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In the novel “To Kill a Mockingbird,” Harper Lee writes, “You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view. Until you climb inside of his skin and walk around Today Viewpoints [Noah Smith] It’s become too hard to strike it rich in America By Bloomberg Today Editorial [Editorial] Shameful record By Korea Herald Aug 20, 2019 Viewpoints [Ann McFeatters] History seems to be repeating in Russia, China It’s beginning to feel like a 1980s news tape showing America’s despotic enemies running amok.In Russia, a mysterious fatal explosion a few days ago in one of the country’s 10 secret cities where nuclear research takes place has caused an uptick in radiation and raised alarm around the world.It also raises memories of the 1986 meltdown at the Ukrainian nuclear power plant at Chernobyl, which Russia tried desperately to hush up, lying repeatedly about how serious it was. An esti Aug 20, 2019 Viewpoints [Andrew Sheng] Hong Kong problems are essentially a family quarrel Summer 2019 will go on record as the hottest summer in human recorded history, but it will also be remembered as a summer of madness, when there are protests everywhere and violence seems to be on the boil. Who would have expected South Korea to be quarreling with Japan? Or India taking away the autonomy of Jammu/Kashmir to direct rule by Delhi? Or the Argentinian peso dropping 30 percent in one day? Why did the US put every one of their major trading partners, including Singapore, Malaysia and Aug 20, 2019 Editorial [Editorial] Positive turn By Korea Herald Aug 19, 2019 Viewpoints [David Ignatius] Beware ‘moral hazard’ in Hong Kong Watching videos of Chinese protesters singing the US national anthem in the streets of Hong Kong, or hearing the tear-jerking chorus of “Les Miserables” during a sit-in at the Hong Kong airport, only someone with a heart of stone wouldn’t want to assist these brave people who are fighting for their freedom. But beware. The problem is that easy gestures of support could get these Chinese freedom fighters killed. It’s a problem that insurance companies call “moral haz Aug 19, 2019 Viewpoints [Leonid Bershidsky] Trump isn’t crazy to want to buy Greenland Former Danish Prime Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen called US President Donald Trump’s reported idea of buying Greenland, a self-governed Danish territory, an out-of-season April Fools’ Day joke. Trump’s idea may be outlandish -- and impossible -- but that doesn’t mean there’s no benefit in thinking about reviving the market in sovereign territories, which once made America great. Besides acquiring Louisiana from France, Florida from Spain, Alaska from Russia and much Aug 19, 2019 Editorial [Editorial] Pie in the sky By Korea Herald Aug 16, 2019 Viewpoints [Elizabeth Drew] What’s behind America’s mass shootings? After every mass shooting in the United States, Americans and others around the world are confronted with the question of what lies behind this distinctly American horror. Though total gun deaths in the US have actually declined over time, mass shootings (those with at least four victims) have become deadlier and more frequent. Some have had an especially strong emotional impact on the country.The back-to-back mass shootings in El Paso, Texas, and Dayton, Ohio, on the first weekend of August are Aug 15, 2019 Viewpoints [Kadir Jun Ayhan and Nancy Snow] S. Korea, Japan should not let politics override personal ties By Korea Herald Aug 16, 2019 Viewpoints [David Ignatius] America’s new Sputnik moment By Korea Herald Aug 16, 2019 Editorial [Editorial] Big loophole By Korea Herald Aug 15, 2019 Editorial [Editorial] True task By Korea Herald Aug 15, 2019 Viewpoints [J. Bradford DeLong ] America’s superpower panic Global superpowers have always found it painful to acknowledge their relative decline and deal with fast-rising challengers. Today, the United States finds itself in this situation with regard to China. A century-and-half ago, imperial Britain faced a similar competitive threat from America. And in the 17th century, the Dutch Republic was the superpower and England the challenger.History suggests that the global superpower should aim for a soft landing, including by engaging with its likely succ MORE 15 / 36955
