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Woman poised to be 1st Chinese-American to represent N.Y.’s Chinatown
(CNN) — In politics, as in life, big things often come in small packages.
Margaret Chin stands 4 feet 11, but the veteran community activist is casting a long shadow over the political landscape in New York.
Chin is poised to win election next month as the first Chinese-American on the New York City Council to represent [...]
Take Back Your Neighborhood
Again I shake my head in dismay after reading about the Chicago street brawl that ended with the death of 16 year old Derrion Albert. How much more of this are we going to tolerate before citizens decide to take back their neighborhoods?
To understand this problem, some suggested reading would be New York University Professor [...]
Mr. President: Are You Making Any Progress?
So how is President Obama’s administration doing the second 100 days in office? Do you know? Do you care? You should care and know because this administration’s actions will affect you for year’s to come like no other administration in the past or future.
Before reading this article, go to the link provided and review the results.
As [...]
Afghanistan: Learn from History
The past is a great educator. We learn as children not to touch fire or you will be burned. How hard is it to learn that lesson concerning Afghanistan?
The former Soviet Union fought in Afghanistan for 10 years (1979 – 1989) resulting in a retreat that made Dunkirk (World War II) look like a social [...]
Social Security is Going Broke!
I am soon to be one of the Americans under 50 with apparently little to no monthly Social Security benefit appearing in my bank account. The recent news that Social Security is going broke or insolvent is not welcome news. And, if Andrea Coombes with the Wall Street Journal and other pundits are correct, more [...]
New Party in Congress: Republicrats!
Washington, DC:
A new political party has emerged from the familiar Washington landscape that has been ruled by Republicans and Democrats for over 30 years. Effective today the Republicrats will be operating in the halls of Congress.
Republicrats, if you haven’t heard are a mixture of both parties but only the best ideals of both parties. We believe [...]
Bill CLinton “I cracked…”
Former President Bill Clinton acknowledged during a series of secret interviews with then White House historian and author, Taylor Branch, that his (President Clinton’s) affair with Monica Lewinsky started because he “cracked” under the personal and professional pressures he was undergoing at the time.
As I read the article explaining how “Bill” was under such stress [...]
Cash For Clunkers: Did it work?
They say all car dealers will be reimbursed in total by September 30th, 2009 for each vehicle that meets the government’s guidelines for the CARS (AKA Cash for Clunkers) program.
The biggest question still unanswered is “did it work?”.
This program had 2 purposes: to stimulate the economy and remove inefficient, older model vehicles – the “gas guzzlers” [...]
