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CROSSROADS TO SOMEWHERE: Anyone Want to Argue Life Isn’t Good?

By W.T. WIMPY HIROTO There’s something cool about hitting the red power button on my TV remote and coming up a Frank Sinatra* ballad instead of a Dodger double play, although Vin Scully is just as memorable. ... 

KNOW YOUR RIGHTS: The Path to Citizenship

By MARK YOSHIDA American citizenship is the most valuable status our nation bestows, with U.S. citizens enjoying the highest level of rights, privileges, and freedoms guaranteed by our country. For foreign-born... 

VOX POPULI: The Sensible Nobility of Failure (Kedakaki Shisonji)

By JUN KAWASAKI Minamoto-no-Yoshitsune (1159-1189) is lauded in Japanese history for his brilliant military career that culminated in defeating the Heiji (or Taira — an offspring descendent of Japan’s... 

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Shedding Light on the Redress Era

Dear Editor, This is in response to Grant Ujifusa’s May 15 Letter to the Editor. As someone who was at the Manzanar Pilgrimage, I wanted to clarify that what Professor Mitch Maki said was that President... 

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Let’s Not Lose Sight of the Lessons of Redress

Dear Editor, I would like to thank Grant Ujifusa for providing important information to your readers regarding the Kazuo Masuda story. Mr. Ujifusa’s information is correct that Gov. Thomas Kean was pivotal... 

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HORSE’S MOUTH: I Sat Next to a $105,000 Winner!

By GEORGE YOSHINAGA Yeah, I know. When people read the following segment of today’s column, they’ll all mutter, “Oh, Horse, there you go again concocting wild stories.” I have witnesses to what... 

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SENIOR MOMENTS: Our Mediterranean Cruise

By PHIL SHIGEKUNI Marion and I just returned from a 12-day Mediterranean cruise. We boarded the Celebrity Solstice in Barcelona Spain, and visited Nice, France; then Florence, Rome, Naples and Venice,... 

J-Slanted

J-SLANTED: Trusting in Good/Bad Potential

By JORDAN IKEDA Rafu Contributor So much for Daisuke Matsuzaka coming back to save the Red Sox season. He’s fast approaching the major league enforced 30-day maximum rehabilitation assignment and according... 

ThroughTheFire - Sharon

THROUGH THE FIRE: A Personal Side to Gordon Hirabayashi

By SHARON YAMATO It was a fitting and timely tribute by the UCLA Department of Asian American Studies Department and the UCLA Research Library when it honored Gordon Hirabayashi on April 5 with a program... 

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INTO THE NEXT STAGE: Lots of Asian American Regulars Among the New Fall Television Shows

By GUY AOKI This week, we got the annual “out with the old, in with the new” reports as the television networks announced their new 2012-2013 line-up.  Although a few shows featuring Asian American... 

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