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One of the most underappreciated intellectuals around, for decades Linda Gail Arrigo has stuck to her guns and stood up for human rights in Taiwan. She should be thanked for always being a truth-teller, and providing authorities with at times a much-needed cattleprod to their conscience [Note:Other publications have declined
Read moreFrom DA Taiwan DEMOCRATS ABROAD: TAIWAN ELECTION MEETING at CARNEGIE’S TAIPEI DA Taiwan’s annual election meeting will be held on Wednesday, March 30, 2011, from 6 to 9 p.m. at Carnegie’s in Taipei. Come meet fellow Democrats and vote for the new 2011-2013 boards of Directors and Supervisors — the
Read moreIn this age of demagogic bombasts, famous (and infamous) for bloated, turgid rants and supercilious harangues on the ‘fear-of-the-day’ or cause célèbre, what was it about hearing a soft-spoken, octogenarian academician that appealed to the disparate gathering in Taipei on August 9th? One may conclude that what brought all those people together was the chance to bear witness – a hunger even – to one man’s quest for truth in a world of obfuscation, deception and propaganda.
Read moreBy Trista di Genova Wild East news desk Taipei — MIT Professor Noam Chomsky, celebrated linguist, philosopher and cognitive scientist, is visiting Taiwan next month to deliver a special lecture, “Contours of World Order: Continuities and Changes” at Academia Sinica, the nation’s premiere research institution, on Monday, August 9, and
Read moreMark Perrault’s illustration of the current state of affairs.
Read moreThe New York Post published a characteristically bigoted, right-wing opinion piece Friday, May 2, “Who Needs Vigilance?” regarding Brooklyn’s Khalil Gibran International Academy and Debbie Almontaser. Almontaser was forced to step down in August 2007 as the founding principal of the Khalil Gibran School, New York City’s first public school dedicated to the study of Arabic language and culture.
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Read moreBy Trista DiGenova 1. Hypocritical: Says she doesn’t support the wars, but voted for them/funding for them. ‘If I would have known what I know now I wouldn’t have voted for it” doesn’t fly. She SHOULD HAVE KNOWN then what she claims not to have known, SHOULD’VE blocked the Bush
Read moreA great argument: Re-Open the Nomination!
Read moreIt’s coming to light that millions, maybe the entire 2-some-odd billion in relief aid is MISSING dat’s right — it NEVAH MADE IT TO VICTIMS OF HURRICANE KATRINA. Where did it all go? Even the icecubes were sent back They didn’t distribute it follow the icecubes maybe it’s in the
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