Okay, not me personally–if you’ve read my blog enough, you can probably figure out almost all of my political principles. Instead, an interesting–certainly interesting to me as an Asian American–new poll is out from Gallup on the political leanings of Asian Americans. Overall, 41% of Asians identify politically as Democrats, 41% as independents, and 16% …
Jim Wallis says that budgets are moral documents, and that how we spend our money shows what our values are. Introduced today, President Obama’s $3.83 trillion budget treads a delicate balance between trying to get the economy going again and trying to bring down the massive inherited budget deficit.* Anyway, the budget for FY 2011 …
… at least in my opinion. Today, he spoke at the House Republican retreat, including a Q&A, which follows. It was awesome.
News John C. Liu is sworn in as the first Asian-American comptroller of New York City. Republicans are coming out strongly against consumer protection. Sports TIME profiles Harvard’s Jeremy Lin. Why Edgar Martinez belongs in the Hall of Fame. Miscellaneous The changing Oval Office. Avatar gets conservatives in a huff.
On Immigration (courtesy of Immigration Impact): Lou Dobbs, fresh off the heels of his CNN departure and perhaps looking to prime an important constituency, tries to soften his anti-immigrant tone to curry favor with the Hispanic population, and is confronted by Telemundo’s María Celeste. Honestly, I find it a little hard to believe that he’s …