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Monthly Archives: June 2018

Home2018Monthly Archives: June 2018
A Tribute to Catherine Ferguson and Lola Mae Hunter

A Tribute to Catherine Ferguson and Lola Mae Hunter

I do not mean to criticize John D. Rockefeller, Andrew Carnegie, Cornelius Vanderbilt, Warren Buffett or Bill Gates. They gave away (Buffett and Gates continue to do so) untold millions, even billions of dollars for various causes, including...

June 26, 2018 Richard Dallas history, race relations, Texas history 12 Comments
Incheon: June 16-17, 2018

Incheon: June 16-17, 2018

I had been to Incheon before—once for a baseball game (the hometown SK Wyverns vs. the Nexen Heroes) at Munhak Stadium, once to visit friends and once to join a group catching a ferry up to Baengnyeong Island. But those were just brief visits in...

June 19, 2018 Richard Chinese history, Korean history, Korean travels 16 Comments
Brooding About the Cotton Bowl

Brooding About the Cotton Bowl

I like to say that since moving to Korea 10-plus years ago, I have come to disregard big-time sports. The NBA playoffs? The NCAA Final Four? The World Series? Wimbledon? The Indy 500? The Olympics? University of Texas football? The passion I long...

June 10, 2018 Richard college football, Dallas, pro football 17 Comments
Memorial Day at Seoul National Cemetery

Memorial Day at Seoul National Cemetery

June 6 is a national holiday in Korea, when people (are supposed to) pause and reflect about the sacrifices made during the 6-25 War, as it is usually called here. Of course, June 25 is the day in 1950 when Kim Il-Sung’s soldiers, with Soviet and...

June 6, 2018 Richard Korean history, Korean War 14 Comments

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