Almost three years had passed since I visited the city, state and country of my birth, so I had to return (temporarily, of course). I said a warm goodbye to my GF, Audrey Lim, went to Seoul−Incheon International Airport and got on a big jet...
I have already riffed on Bruce (“call me ‘Caitlyn’”) Jenner, the former Olympian who struggled with gender-identity issues for four decades before deciding that he was a she. I have compassion for Jenner. He apparently thought he had to take such...
Now that Bart Starr has entered eternal rest, I had to look into his life and career. Sixteen years as the Green Bay Packers’ quarterback and five championships (including the first two Super Bowls, in both of which he was named MVP) say...
Audrey and I were going through an outdoor market in Seoul’s Jamsil district in early May. I saw a basket of five large, bright-red tomatoes on sale for the low price of 5,000 won. I was raised in a city (Dallas, Texas) and not on a farm...
About this time a century ago, the “war to end all wars” was over. Some 17 million people died in World War I, along with 23 million wounded. Germany had been defeated along with its ally Bulgaria, and the Ottoman and Austro-Hungarian empires...
One of the monster classes I took at the University of Texas in the early 1970s was Psychology 301. It included an overview of the writings and theories of the key figures in that field: B.F Skinner, Ivan Pavlov, Jean Piaget, William James, Erik...
I enjoy corresponding on a semi-regular basis with John Mackovic. This man had a long career as a college football coach at Wake Forest, Illinois, Texas and Arizona (not to mention a stint with the Kansas City Chiefs of the NFL). He’s...
Some people, I must say, hold a rather circumscribed view of historical suffering. They speculate as to whether blacks, Jews or Native Americans have suffered the most. There is an unseemly competition for primacy—the No. 1 spot, as it were. Each...
Many people look back on their college days with unalloyed happiness. I had a bit of that during my four years at the University of Texas, but I can also remember worry, pressure and feelings of insecurity. It was a big campus packed with 40,000...
I have met or interviewed (or both) five head football coaches at my alma mater, the University of Texas: Darrell Royal, Fred Akers, David McWilliams, John Mackovic and Mack Brown. I draw your attention to the fourth of those gentlemen, Mackovic...
These inter-Korean trips don’t always go as expected. My destinations on the first weekend of spring 2019 were Kohwun Garden and Wonsando (130 kilometers south of Seoul, with the Yellow Sea to the west and Cheonsuman Bay to the east). As things...
I am on record as stating that Dr. Martin Luther King is not the only hero of the civil rights movement. King did not do it by himself—indeed, the process began long before he was born—but he deserves a lot of credit. I admire and respect him for...
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