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100 Reasons to Celebrate Asian Pacific Heritage Month

Cross-posted by Jay Chen (Board member, Hacienda-La Puente Unified School District), pictured here with Maya Soetoro-Ng, Konrad Ng, and Karen Chang.

Jay Chen


Sanjay Gupta Out as Surgeon General

sanjay Interesting. On the day of President Obama's big health care forum, Dr. Sanjay Gupta has removed his name from consideration as Surgeon General. Speaking like a seasoned politician, Gupta said:

"This is more about my family and my surgical career," Gupta told CNN's "Larry King Live."

Of course, not everyone is sad about his withdrawal, as Gupta had his critics from the start. A lot of progressives were still upset at Gupta for misrepresenting the facts in director Michael Moore's film, Sicko. More after the flip: