alive

Every year, the third Sunday of June, International Father’s Day, strikes a different chord for me.I was 7 when my father died of heart failure. I’m in my 30s now, but the ache hasn’t faded, and it’s helped me realize how important it is to have a parent beside you.There’s…

In a future war, the US military might not be able to rely on traditional supply chains. Instead of flying or sailing in replacement parts, it may be forced to build them on the spot, wherever its forces happen to be — on land, at sea, or on remote islands.Enter…

I know my mom’s kimchi by taste. I can also recognize that of her friends’, who would often stop by my childhood home with reams of other Korean side dishes, or “banchan.”Because of them, I have always associated the sound of a doorbell with food. They would pass onto us…