Anti-Asian-American Violence Still Persists…

Thanks to Danny Yang and the Next Gener.Asian Church blog for this reminder.
Almost three decades after Vincent Chin, I am saddened that we are still hearing about violence against Asian-Americans. As much as we think we’ve progressed, we have not.
2 Teenagers Are Accused of Killing Sleeping Man
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/11/nyregion/11arrests.html
Walking down a street in Flushing, Queens, long after [...]

Ronald T. Takaki dies at 70

Ronald T. Takaki dies at 70; pioneer in the field of ethnic studies – Los Angeles Times.
I read Dr. Takaki’s Strangers From a Different Shore as a textbook in high school. Sad to find out he committed suicide after batting MS. We need more Asian-American scholars committed to educating people about race and ethnicity in [...]

How Tim Keller Found Manhattan

The newest Christianity Today has an excellent article about Pastor Tim Keller of Redeemer Presbyterian in New York:

How Tim Keller Found Manhattan | Christianity Today
…Keller speaks like a college professor, absorbed in his content, of which there is a lot. When longtime friend and founding member Dee Pifer invited colleagues from her Manhattan law firm, [...]

On George Tiller’s murder

On Sunday, Dr. George Tiller was murdered by a gunman in Wichita. Dr. Tiller was known for being one of the few doctors in the country who would perform late-term abortions.
Al Mohler (link below) writes an eloquent and well-informed commentary about this murder, affirming that this is a heinous crime. We cannot and should not [...]