EDITORS DESK COLUMN
Michener’s Afghanistan Lessons
February 24, 2010
- MidWeek
Just finished reading James Michener’s novel Caravans, and both my immediate and lingering impression is that it is a book every American who goes to Afghanistan would do well to read, whether soldier, diplomat or NGO worker.
Read Column>>LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Letters To The Editor
March 17, 2010
- MidWeek
Why vote for Tam?
Rod Tam is so lucky to live in Hawaii and be a politician. Now, if he was a politician in China and he was charged with the same charges as here, we all know what his sentence would be.
CLASSICS
Gen. Fred Weyand
February 25, 2010
- MidWeek
Retired four-star Gen. Fred Weyand, who passed away Feb. 10, 2010, at age 93, appeared on MidWeek’s cover on July 2, 1997. This is the cover story on the longtime Honolulu resident who participated in World War II, the Korean War and Vietnam War, and later served as Army Chief of Staff. Weyand, despite frequent suggestions from the author, never wrote a book. But seldom has he talked publicly about his fabled career as he did in a series of interviews leading to this story. We’re posting it here as a tribute to a great man.
Read Column>>SPECIAL
Click to see MidWeek Special section >>EDITORS DESK IN KOREA
Why The World Needs South Korean Diplomacy To Succeed
August 01, 2005
By Don Chapman
The following is adapted from a presentation I gave during the colloquium portion of the Korea-U.S. Journalists’ Exchange Program at the East-West Center on August 1.
Read Column>>Living With A Nuclear Neighbor
August 17, 2005
By Don Chapman
The smartest thing North Korean dictator Kim Jung- II ever did — and he’s done far more than most people give him credit for — was to mass his artillery along the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) and aim it at Seoul. This was the opinion expressed by a Korea expert on the staff of the Commander-U.S. Pacific Command at Camp Smith, who briefed me before I left for Korea.
Read Column>>A Soju Toast To South Korea
August 19, 2005
By Don Chapman
It was after being in South Korea for just a week — and more specifically after just a few shots of soju, a goes-down-easy distilled sweet potato liquor, at a seafood restaurant in Busan — that I announced to our hosts: “I love Korea!”
Read Column>>As Different As Neighbors Can Be
August 24, 2005
By Don Chapman
This is the third of a three-part series based on an East-West Center fellowship and being part of the first Korea-U.S. Journalists’ Exchange Program.
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