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KABOBfest Memo: Rep. Brown is Right and Wrong
Rep. Brown has a good point,but needs to be proactive. To: Texas Rep. Betty Brown (R-Terrell) This memo concerns your comment that Asian-descent voters should adopt names that are “easier for Americans to deal with.” This will surely be twisted and spun by the liberal media so eager to find racism in simple, common sense [...]
The Koran is Used to Teach Hate…
… of environmental degradation. Huh? A class of madrassahs (called a “pesantren”) in Indonesia uses Islamic principles to teach environmental conservationism. Sure, you must be thinking, this is some glitzy, new age PR by Jihadists hoping to win over Greenpeace types. One such institution, however, is Pesantren Guluk-Guluk, also called Al Nuqayah, which was established [...]
Japan and Middle East Politics in History
The paper begins, “Most people at the turn of the twenty-first century have forgotten that there was a time in Japan before World War II when Japanese nationalists showed an Asianist face to the world’s Muslims, whom they wanted to befriend as allies in the construction of a new Asia under Japanese domination.” Muslims saw [...]
Travels and photography from Burma
In June of 2005, I was given the opportunity to visit Burma while at academic conference in southern China. During the pre-trip meeting, while my group of Chinese, American and European scholars were getting ready to head out to the Golden Triangle, we were advised that first of all, while China, Thailand, and Laos were [...]
All This Talk About Myanmar…
Makes me long for Burma…
US Takes the Backseat on Myanmar
Tens of thousands of protesters — many Buddhist monks — hit the streets throughout Myanmar demanding freedom in this junta-ruled country. For the tenth day, they have defied force and brutality to call for a voice in government. In 1988, the last-time there were such protests, the government killed 3000 protesters. The government responded to [...]
The Chinese Betray American Trust
China conducted an anti-satellite weapons test by launching a missile at an old Chinese weather satellite. The test was successful. The Bush administration sat on the test for a week. The report I read described the US government’s activities during the week as, “it weigh[ed] its significance.” I would say, it was trying to figure [...]
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