The NJ Commission on Holocaust Education has just published “A Curriculum Guide for Secondary Teachers” on “The Nanking Massacre and Other Japanese Atrocities Committed during the Asia-Pacific War: 1931-1945,” and is distributing copies of this Curriculum Guide to all high schools in NJ. During the 14 years of WWII in Asia, over 25 million Chinese, […]
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Watershed Event in Teaching WWII Asian History in NJ Schools
December 2007
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Negative Versus Positive Media Reporting
October 2007
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“Cops: Driver tried to run 2 of us over,” “Woman’s death may be homicide,” and “Cops bust drug ring, arrest 21” are the top right headline articles on the front page of the main section of the Asbury Park Press for the three days of September 20, 21, and 22, 2007.[1] It seems that whenever […]
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Some Thoughts on the Immigration Issue
August 2007
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The immigration issue has always been an important topic for the U.S., which historically has been essentially a country of immigrants. From early on in the history of this country, it has also been an ambivalent issue, ranging from idealism to realism associated with human behavior and shortcomings. For example, on the one hand, when […]
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Making Sense of the Price of Gasoline
What are the reasons for the huge profits of the big U.S. oil companies in 2007, and are they justifiable? We have probably all heard of the huge profits that the big U.S. oil companies made in 2007. For example, the 2007 profits of the big five oil companies in the U.S. are: ExxonMobil – […]