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WWII Not Quite Over For Japan Aug. 27, 2025
Sept. 2 marks the 80th anniversary of Japan's formal World War II surrender. The capitulation was b... Read More
'Nature Bathing' Is Good for Your Health Apr. 26, 2025
By Victor Block Don and Betty Price work hard all week. Don is an accountant, Betty an executive ass... Read More
Gardens Galore Welcome Seasonal Visitors Apr. 05, 2025
By Victor Block A historic mansion in New Jersey, once a private home for Moroccan royalty, today is... Read More
Will the Empires Strike Back in 2025? Jan. 01, 2025
Donald Trump has won the American presidency twice while vowing to make America great again. He's no... Read More
Last October's Surprise Attack by Hamas Was Israel's Pearl Harbor Oct. 02, 2024
In a surprise attack on Dec. 7, 1941, Japanese planes and submarines attacked American forces on Haw... Read More
Must-See TV Apr. 19, 2024
You will have to forgive a piece that is not at all about politics and the current cultural contrete... Read More
The Politics of Steel Are Center Stage in Pennsylvania Apr. 16, 2024
BUTLER, Pennsylvania — On Friday, just hours before United States Steel shareholders approved ... Read More
A Family Trip to Japan Feb. 25, 2024
By Sharon Whitley Larsen As I strolled down Chuo-Dori — the main street in Tokyo's Ginza distr... Read More
From Food to Fashion: My First (Delectable!) Trip to Japan Feb. 24, 2024
By Kalea Whitley What a great surprise I had on my 12th birthday last year. My Aunt Sharon said she ... Read More
Post-Covid Cruising With Longtime Friends Jul. 02, 2023
By Sharon Whitley Larsen "We've all survived! We survived a few years of the pandemic!" The theater ... Read More
The U.S. and China Wage Diplomatic War in the Central and South Pacific Jun. 02, 2023
Eighty-one years separate 1942 and 2023. In that human lifetime, the technologies of war have change... Read More
The U.S. and China Wage Diplomatic War in the Central and South Pacific May. 31, 2023
Eighty-one years separate 1942 and 2023. In that human lifetime, the technologies of war have change... Read More
Lucky Hank, Lucky Us: An American Hero Leaves Behind a Gift Mar. 07, 2023
In October 1942, 20-year-old Jacob Henry (Hank) Goldman, the grandson of Russian Jewish immigrants, ... Read More
Ignoring Lessons Learned at Pearl Harbor Dec. 06, 2022
Washington, D.C., Dec. 6, 2022 — Eighty-one years ago today, Commander Mitsuo Fuchida was prep... Read More
Japan Assassination Is the Exception That Proves the Rule: Gun Restrictions Work. Jul. 12, 2022
Friday's assassination of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has prompted some predictable gl... Read More
The Silver Tsunami Jun. 24, 2022
Some population experts have referred to the increasing numbers of aging baby boomers as the "silver... Read More
American Kids Are 'Old Enough' for Errands, Too! Apr. 14, 2022
Two years and nine months. That's the age of the first child we watch going on an errand by himself ... Read More
Walk Japan to Explore the Soul of a Country Feb. 12, 2022
By Fyllis Hockman Our hotel bathroom in Kyoto was filled with conveniences that were a testament to ... Read More
US and China: Collision or Cooperation? Nov. 12, 2021
In a surprise announcement at the Glasgow summit, U.S. climate czar John Kerry and his Chinese count... Read More
Are the US and China Stumbling Toward an 'Islands War'? Sep. 21, 2021
In a diplomatic coup, Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced a deal last week with the U.K. and U.S... Read More
