Links of the Day, January 5

News

• John C. Liu is sworn in as the first Asian-American comptroller of New York City.
• Republicans are coming out strongly against consumer protection.

Sports

• TIME profiles Harvard’s Jeremy Lin.
• Why Edgar Martinez belongs in the Hall of Fame.

Miscellaneous

• The changing Oval Office.
• Avatar gets conservatives in a huff.

Links of the Day, November 23

Matt Logue’s book, "Empty Los Angeles."

News

• The Senate passes a motion, 60-39, to begin discussing the health care bill.

Sports

• Harvard’s Jeremy Lin is pioneering the way for Asian-American basketball players.

Miscellaneous

• Cultural factors limit the recession’s impact on Asian-American families.
• Chinese Americans reflect on Barack’s visit to China.
• Lost is back February 2, 2010!!
• Stefani Germanotta, aka Lady Gaga, back in the day …

Links of the Day, August 14

Happy Friday!!

News

• Hong Kong is out of the recession.

Human trafficking

• Forced prostitution on Craigslist?
• Human trafficking and Islam.
• A case featuring an American teenage girl is cracked in Florida.
• Britons can unknowingly contribute to the slave trade.

Health care

• Paul Krugman on the "Republican death trip."

Green

• Cap-and-trade? Or just a tax on carbon emissions?
• Harvard University goes solar.

Snapshots from MA

A few pics from my time in Cape Cod, Boston and Cambridge, Mass.:

[Cape Cod clam chowder; breakfast overlooking the pond; Snake Pond #1 and #2]

[Micah 6:8 from an old Bible in Denton's collection; Plymouth Rock; Quidditch on Boston Common; an antique bookstore]

[Harvard Divinity School; sunset over Snake Pond; with the Lotzes; flying into LAX]