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"Leaving America" is a series of articles on experiences and observations of Americans who choose to live outside of the country. Call them ex-pats (ex-patriots), global citizens of just world travelers, these ...
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Pan Am put the first 747 into service in January of 1970, inaugurating more-or-less officially the modern travel era. Unless you’re, well, old, you’ve lived your whole life in a ...
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It had been on my mind for several weeks but it finally crystallized up in the mountainous countryside outside Busan. When my friend and I started our ascent it was a humid ...
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The first time I heard the name was as an undergrad in Ben Stavis’s China: Politics and Revolution course. Professor Ben Stavis was first and foremost a tweed wearing Sinophile of ...
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FIVE THôT Columnist Joshua Lorenzo Newett is a novelist, entrepreneur, and English professor at The Korean Naval Academy in Jinhae, South Korea. His first novel, Along the Naktong, is a story ...
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My yearly pilgrimage back to the land of my forefathers always reminds me of the things I miss so dearly in East Asia; good cheese, clothes that fit, architectural diversity, multiculturalism, nonchalance ...
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When you’re someone Big (capital B) and have been hiding something essential about yourself from whomever it is that made you Big, deciding to reveal that essential something is no small ...
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What we do for a living is often seen as a reflection of social stature. Pride can often play a key role in deciding what job we accept, what title we’re ...
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For over 100 years, San Francisco’s Delores Park has given a strong heartbeat of the city. It began as a refuge for people left homeless by the 1906 earthquake. Today, a ...
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It began as a tacit dissatisfaction that quickly blossomed into full scale disillusionment. I lived in a rapidly gentrifying and soulless neighborhood in Philadelphia that featured million dollar condos up on one ...
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The In-Crowd
There is a Difference between Generosity and Weakness.
A couple of years ago I was working with a ...
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The Boardroom
Hustler Relations (Part 1): What's up with Brain Drain?
A guy I know is in his last year at ...
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Adidas “Shackle Shoes” Shelved After Public Outcry.
For some, they conjured up images of slavery, for others, ...
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Panera Cares: Social Good Proves to Be Profitable.
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The Idealist
THE FIVE-GEST: What You Shouldn’t Have Missed: Karl Marx, Ethel’s Brew, Julius Shulman, El Sur and Korean Airlines Lost in Translation.
THE FIVE-STIR is in constant motion—we work tirelessly to bring ...
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"Illegal" Raises Questions You May Never Have Asked Yourself About Immigration
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Karl Marx Bank Cards Are a Hit in Germany.
Karl Marx is known as a German philosopher, economist, socialist, ...
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