I’ve been amazed at how Time Warner has described its position in its dispute with CBS. The public stance has been that they are protecting the consumers and avoiding raising rates (disclosure, I am a Time Warner subscriber and my last bill informs me of a rate rise as of next bill). An L A…

Songdowon International Children’s Camp is set on a beach front among a beautiful pine forest—in North Korea. It opened in the 60’s and was a destination for children from the communist countries at the time, many who often received a gift of their stay as a prize of some kind. North Korean children with particularly…

When “Death Takes a Holiday” as it did in the 1934 comedy-drama, no one could die. People in hospitals, those who were shot or hurt, and many others hovered in the area between death and life. Although the movie is a love story, one comes away with the idea that death is necessary. Now, decades…