(Saturday, January 25) After a 2-hour English class with Dr. Kyoung-min Lee, I took the subway to the National Museum of Korea. Having been there numerous times before, I knew about what to expect. This is a world-class museum, the place my...
Just northeast of the Loveland Ski Area in Colorado is 12,477-foot-high Mount Trelease. On its lower flanks are the carefully preserved ruins of an airplane crash that occurred nearly 55 years ago. Many people have made the trek to that spot to...
I recently had the honor of editing the English-language version of Sapiens: The 13.8-Billion-Year Odyssey by Song Manho (co-founder of the law firm at which I work) and Dr. Ahn Jungho. I learned quite a bit from their excellent book. Of all the...
I remember George Arellano fondly. He was my favorite family member although our connection was remote: the father-in-law of one of my brothers. Imperturbable, friendly, well-educated, articulate and a world traveler, he was possibly the best...
• A Book of Travelers’ Tales by Eric Newby, Penguin Books, 1985 [July 2011] • A Brief History of American Literature by John Huh, Shinasa, 2001 [May 2008] • A Brief History of American Sports by Elliott J. Gorn...
I first met Kim Kwang-min seven years ago in Damyang, down in South Jeolla Province. He was there with his wife and two young daughters, and I was—par for the course—alone. Kwang-min was then and still is, employed by Seoul Metro. We got along...
Extraordinary athlete though he was, I had several reasons to think badly of Randy Moss. He beat up a White kid in high school and was convicted of misdemeanor battery, leading Notre Dame to withdraw its offer of a scholarship. So he went to...
Born in December 1952, I would have been six years old when the American Football League was established and seven when play commenced. Young and highly impressionable, I was taken by this colorful new sports organization. The games, announced on...
Having cast a vote in the 1972, 1976, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000 and 2004 presidential elections, I moved to Korea and failed to do my civic duty in 2008, 2012 and 2016. I offer no excuse since long-distance voting is a relatively easy...
A mega-dormitory called Jester was home during my first two years at the University of Texas. The Jester cafeteria, which served decent institutional food (20 meals per week) is where I met Erwin Reyes. Born and raised in La Paz, Bolivia, Erwin...
You can find us every Saturday afternoon down the street at Tiny Brown or Banapresso, engaged in an animated discussion or reviewing some article from my website. My coffee-shop companion is Dr. Lee Kyoung-min. Earlier this year he answered an ad...
Having recently read Walter Isaacson’s biography of Steve Jobs (I give it 4 1/2 stars), I now have a much better understanding of his many accomplishments. What a life! Given up for adoption by an unmarried couple—his father was of Syrian descent...
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