Today, Public Understanding Of Our Past And

Here's A Proposal, Offered Only Partly In Jest: No Resident Of The United States, Whether Born Here Or Abroad, Should Get To Be A Citizen Until Age 18, At Which Time Each Such Resident Has To Take A Test.

Society Becomes How You Behave.

In The End No Segregationist Scheme Has Withstood The Force Of A Simple Idea: Equality Under Law.

Many Smart Folks Seem To Think That If You Just Get Your Metaphors And Messages Right, You'll Win. That If You Start Describing What You Favor As A 'moral Value' - 'affordable Health Care Is A Moral Value' Etc., - Then You'll Appeal To Red-state Voters.

There Have Been, In Recent Years, Many Asian American Pioneers In The Public Eye Who've Defied The Condescendingly Complimentary 'model Minority' Stereotype: Actors Like Lucy Liu, Artists Like Maya Lin, Moguls Like Zappos Ceo Tony Hsieh. They Are Known, Often Admired.