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...more years, but when it became clear that the Pathet Lao would win he fled to Thailand and then to the U.S. Today, some 200,000 other Hmong live in exile communities in the U.S. But not all Hmong made it to America: 15,000 of Vang's brethren were cut off from escape and were forced to melt away into the mountainous jungles of Laos...
Responsibility for that defeat will not lie with al Qaeda and its terrorist brethren. It will not lie with the Bush Administration for its overzealous interpretation of executive power. It will not lie with the members of Congress who passed legislation to restrict civil liberties. It will lie squarely on the shoulders of America’s citizens who witnessed the erosion of the liberties on which their country was founded—and did nothing...
...order to address the great dearth of understanding regarding the Midwest, I have taken it upon myself to share a bit about my native culture so that you all will be better equipped to make accurate judgements about my brethren in the future. Hopefully, I can debunk a few misconceptions and also point out a few interesting pieces of information. The following is a guide to Midwest fact and fiction...
...ever wanted to do was serve me--by blasting through snowdrifts, fording flooded driveways and pulling my wife's VW out of ditches--and in all these chores, it has succeeded splendidly, yet certain people hate it. They hate its kind. They accuse my Toyota and its beefy brethren of being wasteful, anti-social, dangerous and even of abetting terrorism. I'd like to think that the critics' hostility, like other forms of bigotry, stems from ignorance--because they simply don't know my vehicle or the rugged Montana terrain it ranges over. But I sense that their anger...
Luckily, the scantily-clad-male-undergraduate-calendar vacuum need not remain vacant for long. As in so many other fields, from football to academics, Harvard undergraduates can here succeed where their New Haven brethren have failed. And in this economic environment, Harvard charitable efforts would benefit from the proceeds. A call for nude volunteers will encourage commitment-shy Harvard students to finally commit themselves to charitable endeavors—body and soul...