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Ethical Living | Opinion
What I learned when I stopped chasing ‘likes’
In the age of social media over-sharing, one travel writer puts down his camera and recaptures the true meaning of his expeditions
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Ethical Living | Opinion
Canadian in Sri Lanka describes horror of nearby church bombing
The writer was just around the corner from St. Sebastian's Church when it was attacked Easter morning
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Death | Society
When Tim Johnson’s mom died, he had to figure out how to grieve
Learning to live without her was messy, the ups and downs unpredictable, but research into grief helped
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World | Society
Bhutan says it is the most blissful place on Earth. Is it true?
The kingdom shuns measuring Gross National Product in favour of Gross National Happiness, yet not all is copacetic
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World | Human Rights
Travel to countries that flout human rights carries ethical issues
It also offers the opportunity to ask questions, learn, hold governments to account and put money into local hands
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World | Justice
Rwanda, healing from genocide, is now an African success story
About 800,000 perished in 100 horrifying days in 1994, but a system of traditional restorative justice has helped bring the nation back to strength
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World | Technology
Internet access is so easy now that it’s hard to be unplugged
Even the most remote places in the world are still connected, says travel writer Tim Johnson, and finding a retreat is rare
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World | Politics
The Koreas, on the most complicated peninsula in the world, remain at war
Like yin and yang, whatever the North does, the South does the opposite, to the max -- and vice versa
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Justice | Human Rights
The Salvadoran civil war has left citizens searching for peace
People are trying to move on 20 years after a brutal civil war tore communities apart
