중앙데일리

The Priest and the Cop

For the child who does not listen and causes trouble parents can become either priests or cops. Some parents try to coax, persuade and admonish their children, whereas others choose to scold severely and cane them. Depending on the child, persuasion may be more effective, but some parents may think that a cane is the better way. In some cases, it is more effective to mix the two methods. Whether to become priests or cops is the common dilemma…

Mar 12,2001
[FOUNTAIN] Lifetime of a Civilization

Based on the belief that intelligent life can develop elsewhere in the universe as it has developed through natural laws on earth, the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration launched the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence in 1992. In this program, radio telescopes worldwide search for signals which may come from other civilizations. How many civilizations in our galaxy may have reached the level to communicate between star…

Mar 10,2001
The Blame for Adolescent Crime

In 1997, all of Japan was stirred. In Kobe, a small city south of Tokyo, an 11-year old elementary school boy was murdered and mutilated. The murderer displayed a part of the victim's body at a middle school front gate with a written note saying, Now, the game begins. Police and the media first presumed that an adult committed the crime, because the murderer used difficult Chinese characters in his written challenge sent to a local newspaper…

Mar 09,2001
Perched Precariously For Fashion

If German historian Eduard Fuchs is correct, then we may have a difficult time putting the history of high-heel shoes, often favored by women, in a pleasant light. According to one of his books, high-heels were introduced in 17th century France. At that time, what we called a rest room today did not exist. In the morning, people threw the waste accumulated overnight out the window of their house into the street. The unfortunate passerby often bec…

Mar 08,2001
[THE FOUNTAIN] Medical Standards Are Needed

Are the standards for determining proper medical treatment be the same in any country throughout the world? The answer is no. What is an ordinary prescription in one country may be considered problematic in a neighborhood nation. Treatment for an illness may vary among Western developed countries. Intensive chemical cancer therapy is considered best in some countries, while other countries believe that it is cruel treatment that makes the p…

Mar 07,2001
Tax Rich Nations to Aid the Poor

Alfred Marshall is the founder of neoclassical economics, also known as the Cambridge school of economics. His intellectual journey started from mathematics and physics to metaphysics and ethics, and he finally made his choice to study economics. He became a professor of Cambridge University in 1885. At his inaugural lecture, he said that the person produced by Cambridge has "a cold head and a warm heart." According to Mr. Marshall, one edu…

Mar 06,2001
[FOUNTAIN] Words Can Return to Haunt You

As a Jewish proverb says, a word in your mouth is your slave, but after it comes out of your mouth it becomes your master. An old Korean saying also advises people that flour gets finer as you sift more, but words get rougher as you speak more. Although there are some people who favor loquacity, our ancestors used to say that a word, once spoken, spreads out faster than a wagon drawn by four horses and is impossible to stop. One may choose fro…

Mar 05,2001
[NOTEBOOK] Manhunt Triggers a Boycott

"I am in the depths of despair like other Daewoo employees, but what will they earn for sending the arrest team from Korea to France?" said the general manager of the Daewoo Motor sales agency located in Chateauroux, central region France, speaking with me by phone. Every day, he lamented, the French media and press cover the news of the manhunt for the Daewoo Group founder, Kim Woo-choong. Representatives of unions and social organizations, call…

Mar 03,2001
Managing One's Family

It is awkward to see the former U.S. presidential couple, Bill Clinton and Hillary Rodham Clinton, suffering from the reckless decisions on pardons during his presidency. Little more than a month has passed since Mr. Clinton stepped out of the White House, but the couple is having a hard time coping with the mistakes of their family members and relatives. Seeing them puzzled about what to do next, we are reminded again of the importance of managi…

Mar 02,2001
[THE FOUNTAIN] Modern Day Dogmatic Purge

When Hui-yuan, a famous Chinese Buddhist priest of the Chin Dynasty (265-420), was living an ascetic life in the Lu Mountains, celebrated poet Tao Chien (also known as Tao Yuan-ming) and Taoist priest Lu Hsiu-ching visited him. Hui-yuan, who delighted in his conversations with the two, walked with them toward the temple door to say farewell after their meeting, although it was forbidden for the Buddhist priest to step outside of the temple durin…

Mar 01,2001

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