Major Kudos to Paul Alexander

Major Kudos to Paul Alexander

As a freshman at the University of Texas (Fall 1971 and Spring 1972), my head was spinning. I had serious doubts about whether I could compete, academically and socially, and had no direction to speak of. In such a confused and insecure state, I...

The Faith is Flagging in England

The Faith is Flagging in England

Genealogy is something to which I have devoted little time or energy. But I know that before trekking southwest to Texas, the patrilineal side of my family had been in Kentucky and Tennessee. I also heard from one of the old folks that our...

Kanine Kuisine in Korea

Kanine Kuisine in Korea

Early in my tenure at Hansung Intellectual Property, I went to lunch once a week with the senior partners—boss-man Kyu-Pal Choi and three or four others. I usually followed along to whatever sikdang he had in mind. But once I surprised him with a...

DeHoCo

DeHoCo

For brief stretches in 1973, 1974 and 1978, I lived with my family in the bedroom community of Livonia, Michigan. Of those college and post-college days, I retain memories both painful and amusing. What follows is one of the latter. I had a blue...

A Tale of Four Famines

A Tale of Four Famines

I am a voracious reader. Without any doubt, reading is one of my life’s greatest pleasures. But not everything I read can be considered pleasing since some of the books in my library are devoid of sweetness and light. On the contrary, they are...

A Protest on Teheran-ro

A Protest on Teheran-ro

In June 1977, Teheran mayor Gholam Reza Nikpay visited Seoul to meet with his Korean counterpart, Ku Ja-choon. South Korea and Iran first established diplomatic relations in 1962 (in fact, cultural exchange began 1,600 years ago due to the Silk...