KoreaTimes - Tribune Service

The Korea Times

The Korea Times

The Korea Times

Opinion

Tribune Service

Mon, December 4, 2023 | 17:50

A Gen Zer offers advice to President Joe Biden as he gears up for his reelection bid

If Joe Biden wins in 2024, he will make history by being the oldest person elected to the presidency. That month, he’ll turn 82. There is no shortage of people who doubt Biden’s ability to campaign. Polls and pundits are quick to connect Biden’s age with low approval numbers.

2023-12-04 15:25

Covering Kissinger's century

President Richard Nixon was work-vacationing in his Western White House estate at San Clemente and not far away, the White House press corps was about to be briefed by the world’s most famous anonymous authority on all foreign policies.

2023-12-03 16:00

It's past time scientists admitted their COVID mistakes

During the pandemic years, Americans’ trust in scientists fell, according to a Pew poll released this month. In 2019, only 13 percent of Americans were distrustful enough to say they weren’t confident in scientists to act in the public’s best interest. Now that figure is 27 percent - despite recent triumphs in astronomy, cancer research, genetics and other fields.

2023-11-30 16:00

On juvenile justice in Baltimore, believe the numbers or believe your eyes?

Nate Balis wants you to know that kids make up just 4 percent of all arrests in Baltimore City.

2023-11-30 15:40

The political power of eyeliner - it's a link to our ancestors and a sign of rebellion

Coming of age as a Muslim with Lebanese and Egyptian heritage in the U.K., I was in constant pursuit of connections to my ethnic identity. Against a social backdrop that othered my family and me, I was drawn to Queen Nefertiti’s distinctive cat-eye. The ancient Egyptian queen and her lined eyes connected me to a constellation of beguiling non?Western women, including my ances...

2023-11-29 16:00

There's too much hatred in politics. Arnold Schwarzenegger shows the value of an upbeat attitude

SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Former Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger returned to Sacramento recently and reminded us of a beneficial trait he possesses that is sorely lacking in today's polarized politics: an upbeat attitude.

2023-11-28 16:00

Those who want to ban sustainability-focused investing are on the losing end

Listening to Republican lawmakers and conservative voices, you might think that the ESG investment movement - which focuses on environmental, social and governance factors - is coming to an end. Growing anti-ESG sentiment among lawmakers, they would argue, is reflective of how the public is rejecting “woke” sustainable investment practices.

2023-11-27 16:00

Biden's executive order on AI is ambitious - and incomplete

Last month President Joe Biden issued an executive order on artificial intelligence, the government’s most ambitious attempt yet to set ground rules for this technology. The order focuses on establishing best practices and standards for AI models, seeking to constrain Silicon Valley’s propensity to release products before they’ve been fully tested - to “move fast and break th...

2023-11-26 16:00

Trump called the latest 14th Amendment ruling a 'victory.' He couldn't be more wrong

The latest opinion denying a challenge to Donald Trump’s eligibility to run for president has occasioned a lot of teeth-gnashing about how the court, in the words of Colorado’s secretary of state, gave Trump a “get-out-of-jail-free card for insurrection.” The frustration is understandable but shortsighted.

2023-11-23 16:00

Who benefits from street politics in Bangladesh?

Conflict over a neutral election-time caretaker government between Bangladesh’s ruling party, the Awami League (AL), and the main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) has turned violent. Both the ruling party and the opposition are taking a hard line, inspiring gloomy political prospects for both before and after the general election scheduled for Jan., 2024.

2023-11-23 15:40

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

Top 10 Stories

1	INTERVIEWEcolab helps Korean partners profit from ESG management

2	Seoul Metro begins real-time translation service for foreign tourists at Myeong-dong Station

3	Son-dol: a cold day for a ferryman and a merchant

4	Korean economy to start shrinking by 2050 if low birthrate unaddressed: BOK report

5	ANALYSISHas N. Korean leader's daughter been confirmed as heir apparent?

6	Space race heats up between two Koreas after Seoul launches spy satellite

7	INTERVIEW'Lifeline for migrant workers in Korea' - Rev. Kim fights for foreign employees' rights

8	Uncertainty lingers over Ven. Jaseung's death

9	Korean battery firms face higher costs for access to US subsidies

10	INTERVIEWKorea to work with US, Japan to fight climate change

DARKROOM