Society – Page 2

Turning East and Back again

I’ve been reading Harvard Divinity School Professor Harvey Cox’ 1977 book, Turning East. He discusses some of the

26 Mar

[HTML1] Except for the average person, the car list should go: 1. 1974 Plymouth Scamp 2. 1983 Chevrolet Cavalier or Impala

05 Feb

As I reflect on the words of Jesus Christ, echoing Moses and reverberating from later Confucians, I am struck by how little

27 Jan

So the USA is trying to say that $100M US to go towards contraception is part of “economic stimulus,” (sounds

26 Jan

The author of Japanamerica: How Japanese Popular Culture has invaded the U.S. has just published a new article with

12 Dec

I am very honored to have received a copy of the Japan Notes newsletter from the Japan American Society of St. Louis. I wrote

26 Aug

Ok, there’s something that is bothering me tremendously. It’s how the media pronounces the name capital of the

21 Jul

I was reading this moving and cool article at the St. Louis Post Dispatch at stltoday.com. The gist of it is that people have

18 Jun

After almost 20 years, he’s back! I rented the third installment of the Indiana Jones story, “Indiana Jones and

22 May

Today, I got to remembering a poem we learned in high school Latin: LIBER I – XXXVIII THE SIMPLE MYRTLE Horace (Q.

20 Mar