Celebrating Christmas: A Visit With Nicholas 圣诞老人，报上名来 Christmas celebrates the birth of Christ, the Nativity of the babe in the manger whom Christians believe was the Son of God. In...
A Celestial Ambience 劫后余生：巴黎圣母院 As a testament to the correlation between glorious spaces and heavenly thoughts, the Notre Dame de Paris has stood for 750 years as the apex of Euro...
The Catcher in the Rye 麦田守望者 Banned by many schools and libraries when first published in 1951, “The Catcher in the Rye” has been courting controversy for half a century. J.D. Salinger’...
All for One and One for All 共同基金大不同 Financial investment is a game of risks and rewards, the object being to minimize the former and maximize the latter. Concentrating investment capital...
Not Merely Music: The Phenomenon of Hip-Hop 所向披靡嘻哈风 It seems that hip-hop music is ubiquitous1 these days, from popular radio to TV commercials. Whatever your opinion of hip-hop music ma...
From Hell (I) 地狱追魂帖 In the autumn of 1888, in London’s sordid Whitechapel district, one name evoked terror and trepidation1 more than any other: “Jack the Ripper”. Never identified, Ja...
Gay Youth: The Straight Facts 少年“同志”：成长荆棘路 For most people, adolescence is a difficult time of life filled with pressure from peers, parents, and school. For gay, lesbian, and...
Tradition Facing Forward 国油双峰塔：亚洲出头天！ With pinnacles ascending 452 meters above Kuala Lumpur, the Petronas Twin Towers have a slender elegance reminiscent1 of the graceful spir...
The Ups and Downs of Katherine Graham 奋斗与坚持：报业女巨人的一生 It could safely be said of Katherine Graham that few women had a greater influence on 20th-century American history. Wh...
All That Jazz “爵”代风华 You may have heard of Kenny G, but what do you really know about jazz? Jazz is a genuinely American art form that has blossomed into a worldwide phenomenon. It is cert...
