Some Statistics Regarding Government Spending In Fiscal Year 2007, the U.S. federal government’s revenue was $2.57 trillion, but it spent $2.73 trillion. This means that the federal government had to go into a debt of $160 billion just for 2007. Now, spending more than taking in is not a new phenomenon with our federal government, […]
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Government Spending and America’s Future
April 2008
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Executive Order 11246: Implications for Asian Americans
February 2008
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What is Executive Order 11246? Executive Order (EO) 11246 (see, e.g., http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Executive_Order_11246) was signed by President Lyndon B. Johnson on 9/24/65 that required Equal Employment Opportunity. The Order states that “It is the policy of the Government of the United States to provide equal opportunity in Federal employment for all qualified persons, to prohibit discrimination […]
Reflections on Atrocities in Asia During WWII
December 2007
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Seventy years have passed since the Nanking Massacre. The Nanking Massacre is undeniable, because it was witnessed and well documented at that time by many people, including western journalists, businessmen, diplomats, missionaries, and other international observers. However, the Japanese government has never officially (i.e., with a resolution passed by their Parliament) admitted to the Nanking […]
Reflections on Childhood School Discipline
October 2007
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An event that occurred more than 50 years ago still sticks in my memory. My older brother came to my grammar school on that Saturday at 12:00 noon, as usual, to pick me up to walk me home. Like many other grammar schools in Hong Kong at that time, my school had classes five and […]
