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An Open Letter to the Richest One Percent

2011-11-11T04:01:15Z

Dear Rich People: [Feed content from SuddenWorld | copyright chongmal 04240F] I feel a great need to touch base with you, because I get the feeling that your wealth has put some of you out of touch—just a tad, just a smidgeon, just an ingot out of touch—with the rest of the 99% of America. [...]

Name-Calling in America: A Case of Closet Bigotry

2008-02-29T14:14:43Z

The America I look forward to living in is a nation where having “Hussein” as part of one’s name, regardless of whether you are the guy living next door or the guy in contention to be the next President of the United States, becomes a non-issue. No, let me rephrase that. “Non-issue” implies a lack [...]

American Navel-Gazing

2008-02-24T06:03:47Z

For the most part, the United States of America is in a good place…geographically speaking. We’re fortunate to have neighbors to the north and south in the way of Canada and Mexico respectively with whom we have modern peacetime borders. [Feed content from SuddenWorld | copyright chongmal 04240F] Despite the derision that may lurk in [...]

Big Chunk Tuesday, Choosing the Presidential Candidate Who Best Serves Your Interests

2008-02-24T07:43:56Z

I thought I’d try to trump the media-labeled primary/caucus event “Super Tuesday” with my own hokey catch-phrase, “Big Chunk Tuesday.” Why not, since such a large number of delegates for both the Republican and Democratic Presidential nominees are at stake? Mmm…stake…makes me hungry for democracy. [Feed content from SuddenWorld | copyright chongmal 04240F] If you [...]

Putting Obama in His Place

2008-02-05T01:34:58Z

Does Senator Barack Obama’s win in the Iowa caucuses represent a historical sea change in American politics regarding the matter of ethnic identity? That incredible speech he gave following his victory, taking first while Senator John Edwards and Senator Hillary Clinton took second and third respectively, was-dare I say-reaching the transcendent. I think he may [...]