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May 12, 2005
Fate Smiles Upon Me!
I just got an e-mail from the executive director of PiA -- I got the job with the JoongAng Daily in Seoul!
Against all odds, I'm going into journalism! Incredible. Incredibly awesome.
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May 05, 2005
"No Japanese or Dogs Allowed"
A column in the JoongAng Daily by a fellow radical moderate reveals the fallacy of racist responses to Korean-Japanese conflict. If only everyone would realize how silly labeling is.
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Wherefore Art Thou, Actual Conservatism
"Reagan and Gingrich wanted to cleanse the Augean stables. Bush, Frist, and DeLay merely demand that the patronage now go to their hacks." -Slate
I suspect this may be why my dad the lifelong Republican stopped voting for Republicans last year.
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May 03, 2005
The Galactic Prize for Extreme Cleverness Goes to...
Disney and Michael Moore, the latter for lying his way into a successful "documentary" and the former for sucking all the money out of it that they could. That's right, everyone wins! Except the American public and John Kerry.
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