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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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Tired of traipsing around museums to peer at objects of art and getting scolded by guards for leaning in too closely? Weary of walking tours that neglect to give details of real ...
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What happens when a venerable brand recognizes that it is repelling, rather than attracting its target markets? And what should that brand do as it watches its market share erode year after ...
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It’s been a bad calendar quarter for funerals (two too many) but a good 90 days for learning. The metaphorical coin that carries what you’d like to keep on one ...
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The Boardroom
Are Banks The Modern-day Marie Antoinette?
Is there such a thing as a financial institution that ...
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The In-Crowd
The College Dropout Chronicles (Part 2): Depression Pushed Me Out, Thought Kept Me Out.
Right before the beginning of my Freshman year of college, ...
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The In-Crowd
The College Dropout Chronicles (Part 1): 20 Percent Fact, 80 Percent Opinion
Hi. I’m Rocky. I’m twenty some-odd years old, living in ...
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The Idealist
New York City Ban on Supersized Sugary Drinks Gets Animated via Apple Daily
In response to the announcement by New York City mayor ...
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The Marketeer
Target to sell “Love is Love” marriage equality t-shirts.
Two years ago Target Corporation gave $150,000 to a campaign ...
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Generation X: The Forgotten Middle-Child
We were once called "slackers" and gave the world grunge ...
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The Eye Candy
Deep-Fried Gadgets: A Critique on Consumerist Culture
They say that Americans will deep-fry anything—from French Fries and ...
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