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Obama’s Wright Wing Conspiracy
Everyone knows “Four score and seven years
ago” and “I have a dream,” but only Rev. Jeremiah Wright’s “God damn America!” will live forever in infamy. Unlike O.J., Obama has mesmerized Americans of all colors into backing a president that worships weekly a message that rich white (and some Asian) people hate poor black (and […] -
Business School: The New Stereotype?
We know there are a lot of Asians at engineering schools and medical schools. But check out these top undergraduate business school numbers from BusinessWeek: UC Berkeley, 54 percent Asian to 23 percent white; MIT, 37 percent Asian to 25 percent white. Even Mormon Brigham Young
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Obama: Proud To Be Americans
The chinks are finally showing up in Obama’s armor. Michelle Malkin has finally come to McCain’s side following Michelle Obama’s recent gaffe. Can you imagine “God Bless the USA” with “I’m proud to be an American … for the first time in my life”? You’d think a couple with his-and-hers Ivy
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The Power Of Stereotypes
We wonder why nobody buys Asians in show biz when blacks, Latinos, Jews and even redneck Americans exploit stereotypes for fun and profit. Chris Tucker plays up the street-smart African American against Jackie Chan. Adult Swim’s Boondocks explores how black kids
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Why Barack Can’t Win
Shelby Steele has a new book, titled A Bound Man: Why We Are Excited About Obama and Why He Can’t Win. Paul Beston of the urban policy magazine City Journal notes that Steele is a conservative black man who is critical of the use of victimhood as a source of political power; that’s become a […]
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Sometimes the Indians Win
If you want to see War and Peace fought by Chinese and Americans, watch Sand Pebbles on The History Channel. Directed by Robert Wise, who also did West Side Story and The Sound of Music, and filmed in Hong Kong and Taiwan,
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Are You as Smart As a Fifth Grader?
You have 10 minutes to compose a piano concerto and perform it on flute. A toy piano is under your seat.
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Would You Vote for a Methodist?
Take a good look again at the Republican presidential candidates. Ron Paul beats Hillary to a race to get out of Iraq. Vietnam POW McCain is still a big war hero in Little Saigon, USA. Rudy ran the second most liberal city in the nation, but doesn’t believe every Bible story and doesn’t dispute the […]
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Finland Über Alles
Tiny Finland scored first in science and second in math and reading in the 2006 Programme for International Student Assessment, sponsored by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
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The Good AIDS News
The good news is that UNAIDS, the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS, says there’s less AIDS in the world than they thought: 33 million infected worldwide compared to last year’s 40 million. The bad news is that critics were right to say that one can’t just extrapolate wildly high numbers on the basis of […]
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Higher Standards: Just Say No
Hey: all you Asian parents out there ticked off about affirmative action and all you Asian organizations with your press releases on gay marriage. You really need to know about the dark side of standards-based education reform and the president’s No Child Left Behind Act.
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‘300,’ ‘Letters From Iwo Jima’
Clint Eastwood directed Letters From Iwo Jima as a companion to Flags of Our Fathers from the point of view of the losers. It won oodles of awards and wonderful reviews, but didn’t sell that many tickets. 300 is an over-the-top adaptation of a graphic novel (that’s a comic book for us, grown ups) that […]
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2008 Asian American Olympians
