Mary Silver, The Epoch Times

Mary Silver

The Epoch Times

Atlanta, GA, United States

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Son Seeks Release of Mother Imprisoned in China Over Dance DVDs

Tall, serious, and polite, Yu "Erwin" Xiao met me in Atlanta to talk about his mother. She is a good person, not a criminal, he said, but she is being held → Read More

Police shootings, the media, and the public: 'Don;t believe your lying eyes'

Police shootings is a historic story, but often the media goes for sensation and forgets context, said a panel of police, journalists and a scholar. → Read More

Books, Dystopias, and the Joy of Los Angeles Public Library

I should have loved The Last Bookstore. The independent store in downtown Los Angeles sells books, takes donated books, and exhibits art. It has sculpture → Read More

Artists Disney and Miyazaki Connect to Other Worlds

Disney gave us a glimpse of a world in which kindness leads to happiness. → Read More

Three Key Questions and Four Facts About Mental Health

Mrs. Rosalynn Carter and Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration want you to ask three questions and know four facts about mental health. → Read More

Lunch With the One Percent

I drove deeper and deeper into the hard-core, one percenter, mansion zone. The weather was unsettled, with a menacing slate gray sky on one side and a blue → Read More

Superbugs Reach a Tipping Point

Superbugs could infect millions, and they are set to spread, but with good health leadership, we can protect many people from getting them. → Read More

Coolness Is Indestructible, but Addiction Blights Lives

We called him Indestructo. No matter what risks he took, he survived. He did not just survive. He landed perfectly, with an understated swagger. → Read More

The Few, the Proud, The Ride2Freedom

Young cyclists who crossed the continent to raise awareness about the persecution of Falun Gong in China held a final concert outside the Lincoln Memorial. → Read More

Twelve Thousand Candles Mark Sixteenth Washington Vigil for Falun Gong

A comment about the cosmos is made with small flames around the Washington Monument on the anniversary of Falun Gong’s persecution. → Read More

Citizenship Classes Free Legal Help Launches for Asian Immigrants

Since she started her non-profit, Helen Kim Ho wanted to offer a legal hotline in five languages, legal help, and ESL citizenship classes. They're here! → Read More

Iranian Rider in Ride2Freedom Champions Freedom

She could have spent the summer in air-conditioned comfort in Dubai, but 21-year-old Ghazal Tavanaei chose to Ride2Freedom instead. → Read More

For Father's Day, Take Action!

Fathers should take charge of Father's Day and do something, almost anything, because doing things together is the best way to bond. → Read More

Writing Coach Roy Peter Clark Will Rock You

Writing coach Roy Peter Clark showed us how to break a project into parts, how to rock and roll, and how to do perfect classroom management. → Read More

Iris Apfel Is More Than Her Plumage

Iris Apfel is a fashion icon, but according to the documentary, Iris, she is also a friend, a stoic, an artist, and a practitioner of some old virtues. → Read More

Smart People Get Scammed: How to Be a Hard Target

The rich and wily and the poor and naive can all be scammed, and so can everyone in between. To fight scams, know what to do and what not to do. → Read More

Four Reforms Needed to Handle the Next Big Ebola Epidemic

The Ebola epidemic showed how much work the world should do to prepare for the next health crisis. A group of experts propose four reforms for WHO. → Read More

Baltimore Riots Have Complicated Background, Cure

Media coverage of the Baltimore riots Twitter calls the Baltimore Uprising varies from thoughtful and deep to "if it bleeds it leads." → Read More

Cartoonists: Will Draw for Peace

Plantu had dreams of the cartoonists being acclaimed as heroes on the red carpet. "They protect us by protecting democracy." → Read More

Four Ways to Lessen Campus Rapes

Multiple interventions reduce campus rapes, according to a scholar and a Krav Maga expert. Building empathy and fighting skills are two good ones. → Read More