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Liu's latest book is The Gardens of Democracy: A New American Story of Citizenship, the Economy, and the Role of Government
Young billionaire Eduardo Saverin has always had clever lawyers. He famously sued his Facebook co-founder Mark Zuckerberg to win official co-founder status. Now, just ahead of Facebook’s IPO and the expected pop in the value of his shares, Saverin has renounced U.S. citizenship. On advice of counsel, he’s established residency in Singapore, where there is [...]
There is a community of Arizonans who live in constant anxiety. They worry that their neighbors want to persecute them. They feel surrounded by hostile strangers. They believe that public opinion and public institutions have been mobilized to undermine their place in society. These anxious, beleaguered Arizonans aren’t undocumented Mexican immigrants. They are the white [...]
George Zimmerman wasn’t charged with murder last week; “neighborhood-watch captain” George Zimmerman was. Whatever the outcome of his trial, Zimmerman has given a decidedly bad name to the neighborhood watch — enough so that 20th Century Fox decided to pull the trailer for a comedy of that name. (MORE: Neighborhood Watch Movie Suffers Seriously Bad Timing) [...]
Many people lament that we’re becoming two Americas – haves and have-nots, separate and unequal. But it’s rare to see a public leader actually propose it. So I suppose you have to credit Senator Marco Rubio, Republican of Florida, for his candor. In recent days this son of Cuban immigrants has been floating an immigration proposal [...]
Have you ever watched someone become American? Last week, at a national citizenship conference I organize, thirty immigrants from 17 countries swore an oath and became citizens of the United States. It was a stirring experience for the hundreds of people in the room. (MORE: Pictures of the Week) Our speaker that day was Gerda Weissmann [...]
As the Supreme Court prepare to reopen the issue of affirmative action, we can expect another fierce debate about whether college admissions should be color blind. But that debate itself is blind. Consider Asian Americans, who make up a large part of the student body at selective colleges and universities. Most people assume that the [...]
A book called Becoming China’s Bitch arrived at my office the other day. It certainly got my attention. As I started reading, I braced for an angry xenophobic rant, a litany of offenses by the sinister, relentless yellow horde. But the book, it turns out, doesn’t quite have the courage of its cover: it’s just [...]
After watching my first World Series in 1977, I wanted to be Reggie Jackson. I bought a big Reggie poster. I ate Reggie candy bars. I entered a phase during which I insisted on having the same style of glasses Reggie had: gold wire frames with the double bar across. As a 9-year-old son of [...]
