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Pottery Was Made in Satsuma Region Mar. 22, 2019
Q: I have enclosed a photo of a Japanese vase that sat on my grandmother's mantle in the house I gre... Read More
Add 'Nature as Medicine' to Your Health Prescription Mar. 15, 2019
Correcting poor eating habits is among the great health challenges of our time. It is a root cause o... Read More
It Never Works, Yet Trump Is Once Again Trying to Bomb Toward Peace Feb. 15, 2019
George Carlin said, "Fighting for peace is like screwing for virginity." Given the timing, I assume ... Read More
Give Thanks for the WWII Generation Dec. 10, 2018
77 years ago, Americans in Hawaii awoke to the sounds of mass destruction, and the sights of flames ... Read More
Urn Earned a Special Place Aug. 31, 2018
Q: My elderly sister gave me a hand-painted porcelain vase of hers before she passed on. It is about... Read More
The Unsettled Feb. 07, 2018
Some people are rolling stones. I ran into a friend at a dance performance who had recently returned... Read More
Satsuma Pottery Has Been Made in Japan Since the 1600s Oct. 20, 2017
Q: Enclosed is a picture of a vase that has been in my family many, many years. As an avid reader of... Read More
Table With Bird's Eye View Oct. 13, 2017
Q: The table in this photo is made of walnut and was given to my mother by a dear friend, who is now... Read More
Give Japan and South Korea the Bomb Sep. 20, 2017
On May 6, 1981, New York Times columnist Drew Middleton explained the rationale behind French Presid... Read More
Should Japan and South Korea Go Nuclear? Sep. 05, 2017
By setting off a 100-kiloton bomb, after firing a missile over Japan, Kim Jong Un has gotten the wor... Read More
The Silver Tsunami Aug. 11, 2017
Some population experts have referred to the increasing numbers of aging baby boomers as the "silver... Read More
A Nation of Immigrants -- Only If They Assimilate Feb. 28, 2017
I am writing this column in Japan, a country whose crime rate is the lowest among countries with lar... Read More
There's Nothing Free Feb. 22, 2017
It was Nobel laureate economist Milton Friedman who made famous the adage, "There's no such thing as... Read More
Imari Patterns Inspired Staffordshire Potters Jan. 06, 2017
Q: I have enclosed a photo of a small ironstone bowl that belonged to my mother. She was born in Ire... Read More
Trump's Self-Defeating Trade Policy Dec. 11, 2016
Opposition to free trade was to Donald Trump's campaign what burgers are to McDonald's: not the enti... Read More
North Korea's Provocative Missile Test Aug. 03, 2016
In 2011, North Korea began an accelerated ballistic missile test program. Since then it has conducte... Read More
Will the West Survive the Century? Jul. 05, 2016
"Nativism ... xenophobia or worse" is behind the triumph of Brexit and the support for Donald Trump,... Read More
Years After Hiroshima Comes the Blah Jun. 02, 2016
WASHINGTON — I was reading a brilliant biography of former British Prime Minister Margaret Tha... Read More
Obama Administration Should Not Apologize for Hiroshima Apr. 15, 2016
Secretary of State John Kerry toured the Hiroshima Peace Memorial and Museum in Japan this week, a m... Read More
A Vote for Trump Is a Vote Against American Consumers Mar. 11, 2016
As I was listening to Donald Trump's performance art/news conference the other night, I wondered whe... Read More
