Currently, I am so wrapped up in my little world of language learning in the little town of Bonn that I probably could not hold a decent conversation about any of the latest current events (even in English). Presidential election, what? War in Georgia, huh? Olympic scandals, who? This could also have something to do …
Tag: Politics
I’ve Been to the Mountaintop
Like any good child of the 80s, today’s date sticks in my memory as song: Early morning, April 4 Shot rings out in the Memphis sky Free at last, they took your life They could not take your pride And thank god for that. I’ve been reading and listening to King’s last speech (full text …
Would YOU Pass the US Naturalization Exam?
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services has proposed adding 80 new questions to the test immigrants take to become citizens. The pilot exam will be administered in 2007 with the goal of using a redesigned test the following year with 100 questions. Some are controversial because they are ambiguous or seem irrelevant to the issue of …
MLK, Jr.
Last Tuesday, I wasted about 20 minutes of my time listening to this speech. But it’s always worth taking time out of your day to listen to this one given by Martin Luther King on August 28, 1963. Or his “Beyond Vietnam” speech at Riverside Church in New York City on April 4, 1967 (excerpted …