The Importance of Living (VI): The Feast of Life
THE FEAST OF LIFE I. THE PROBLEM OF HAPPINESS THE enjoyment of life covers many things: the enjoyment of ourselves, of home life, of trees, flowers, clouds, winding rivers and falling cataracts and the myriad things in Nature, and then the enjoyment of poetry, art, contemplation, friendship, conversation, and reading, which are all some form […]
US Economy Shrinks as Firms Import More Ahead of Tariffs
The US economy shrank in the first three months of the year due a drop in government spending and a surge in imports as firms raced to get goods into the country ahead of tariffs. The economy contracted at an annual rate of 0.3%, a sharp downturn after growth of 2.4% in the previous quarter, […]
Revisit The Fate of Intellectuals Between China and Taiwan
The third part of Southward Journey and Northward Return tells the story of intellectuals in the Republic of China (Taiwan) at a historical crossroads—how they chose their paths, and how those choices shaped their destinies. In 1949, after the Kuomintang army was defeated and Chiang Kai-shek’s dream of dividing the nation by the Yangtze River […]