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	Emil Amok: It’s About Inclusion On the radio news, Jessie Jackson was making sound bites. “There’s a face on those chads,” he was saying. “Let every vote count.” Eyes may roll at the thought of Jackson missing an opportunity to rhyme with chad. Perhaps he could have thrown in a perfunctory “chad make me sad, Dad.” Or how about a hounding and repetitious, “Keep votes alive! Keep votes alive!” But to me, Jackson was making a point that practically jumped out of my radio speakers. Rhyme or no-rhyme, when it comes to democracy, counting chads, counting votes, is all about inclusion. COMPLETE STORY...		Violence Spotlights Lao Community in Baltimore (in National News) California High Court Bans Minority Outreach via Prop. 209 (in Bay Area News) Asian Domain Names on the Web (in Business) When Nights Were Dark: Performance Art by Eiko and Koma (in A&E)

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Floss Talk: Horror Stories Spark My Imagination I like reading, especially horror fiction books with a little romance in them. I don’t think of myself as what you kids might call a “nerd or a bookworm.” I’m just someone who likes to get lost in my imagination. I know why teenagers hate to read because I’m a teenager myself. If teachers tell me to read those science or history books, I would be the first one getting yelled at for sleeping in class. COMPLETE STORY...

Lead Editorial: AsianWeek’s Wish List. All we want for the holidays is a better world. Letters to the Editor: McGoldrick vs. Samson Wong; Clarifying CAUSE-Vision 21’s Analysis; Why Yaki Doesn’t Deserve Richmond’s Votes; A Call for Instant Runoff Voting; Some Facts about Phelan.

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