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Mon, October 15, 2018 | 19:18

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Slavery incentive

Have you ever wondered why business schools do not teach the proper way to whip a worker to obtain maximum effort without damaging the asset? Had business schools existed before the American Civil War, one can conceive of at least a lecture, if not a full course, on the subject. Instead, business schools teach about corporate culture and values, on the assumption that maximum...

Guest Column | 2018-09-16 16:21

Mideast peace 'deal of century' eludes Trump

Twenty-five years ago last week I stood on the White House lawn and watched the famous handshake between Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, as President Bill Clinton nudged them toward each other. The occasion was the signing of the 1993 Oslo Accords, mapping a path to a two-state solution with Israel and Palestine living peacefully sid...

Guest Column | 2018-09-16 16:19

Are all Koreans created equal?

You do not need to be a psychologist or a counselor to understand that North Korean refugees arrive in South Korea often deeply scarred by their experiences. Human compassion and simple logic would suggest that they would be met by fellow Koreans with understanding and kindness. No doubt there are cases where this occurs. Unfortunately, these are the exceptions, not the rule.

Guest Column | 2018-09-16 09:24

Controlling presidents with in-house watchdogs

They've got to watch him every minute, deceive him, disobey him, control him through hook and crook, whatever it takes, and you know what I am talking about.

Guest Column | 2018-09-14 17:12

Putin's power play in Asia-Pacific with China

Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping deepened bilateral ties in Vladivostok on Tuesday and Wednesday at the Eastern Economic Forum. This week's conference, hosted by Putin, represents an attempt by Moscow to assert itself more in the Asia-Pacific in a growing partnership with Beijing with which it has a burgeoning bilateral dialogue over key regional and global economic and politica...

Guest Column | 2018-09-14 15:22

The sick man of Europe returns

One of the great geopolitical issues in 19th-century Europe was the so-called Eastern Question. The Ottoman Empire, then known as the “sick man of Europe,” was rapidly disintegrating, and it remained to be seen which European power would succeed it.

Guest Column | 2018-09-13 16:55

Limited options as another Syrian bloodbath looms

The world has seen this scenario before. Syrian President Bashar Assad launches an offensive against a rebel stronghold, and in the process legions of civilians die - either by poison gas, barrel bombs, burial beneath the rubble of razed buildings.

Guest Column | 2018-09-13 16:54

Reading the Bible

At the Gay Pride event in downtown Seoul this year some Christian groups protested; some clashed with the police. I saw a banner that called attention to presumed LGBT sin. The banner said that such a call to repent was an act of love. It seemed, though, this was done in anger. Such acts are not the acts of love I find expressed by Jesus. Yes, all are called to repentance, bu...

Guest Column | 2018-09-12 16:24

Trump has been in pure Crazytown

An unnamed senior administration official claims there is a cabal of “resisters” in the White House working overtime to save the president from himself, or maybe just undermining him, depending on whom you believe.

Guest Column | 2018-09-12 16:20

Do NAFTA renegotiations spell end for multilateralism?

Renegotiations on the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) resumed Sept. 5 with pressure growing on Canada to cut into the bilateral deal agreed recently between the United States and Mexico. September will therefore be a crunch month for Washington's relationship with Ottawa, and the future of multilateralism, with both already at very low ebbs.

Guest Column | 2018-09-11 16:51

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