Note from Shepherd: If you click the link below, you will be in for a treat of a thought-provoking article and some entertaining music videos. Many thanks to Prof. Sue Bae of Illinois School of Professional Psychology, who forwarded me this link, and Prof. Richard Lee of University of Minnesota, who sent Prof. Bae this [...]

I believe George Carlin encapsulated this approach the best. He said “I have solved this political dilemma in a very direct way: I don’t vote. On Election Day, I stay home. I firmly believe that if you vote, you have no right to complain. Now, some people like to twist that around. They say, ‘If [...]

This happened to me a few times: Someone asks me, “Where are you from?” “Taiwan,” I reply. Five minutes of chatting later, this person surprises me with “So you are from Thailand, right?” At this point, I can do one of two things: (1) Correct this genius I’ve just met; or (2) let it go. [...]

My wife, Sue, is an extraordinary human being. (Sue, relax. This compliment is not the exciting birthday present I promised you, honey.) When she thinks I’m bad at something, she will do it for me and, given her low regard for my intelligence, there are a lot of things that she does for me. Since [...]

My wife and her sister speak English like they are native speakers; however, they speak to each other primarily in their mother tongue—Korean—even when I, a close family member who doesn’t know the language, am in the same room or car with them. Out of annoyance, I came up with the word “Mexicanism.” In spite [...]

As Ron Paul supporters all over the country ponder how to keep alive the momentum of pursuing a precious ideal, suddenly the situation changed. On Thursday, it was reported that Mitt Romney, the presumptive GOP presidential nominee, while in high school, led a crowd of fellow students to forcefully cut the hair of a classmate [...]

It is hard to believe we hate peace and prosperity; however, our actions make it hard to see that we want them. The common attitude toward, and the resulting policies on, international trade is one of life’s paradoxes. Why do we trade? Because our lives require countless products and services, yet no one can do [...]