Author Archive

jiinbaek

Running the government is about balancing different thoughts. Making decisions based on extreme processes and dogmatic beliefs are precarious, if not disastrous. Conservatism is therefore significant and necessary. It must …

Among commentators on Korean politics, there is a renowned saying that “the conservatives are ruined by corruption, yet the progressives are ruined by dissolution.” While this usually applies to politics, endless …

In his essay Politics and the English Language, George Orwell diagnosed the problem of Modern English as the following: “It becomes ugly and inaccurate because our thoughts are foolish, but the …

No matter how many people attack his foreign policy choices during the Cold War era, Henry A. Kissinger, the former Secretary of State under Presidents Nixon and Ford, shaped some …