Category Archives: Current Events

Governor Bobby Jindal Running for President

If you thought the Republican presidential field was already too large, Governor of Louisiana Bobby Jindal threw his hat into the ring on June 24th making him the 13th (? – I think!) official candidate to run for the Republican … Continue reading

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Michelle Kwan Joins Hillary Clinton’s 2016 Presidential Campaign Staff

This is kind of old news, but I wanted to blog about it for the record. Back on June 10th, Michelle Kwan (yes, the figure skater and Olympic medal winner) is joining the 2016 Hillary Clinton for President campaign, as first … Continue reading

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8AsiansNews: TSA Regularly Finds Ninja Stars In Carry-On Luggage

#TSATravelTips – ALL martial art weapons are prohibited from being packed in carry-on bags. They may however be packed in checked baggage, but it’s best to check local laws to ensure your weapons aren’t illegal to possess. A photo posted … Continue reading

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CAAM: The Golden Spike

2015 marks the 150th anniversary of the completion of the western half of the Transcontinental Railroad by Chinese immigrants.Often, the immigrant Chinese’s role in this historic accomplishment has been literally white washed. As part of celebrating Asian-Pacific American Heritage Month, the Center … Continue reading

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16-year-old Asian Exchange Student Gored by Bison in Yellowstone

A 16-year-old exchange student from Taiwan staying with a host family in the United States visits Yellowstone National Park, stands three feet away from a live wild bison, turns her back to it for a picture, and is gored in … Continue reading

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Asian American Commercial Watch: Mad Men’s Series Finale: ‘I’d Like to Buy the World a Coke Commercial’

I’m a fan of the now completed AMC series ‘Mad Men,‘ (though I have to say, relative to ‘Breaking Bad,’ I thought was somewhat over-rated). This past week, ‘Mad Men’ concluded its series and the last scene is with one … Continue reading

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NPR: The Frightened Vietnamese Kid Who Became A U.S. Army General

Last year, Viet Luong made history by being the first Vietnamese American to become a U.S. general. Forty years ago this past week, Luong was a 9-year-old boy in Saigon (now known as Ho Chi Minh City) fell to the … Continue reading

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Asians Behaving Badly: Science Teacher David Park Arrested For Sexual Relationship With Student

Reported on KTLA 5, Science Chemistry and Biology Teacher David Park of Los Altos High School in heavily Asian American neighborhood Hacienda Heights has been arrested for having a relationship with a 15 year old student. His bail is $1 … Continue reading

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Asians Behaving Badly: Supposed Social Network Co-founder Minh Nguyen Arrested for Murder

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A0y9Is9CH9I Thirty-eight year old Minh Nguyen, supposed co-founder of social network company Plaxo, was charged with murder of his ex-wife’s new husband in front of their children. Nguyen was arrested. Editors Note from Joz: After the initial news broke about … Continue reading

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NPR: Whatever Floats Your Goat: The 2015 Lunar New Year Animal Is Up For Debate

Happy Lunar New Year! I had heard this NPR piece recently, and thought it was very educational – because I have heard many Happy Chinese / Lunar New Year celebration and exclaiming Happy Year of the Goat, Sheep or Ram. … Continue reading

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Can Asians Fly?

With the recent ATR-72 TransAsia Airways plane crash in Taiwan and the Asian airplane tragedies in the last couple of years, I thought it was important for me to weigh in on the question of whether Asians pilots can fly airplanes. … Continue reading

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8Asians.com Exclusive: Interview with ABC’s ‘Fresh Off the Boat’ Hudson Yang & his Dad Jeff Yang

As we’ve all heard by now, Fresh Off the Boat, is the first American television series staring an Asian American family in over twenty years (since Margaret Cho’s All American Girl in 1994) is coming to ABC, with the first … Continue reading

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