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October 16, 2021 An Amrikan Chimaera

Where Are You REALLY From?

Where are you from? You can’t be American! There are people who are so gauche unintentionally. And then there are the ones who know better but purposefully go the other direction…
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March 11, 2022 An Amrikan Chimaera

Empathy in an Outrageous World

Or… I ain’t problematic, I have a [group name] friend!! I’ve been thinking a lot lately about in-person exposure to
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February 14, 2022 An Amrikan Chimaera

Here’s to the Maybes

Here’s to the Maybes, the Almosts, the Ones told “I can’t”, the Ones busied away. Do you ever think about where they must go Once you’ve relegated them to a footnote?
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February 13, 2022 An Amrikan Chimaera

A Single Guy’s (Positive) Take on Valentine’s Day

If you’re in a good relationship, celebrate that today. Don’t patronize your single friends. Don’t act like you forgot the day. Even a bog standard date on Valentine’s Day ain’t a horror show.
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December 20, 2021 An Amrikan Chimaera

My Empire of Hurt

I’ve been in bit of pain for the past few months. I’m starting to come out of it. And I hope everyone in the same boat can do the same too.
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November 20, 2021 An Amrikan Chimaera

India Sweets & Spices Review – Desi Representation & Colorism in Mainstream American Culture

India Sweets & Spices, about a girl named Alia who discovers family secrets during summer break, certainly does have imperfections. But I’m happy that it exists and that it adds to the growing (and never perfect) list of stories told about South Asians.
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November 11, 2021 An Amrikan Chimaera

The Inclusivity of Sport

There are few avenues in life where I have felt more welcome and included than as part of a sports fandom. For a few hours, I didn’t have to be The Muslim representative or wasn’t seen as The Brown Guy.
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October 23, 2021 An Amrikan Chimaera

The Model Minority Myth and Maher

The Model Minority Myth bolsters the idea that Asians experience less hate & prejudice because $$. And explains lack of empathy with our struggles.
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October 16, 2021 An Amrikan Chimaera

Where Are You REALLY From?

Where are you from? You can’t be American! There are people who are so gauche unintentionally. And then there are the ones who know better but purposefully go the other direction…
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March 11, 2022 An Amrikan Chimaera

Empathy in an Outrageous World

Or… I ain’t problematic, I have a [group name] friend!! I’ve been thinking a lot lately about in-person exposure to
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January 14, 2016 Locke

David Bowie’s Under Pressure and the Challenge of Love

As much as I loved David Bowie’s role as Cultural Icon David Bowie in Zoolander and would have enjoyed seeing him do a cameo

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August 27, 2015 Demosthenes

Mike Vick and the Agency of Dogs

Personalamente, the difficulty of the Mike Vick case is isn’t as simple as my love for animals. The reason is agency, which is the

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June 23, 2015 Locke

Catholic Muslims: The Pope and the Qur’an

Pope Francis released an encyclical today discussing the environment and humanity’s responsibility to be good shepherds of it. Quoth Rod Dreher: What Francis has

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June 16, 2015 Demosthenes

Louisianans Should Impeach Bobby Jindal

Holy effing eff. The mathematical gymnastics needed by Bobby Jindal just to keep his No Taxes pledge to Grover Norquist’s Americans for Tax Reform

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June 15, 2015 Locke

The Politics of… Srsly No One Care About Clinton’s Announcement Speech

Kevin Drum on Hillary Clinton’s lovely but completely ineffectual and unimplementable announcement speech: As near as I can tell, Americans seem to vote for

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June 10, 2015 Demosthenes

Putting Hillary Clinton’s Foreign Policy on Blast

Or… Chafee’ing at the Bit Last week, former Rhode Island governor Lincoln Chafee announced his intention to run for the Democratic nomination to the

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June 2, 2015 Demosthenes

Let’s Move Palestine Out of Palestine because… GOD

Mike Huckabee is a fruit cake but at least he’s an honest one. Speaking to Arutz Sheva TV on Sunday, Huckabee called for the

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May 27, 2015 Locke / Of cabbages and kings

I Bought (Another) House – Wait, Why?

… or Shut-up State Farm, Your “Nevers” Commercial is Wrong! A few years ago, I moved out of my house in the ‘burbs into

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May 20, 2015 Demosthenes

Chris Christie Needs to STFU

Daniel Larison of The American Conservative, who is one of my favorite writers on foreign policy, nails the failed War on Yemen while reviewing

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May 12, 2015 Demosthenes

The USA doesn’t owe its damned allegiance to Israel or Saudi Arabia

In an Economist.com article on a scheduled summit between American and the six members of the Gulf Co-operation Council on May 13th and 14th,

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