BBC: Why we hate using email but love sending texts
6 August 2018 Bryan Lufkin Around 15 years ago, I was working at my part-time job at an electronics store at the mall. One of my colleagues asked me if I “use text messages.” “I’m […]
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Capital gains and why they matter – a tax expert explains
August 8, 2018 6.37am EDT Stephanie Leiser The Trump administration wants to change the way capital gains are taxed to factor in inflation. To many, this may sound like a technical change of little consequence. To others, […]
BBC: What is the future of English in the US?
9 August 2018 Bryan Lufkin Ten years ago, I moved to Japan to teach English as a second language in a rural high school. The experience taught me just how fortunate I was, through dumb […]
Finding Love in Sydney
July 25, 2018 Kristine Lai, CAS ’21 There’s something effortless about love– the way you fall head over heels into something so easy and beautiful and you lose your breath every time you realize how incredibly […]
Agra Experience
JULY 26, 2018 Makeda Barr-Brown Last weekend I went to Agra. Agra’s energy was extremely similar to Delhi, in my opinion. I was immediately approached by rickshaw drivers once I got off the train. By […]
NPR: FACT CHECK: U.S. And North Korea After Their Singapore Summit
July 31, 20185:53 PM ET DAVID WELNA Back from his third trip to North Korea in as many months, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo sounded buoyant. “President Trump remains upbeat about the prospects for North […]
VOA: Longtime Immigrants Defend, Praise Family-Based Visa System
July 28, 2018 5:45 AM Ramon Taylor Yuan Ye NEW YORK — Retired and in their 70s, Ru-Liang Zhang and Xan-Xia Hong spend every weekday after lunch socializing at the Chinese Community Center, a few short […]
VOA: Social Media Skills a Gift and Curse for Spying
July 24, 2018 4:22 PM Jamie Dettmer LONDON — Before the Internet, being a spy was more challenging. Now, spies have Facebook and LinkedIn and other social-media networking sites to expand their contacts, say former […]
VOA: Pompeo to VOA: China on Wrong Side of Religious Freedom
July 19, 2018 3:27 PM Nike Ching STATE DEPARTMENT — Days ahead of the first-ever ministerial talks hosted by the State Department to advance religious freedom around the world, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo sat […]
NPR: Trump’s Helsinki Bow To Putin Leaves World Wondering: Why?
July 17, 20185:00 AM ET RON ELVING Given the attitude with which President Trump has greeted all news of the Russian interference in the 2016 election, his performance in Helsinki on Monday should have come […]