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Why is Japan so reluctant to confront its past? Apart from cultural explanations, such as a Confucian reluctance to speak ill of dead ancestors, there is an obvious reason: Countries, far more than

Beggars cannot be choosers (old proverb) I had this letter this morning from Mr. Hopcroft. And it was very harshly critical of my diction. And Mr. Hopcroft protested that I didn't pronounce my R's

PAINFUL TRUTH No.2: Feet Like a Good Beating As far back as I988, Dr. Barry Bates, the head of the University of Oregon's Biomechanics/Sports Medicine Laboratory, gathered data that suggested that

In the 1970s, a man treated himself to a Rolex. The watch cost $346. He was in the military back then, not paid much, and that was a lot of money. But it nevertheless was a good investment. The watch

"I certify that the statements I have made on this form and all attached statements are true, complete, and correct to the best of my knowledge." Trump wanted to submit his financial disclosure

Martin Scorsese: And so it was very real. In Mean Streets, the shooting in the car at the end was based on something I experienced. I was at NYU when it happened. I got out of a car with a friend of

In thinking of the future of Japan, one parable is the little island of Akashima in the Goto archipelago near Nagasaki. Yoshie Kakou, a friendly seventy-year-old fisherman, stood on a bluff on

I'm dreaming of a white Christmas (song by Irving Berlin) As far as Christmas is concerned, I happen to be in that peculiarly awkward position which you may sometime have found yourself in. I found

PAINFUL TRUTH No. 1: The Best Shoes Are the Worst Runners wearing top-of-the-line shoes are 123 percent more likely to get injured than runners in cheap shoes, according to a study led by Bernard

news of the laws of cooking. You may, if you wish, fry an egg on a hot sidewalk. You may not apparently cook a chicken in a hot spring at Yellowstone National Park. Acting on a tip, a park ranger

Filling the four thousand positions a new president is authorized to fill is a daunting task even for the best prepared candidates. Donald Trump said he did not expect to win and thus it was no

Chris Christie was sitting on a sofa beside Donald Trump when Pennsylvania was finally called. It was one thirty-five in the morning, but that wasn't the only reason the feeling in the room was odd.

William S. Paley, president and chairman of the Columbia Broadcasting System, was of a type lost to our times, when vice has ceased to pay virtue its natural tribute, hypocrisy. He was simultaneously

One Father's Day, our teenage kids banded together and got Nick the perfect gift for any dad - a rat. It was an African giant pouched rat, to be precise, and it has a wondrous sense of smell that

Take a pair of sparkling eyes (W S Gilbert, "The Goldoliers") I suppose this one really started when my son got one of his sore throats because who should rush into me but Glinka. Now Glinka is the au

Barefoot Ted was right, of course. Lost in all the fireworks between Ted and Caballo was an important point: running shoes may be the most destructive force to ever hit the human foot. Barefoot Ted,

A family of four in Florida was on their way to the hospital with a medical emergency when they ran out of gas. Fortunately, paramedics got there and took the sick family member to the hospital. But

That Trump was not fully investigated by the enforcement division was obvious to anyone who read its 1982 licensing report. But it was almost a decade later that investigative reporter Wayne Barrett's

Back in 2013 there had been an incident in California that got everyone's attention. Late one night, just southeast of San Jose, at Pacific Gas and Electric's Metcalf substation, a well-informed

What might make Lucky Strike stand out? In 1917, the brand had gotten its start with an idea conceived by Hopkins. "It's toasted" was the slogan, the "secret" step supposedly yielding a better flavor.