as much as they had hoped to. This pattern of behavior is repeated every year.

2020-01-14 17:46

Prosecutor with 'no soul'

Prosecutor with 'no soul'

Whom and what do prosecutors work for? The answer must be clear: They work for the general society as well as individual victims to guarantee that crime cannot succeed and that those suffering real losses can get some satisfaction and compensation.

2020-01-13 17:31

Undeclared war with Iran

Undeclared war with Iran

Up close and personal - that describes targeting individuals in wartime, even when impersonal unmanned drone aircraft are employed. The lethal remotely guided aircraft have become extremely popular with the United States military and intelligence agencies.

2020-01-12 17:05

Another one bites the dust!

Another one bites the dust!

The whole world knows the truth. Trump says otherwise; he argues that America did not start the war. Then to make matters worse he promises to destroy Iranian cultural sites. This is sacrilegious. It equates Trump to the level of the same Taliban that the U.S. so vehemently denounced for having destroyed 1,800-year-old Buddhist monuments that were as tall as the mountains the...

2020-01-10 17:17

Memory

Dr. Samuel Johnson said this about forgetting things: “If, on leaving the company, a young man cannot remember where he left his hat, it is nothing. But when an old man forgets, everyone says, Ah, his memory is going.” We have always been forgetting things: but now when we do so, we blame it on our age. Well, at least we have an excuse, the young man doesn't.

2020-01-09 17:34

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