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Apr 30: West Wing Report & Affirmative Inaction – Asians left behind?
Apr 30th, 2011 by Sam

Guests:

  • Paul Brandus, White House Bureau Chief, West Wing Report
  • Sam Museus, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Higher Education and Asian American Studies, University of Massachusetts Boston

Obama’s trip

@West Wing Report:

Apr 23: Bullying – Schools, laws, genes, & environment
Apr 23rd, 2011 by Sam

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Guest:

Were you bullied?

Apr 16: English as a 2nd Language: For it or against it?
Apr 16th, 2011 by Sam

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Guests:

  • Wayne K. Johnson, Director of Community Education, Bunker Hill Community College
  • Claudia Green, Executive Director, English for New Bostonians (ENB)

Should we require everyone who is resident in America to speak English? What about citizens? What services should we offer to make that happen?

Why are some communities less likely to learn/speak English than others? Why are Americans less likely to learn/speak multiple languages than other nationalities? Is it possible that both are true for the same reasons???

Should taxes pay for English as a Second Language (ESL) classes? Should legal documents be translated? Should we have ESL charter schools?

Will facilitating the learning of English make America stronger or waste precious resources?

You tell me…

Apr 9: Reality tv, ambulance chasing news, shock talk… Great.
Apr 9th, 2011 by Sam

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Guests:

Government shut down. Bogus stories about abortion funding and the budget. Wikileaks. Net neutrality. 14,000 votes in an access database on a personal computer. All important stories.

Yet, what do we get in the media? Sensationalist ambulance stories. Incendiary flaming talk shows. Reality shows. What’s the problem??

The media is supposed to be watching power – the government, the corporations, and yes, the people. How free is the media? How accurate? How thorough? How unbiased? Does it matter?

The founding fathers thought the media was pretty important for our republic. How is it doing?

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