Category: Column/Editorial
Bangladesh Islamist party fights street battle
Dhaka–With their nine top leaders facing trial for crime committed during 1971, leaving their party office under virtual siege for last 18 months and about 18,000 party leaders and workers […]
We present Mme President!
Rep. Park Geun-hye couldn’t sleep. When Park, who turned 61 this year, looked up at the clock on the wall, it was one minute past midnight. She smiled at herself, […]
Huge hole in safety
Nuclear plant operation cannot go on like now The recent news about prolonged, widespread use of substandard parts in atomic power plants here brings two questions to mind. First, which […]
Cutting my losses
Don’t tell my supervisor but I’m calling in sick Wednesday. I heard the margin in Tuesday’s presidential election will be so tight there may not be a clear winner until […]
Death with dignity
Legal system needed to ensure peaceful deaths A committee under the president has decided to push ahead with a legal system allowing for the cessation of life support for terminally-ill […]
Happiness Is equality
LONDON ― The king of Bhutan wants to make us all happier. Governments, he says, should aim to maximize their people’s Gross National Happiness rather than their Gross National Product. […]
Who should be next US president?
Voters on Tuesday will go to the polls to decide which man ― Mitt Romney or Barack Obama ― will occupy the White House for the next four years. President […]
Clash of two languages
A Japanese professor was introducing himself to his new class at a university in Seoul. “I’m professor Seki and I’m going to teach you…” All the Korean students burst into […]
Sandy’s leadership lesson
For some crazy moment on Monday when “Frankenstorm” Sandy was threatening to tear a hole in our roof and I was sure we would lose power, I remembered a funny […]
Africa’s big boom
PARIS ― Africa is undergoing a period of unprecedented economic growth. According to the Economist, six of the 10 fastest-growing countries in 2011 were in Africa. Average external debt on […]