Parental child abduction and custody: readers respond
Parental child abduction and custody: readers respond
The following are a selection of readers’ responses to the recent Zeit Gist articles on child custody and parental child abduction by Colin P. A. Jones (Oct. 20, Nov. 17) and “Richard Cory” (Nov. 3):
I am a grandmother of two handsome, intelligent Japanese-Canadian boys. Until this past April and May, when I visited my son and his new, beautiful and intelligent wife, I had not seen them for seven years. This was because my son’s ex-wife had thrown him out.
Rock Challenge Japan sets youthful energy, idealism to music
Hip hop, pop, ballade and minyo Japanese folk formed the musical backdrops in the Rock Challenge Japan 2009 last week, a dance performance by and for high schoolers.
Soundtracks ranged from Pitbull’s “I Know You Want Me” and other contemporary dance music to soran bushi, a minyo favorite, to the Rev. Martin Luther King’s “I Have a Dream” speech, with some of the performances featuring scenes from dramas “The Hunchback of Notre Dame” and James Cameron’s “Titanic,” among others.