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Apr.21.2013 A Skype Mother Thirty some years ago when the US was still across the ocean, I left my parents in Israel and travelled with my husband to the US to attend graduate school. Living abroad at that time meant being disconnected from everything that was going on in Israel. Every week...	Apr.14.2013 Three writers on Dropping the "I" word Dropping the 'i' Word -- History, Humanity and Martians Story tools Comments AAAResize Print Share and Email New America Media, Commentary, Andrew Lam, Posted: Apr 14, 2013 Ed. Note: In early April the Associated Press announced that it would no longer use the word “...
Dec.15.2012 NO RELIEF FOR IRAQI REFUGEES, ONE YEAR AFTER U.S. WITHDRAWAL l New America Media, News Analysis, Andrew Lam, Posted: Dec 17, 2012 Five years ago the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) described the Iraqi refugee crisis as “the largest long-term population movement in the Middle East since the displacement of Palestinians...	Dec.02.2012 Becoming What becomes of us, becomes us.
Sep.13.2012 From Arab Spring to Autumn Rage: The Dark Power of Social Media New America Media, Commentary, Andrew Lam, Posted: Sep 13, 2012 SAN FRANCISCO--In 2010 Time Magazine’s prestigious Person of the Year title went to two individuals. While its readers picked Julian Assange, founder of Wikileaks, Time’s editors picked Mark...	Jul.17.2012 The Empire Returns: U.S. in Southeast Asia The headline from Bloomberg was a bleep in last month’s news cycle: “Cam Ranh Bay Lures Panetta Seeking Return To Vietnam Port.” But that bleep has become something of a Yellow Alert in Southeast Asia, with this new headline—“Clinton Landmark Visit to Laos.” If Secretary of...
May.01.2012 Setting the Record Straight on South Vietnam - A General Remembers A General Remembers - Setting the Record Straight on South Vietnam Editor's Note: Born in the Mekong Delta in 1932 to a wealthy land-owning family, Thi Quang Lam spent 25 years in the army and rose to the rank of lieutenant general by the time the Vietnam war ended. In Vietnam...	Apr.22.2012 WHEN DID IMMIGRANTS BECOME THE ENEMY? When Did Immigrants Become the Enemy? New America Media, Commentary, Andrew Lam, Posted: Apr 20, 2012 Photo of Condoleeza Rice urging passage of immigration reform earlier this month provided coutesy of Duke University. SAN FRANCISCO—Recently, in front a packed crowd at Duke...
Oct.02.2011 US & China: Two Paths to the Future I’ve been a “China hand” since 1978, when I wrote and pushed the first U.S.-PRC trade bill to the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives. I couldn’t have known it then but my ensuring whisker thin legislative defeat was short-lived. Six months later, China and the U.S. changed the...	Jul.01.2011 Novella Released Well, I just go the notification from the publisher that my sci-fi novella, The Clean Slate Accord is now available at the Apple stores in: Apple US, Apple UK, Apple France, Apple Germany, Apple Australia, Apple Canada due to Apple installing some new software that uploads e-books quickly from the...

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