Once the tiger hunted man. Today the terrifying cat has become high-end gourmet food. As it is, there are far more tigers now living in parks and zoos and farms than in the wild.
After over two decades, I am no longer a driver. Facing spiking gas prices and much-needed repairs, I donated my Toyota Corolla to an organization that takes care of orphans.
It was a half-dozen years since the Vietnam War ended, and we'd already turned into an American family on a European vacation. We arrived at Waterloo at last. When we finally stood on top, almost out of breath, my father began to narrate the story of the old battle.
A while back, when I was visiting my mother's ancestral village in Thai Binh province in northern Vietnam, it occurred to me that, after a barrage of questions from distant relatives, not once did anyone ask that common question in America: "So, what do you do?"
The cash-strapped Municipal Transportation Agency desperately needs revenue. Since taxation isn't going to do it, overzealous fines will.
