Q essay: Starting anew after a sombre summer
After a tough summer in much of the world, Jian hopes for better times ahead.
In the first opening essay of a new season, Jian acknowledges all those for whom Summer 2014 was difficult, even devastating. Far from slow news stories about beating the heat, sombre headlines -- about Gaza, Ukraine, Syria, Iraq, Ferguson -- have dominated these past few months.
With these difficult realities in mind, Jian looks forward to a new season and, hopefully, to better times ahead.
"Surely it's worth taking a moment today to reflect on the summer that was. An appreciation of the good fortune those of us who may live in peace can enjoy... and the desperate struggles that our fellow humans who do not, must face."
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