ad_wong.jpg

ad_PortOfSeattle

Northwest Asian Weekly

You are here: Home / Archives for Opinion / Commentaries

COMMENTARY: On gun rights and the Second Amendment

By

By Frederick Su For the Northwest Asian Weekly Following the Sandy Hook shootings, gun control is back on the books, with Obama and like-minded people pushing for an “assault weapons” […]

COMMENTARY: On a funded and independent Northwest Defenders

By

By Donald Mukai For the Northwest Asian Weekly A picture of my mother hangs on the wall at Northwest  Defenders Association. She is carrying a small suitcase and walking with […]

COMMENTARY: The Seattle Port Commission is committed to helping foster small local businesses

By

By John Creighton For the Northwest Asian Weekly Small businesses have been the engines of economic growth in America, generating 64 percent of net new jobs over the past 15 […]

COMMENTARY: The benefits of Taekwondo and other martial arts

By

By Thomas Cassidy, 13 FOR NORTHWEST ASIAN WEEKLY Nearly three years ago, before I started studying Taekwondo, I was alarmingly insecure, unsure of myself, and had very poor self-image. I […]

COMMENTARY: Dealing with mental illness in the Asian community

By

By Assunta Ng Northwest Asian Weekly In contrast to the star chefs’ demonstrations at the Asian Counseling & Referral Service benefit gala on Oct. 6, David Ma walked onto the […]

COMMENTARY: U.S. political campaigns – too long?

By

By Marge Wang For the Northwest Asian Weekly We, the citizens of the United States, are fortunate to live in a democracy where we can elect our government leaders. Every […]

COMMENTARY: Increasing the relevance of minority voters, from an ethnic media perspective

By

By Julie Pham New America Media In May 2012, minority newborns began to outnumber their white counterparts in the United States. But even with an African American president and the […]