Dear Indians …

Dear Poarch Band of Creek Indians,
According to a recent article in the Birmingham News, you are thinking about entering into a questionably-legal compact with the State of Alabama so that you can operate Class III gambling facilities in Alabama.
I’m not going to get into the legal questions about whether the Legislature can authorize a compact [...]

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It’s GOT to be the shoes!

Yo money, remember Mars Blackmon?
Yes, everyone’s favorite global sweatshop-running shoe company truly has a way of feeling the pulse of minority communities. What began as a tiny Eugene operation involving Phil Knight, Bill Bowerman, and Pre, became a global juggernaut. Those of you who didn’t grow up as the child of a cross-country coach can [...]

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Elections and Genocide

Bored by endless and empty “Obama v. McCain” stories in the national media? I sure am.
But if you still want to follow the races, turn your eyes to Memphis. This Thursday, Steve Cohen is running for re-election in Tennessee’s 9th Congressional District. Who is Cohen? He’s the first Jewish person to represent Tennessee in Congress. [...]

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Armenia Mania

Just recently we had the much-reviled-by-the-right-for-some-reason Nancy Pelosi speaking in public about Armenia, “urging passage of the Armenian Genocide Resolution, a move described by legislators on both sides of the aisle as a long overdue rejection of Turkey’s “gag-rule” on the U.S. Congress and a powerful step toward ending all forms of U.S. complicity in [...]

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Compare and Contrast

I respect a former NBA player who was never very good a lot more than I respect a major presidential candidate from the Democratic party.

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A Little Armenian History Music, If You Please…

I responded in the comments to a provocative reader comment concerning my recent post about Armenia and Azerbaijan. That post was written in a very joking tone, and I wasn’t expecting anyone to step in and start defending Azerbaijan. So let me include a little documentation for those of you who might have read that [...]

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Yo, who is Azerbaijan tryin’ to step to?

More than 50 members of Congress are trying to pressure Alabama’s own Condi Rice to roll up and check them fools. Azeri President Ilham Aliyev thinks he knows what’s up with Nagorno-Karabakh? Oh hell naw. Why are they harassing my ancestral land all South Caucasus style?
In other ethnic heritage/genocide news, the lead singer from [...]

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Skullface Suharto Dies

It’s strange that I had put off writing about Indonesia back when I was writing last month about American “allies” around the world. I was writing at that time about elections held in South Korea and Australia and Thailand and was just thinking about Southeast Asia in general. I had been planning on talking about [...]

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Remaining dignity

The Los Angeles Times reported recently on the ongoing controversy about UC Berkeley’s treatment of the remains of more than 12,000 Native Americans stored in a facility under the swimming pool. The story is worth reading, and certainly the issue has not engendered nearly as much outrage as it deserves. Here are the facts of [...]

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Scrubbing Pol Pots

Sorry for the delay in posting. I think I was in some kind of Tryptophan-induced coma for the past few days. What’s that you say? You have to eat meat for that to be a legit excuse for not blogging? Oh. Well, maybe it was actually thalidomide. Sidebar: While you’re clicking on that link, be [...]

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