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Since June of 2008, I have been based in Hanoi, the capital of a Vietnam that is in the midst of rapid change. I teach a business and communications curriculum to young students at a small private college. I am enjoying living and working here very much. One

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Jobs & Careers > Jobs & Careers (Other) Starting a new second career after retirement: 1 of 19
How many times will life allow you to re-invent yourself? What are your options at 50-plus after a rewarding career in the sweet spot of the telecommunications boom of the late 1990's? What choices are left after you gambled in the California real estate boom of 2000 to 2005 and came out far enough ahead to keep your seat at ... More..
Business > International Business & Trade Globalization: Who benefits from it?: 4 of 61
Globalization: Who Benefits from it?This term Globalization gets thrown around a lot these days and few of us agree on what it is although we each have our own definition. One thing many of us do agree on, however, is that globalization is not a good thing and that it has something to do with the current erosion in our percei... More..
Politics, News & Issues > Political Issues Vietnam War: What Have We Learned?: 1 of 15
I've been teaching and living here in Hanoi for about 3 months now. I frequently touch on the subject of the "American" war here in my classes, and of course, to the generation of young people here it's something they learn about in school and that their parents tell them about over meals. Students have told me that it's ofte... More..
Creative Writing > Essays Essays: Self-awareness through sailing: 1 of 4
Why are we drawn to the challenge of the sea? Why have humans for centuries looked out past our limitations, both physical and spiritual and sought to understand what lay beyond? There is something in the human spirit, call it curiosity or the seductive nature of discovery that drives us to understand the things that seem to ... More..
Politics, News & Issues > US Military (Other) Should the US intervene in the internal affairs of other countries?: 3 of 8
Intervention Yes, But With BalanceVietnam: A Case Study in InterventionI've been living and working here in Hanoi for 9 months now, and I am still a bit surprised to observe how little our view of Vietnam in America has changed in the 30-odd years since we left. On an American television program recently, the young 20-somethi... More..
Creative Writing > Novel Excerpts Novel excerpts: Growing up: 24 of 52
Take Me Home with You, Inez Garcia It was a case of mistaken identity. I was driving a stolen car in downtown Dallas, Texas. I was on a local city street after an evening out with a new girlfriend. We were celebrating our completion of a training program for an insurance company, having started the first job of our post-colle... More..