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Floating Lanterns
At sunset, about 120 lanterns floated down the waters of the Hudson River to the pounding of a taiko drum on this year’s anniversary of the Sept. 11 tragedy. Each lantern glowed in the dark from candles within that illuminated written messages of peace and the names of the dead.
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‘Hoo-ahs’ for General Taguba
“So when you see a soldier, greet him or her, and say, ‘Hoo-ah’ with pride and enthusiasm.”
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Internment Remembered in Arkansas
Thirteen hundred visitors from across the country are converging on Little Rock, Ark., this weekend to attend the conference “Life Interrupted: The Japanese American Experience in World War II Arkansas.”
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The Cracks in Asian America
An Asian American activist pal on the East Coast was telling me how she was tired of all the unity and identity discussions that we Asian Americans tend to obsess about.
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Letters to the Editor
Controversy Sells Malkin’s Book
DEAR EDITOR: Michelle Malkin, the right wing’s new media darling of color, is trying to promote her latest book, arguing that the Japanese American internment during WWII was a “military necessity” that probably saved lives. -
Riding the Same Bus
This was the scene Saturday night, Sept. 11, 2004, in front of Chicago’s Radisson O’Hare Hotel as 600 delegates of the National Federation of Filipino American Associations (NaFFAA) awaited the arrival of buses that would take them to the Hyatt Regency Hotel for the Filipiniana Gala Night.
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Way Past Middle-aged and Still Energized
Hawai‘i’s two U.S. senators each turned 80 in the same week — Sen. Daniel Inouye on Sept. 7 and Sen. Daniel Akaka on Sept. 11. Neither plans to slow down, with Inouye running for an eighth term this fall and Akaka planning to run again in two years when his current term expires.
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Arts Briefs
‘Hero’ Tops Labor Day Box Office
LOS ANGELES — Jet Li’s 4-year-old, Chinese martial-arts epic Hero relegated four new movies to the nether regions of the box office during 2004’s Labor Day weekend. -
Chinatown Panel Gets $140K Back
On a “leap of faith,” the Rev. Norman Fong of the Chinatown Community Development Corp. returned $140,000 to Pius Lee, chairman of the Chinatown Economic Development Group.
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Let’s Talk Turkey
After the devastating 1997 campaign-finance scandal that publicly scapegoated the entire APA community and vilified every single Asian donor who participated in Democratic Party politics, wouldn’t you think that APA fundraisers and contributors today take extraordinary precautions to ensure that their contributions clearly meet the tests of legality and propriety?
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Dedrick’s Civil Rights Legacy
Justice for New Americans is launching a memorial fund for Dr. Kent Dedrick that will be used to finance civil rights cases like that of Wen Ho Lee. Dedrick played a key but behind-the-scenes role in eventually vindicating the Los Alamos scientist from the federal government’s charges of espionage.
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A Happy Surprise: Shanghai eatery offers ‘small eats’ for big appetites
Maneuvering through the afternoon traffic crawl in San Mateo last week, I happened upon a nondescript restaurant, which has made a name for itself as one of the best noodle and dumpling houses on the Peninsula. Flanked by Mexican taquerias and a Salvadoran eatery, Happy Café serves up a selected handful of Shanghai delicacies, including […]
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