“He has combined with others to subject us to a jurisdiction foreign to our constitution, and unacknowledged by our laws.” – one of the charges against King George III listed in the US Declaration of Independence Rui Umezawa-Toronto: Stifled laughter murmured across the congregation gathered at the church of Western democracy shortly before the 2008 [...]

Rui Umezawa-Toronto: The media, all said and done, could not help but frame the recent financial crisis in Ireland in terms of the country’s fierce sense of identity when a crucial by-election was held Nov. 25 in the northern rural county of Donegal. The senatorial election occurred the day after Prime Minister Brian Cowen introduced [...]

Rui Umezawa-Toronto: Southern Baptist Seminary President Albert Mohler made headlines last week when he called on Christians to avoid yoga. According to the Associated Press, Mohler objects to “the idea that the body is a vehicle for reaching consciousness with the divine.” He also said many people have told him they’re only doing the physical [...]

Rui Umezawa-The Spirit Age: Shonen Jet was a black and white live action adventure serial popular among Japanese children in the years immediately preceding 1964 – before colour television broadcasts first went to air in Japan due to the Tokyo Olympics. The series centred on the crime-fighting escapades of Jet, a boy detective who wore [...]