So, capitalism is like Mario Kart. Bear with me here. Because, think about it, don’t we all know who is already going to win before halfway through the race? There’s almost always one jerk all the way in the front, cruising and leaving banana traps for the rest of us. Maybe there’s two, but there’s […]
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Read more "Burying the Hatchet"Gook was an amazing film. An exceptional film. A film that brought tears to my eyes. Okay, to be honest, I cry very easily to on screen tragedy. But that means it was done well. Spoilers ahead, so please be wary before reading forward. Gook wonderfully expresses the Korean-American experience during the famous LA riots […]
Read more "My Review of Gook"Some years ago, the founding fathers gathered to create the bill of rights. Well, it was mainly Madison who wrote them, but it was agreed upon by the other representatives. Among these inalienable rights was the right of all people – or whoever counts as “people” – to “the freedom of speech … [and] press.” […]
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