A recent medical study showed that practicing Taiji is equally effective versus doing physical therapy for knee osteoarthritis. [1][2] Knee osteoarthritis, commonly known as wear-and-tear arthritis of the knee, is a condition in which the natural cushioning between joints in the knee — cartilage — wears away. When this happens, the bones of the knee […]
Archive for September 2016
Reminiscence from My 55th High School Class Reunion
September 2016
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On September 10, 2016 I attended my high school’s 55th Class Reunion in Placerville, California. Many of these friends I haven’t seen since the 50th Class Reunion in 2011, and some I haven’t seen since our graduation 55 years ago in 1961. In this article I like to share some of my reminiscences from attending […]
South China Sea Dispute: Abuse of World Power*
In the last two-three months a recurring major news item is the dispute over the South China Sea and the decision of the Arbitral Tribunal (AT) and the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA). If you read the reports from American mass media and the comments from American political leaders, the impression that you get is […]