Category Archives: The People
Can you help me solve a decades-old mystery?
Of all the burning questions that might consume one’s days and sleepless nights, there is one that has followed me throughout my life and travels, across the globe. And this one appears as inscrutable as the question of how to … Continue reading
Career advice in a fortune cookie
It’s easy for us wizened veterans of the world of work to forget how important it used to be to get a promotion, a bigger-sounding title, a higher-than-average pay raise. We have the perspective of longer history and seeing many … Continue reading
The reality below the headlines
Thanh Tinh Chay is a vegan, vegetarian restaurant, specializing of course in the cuisine of Viet Nam. Helen, the proprietor, adopted a Western name upon emigration to the U.S. She and her staff make all of the food from scratch, … Continue reading
Emotions are infectious
Many years ago I worked in the intensive care unit of a psychiatric ward at Mercy Hospital. Armed lightly with my newly minted bachelor’s degree in psychology, my task was to be a custodian of psychotics, suicidal depressives and bipolar … Continue reading