Kudos to Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) presidential candidate Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九) for remembering and lamenting the sufferings of the White Terror era during his Sunday trip to Green Island (綠島) -- the site of a former jail for political prisoners under the then authoritarian KMT regime.

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By Hsu Yue-dian and Chen Be-yu 許育典．陳碧玉
Taiwanese parents used to deter their children from misbehaving by saying, "Stop it, or the police will come and put you in jail!"

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By Dan Ritco
In my two previous articles ("Creating a better education system," Sept. 12, page 8, "What can Taiwan do about its education?", Oct. 1, page 8), I briefly addressed the issue of selecting or developing the most pedagogically sound ESL/EFL curriculum for Taiwanese learners. But many parents do not know the critical difference between a skill-based versus a content-based curriculum.

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By Allen Houng 洪裕宏
Four referendums will be held concurrently with the Jan. 12 legislative elections and the March 22 presidential election.

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More Americans have died by US gunfire since the kiling of John F. Kennedy than on foreign battlefields in the 20th century
By Paul Harris
Shirley Katz is not afraid to fight for her rights. Last week the schoolteacher, 44, went to court in her home town of Medford, Oregon, to protest her working conditions. Katz is outraged she cannot carry a handgun into class.

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Although Tibet's spiritual leader has honorary professorships across the globe, Emory University is the only place where he has accepted a teaching professorship
By Dorie Turner
It is not unusual to see the traditional maroon and gold robes of Tibetan monks mixed in with the flip-flops and T-shirts on Emory University's campus.

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