Laws passed to stop teenagers from competing against adults in the workforce — As a high school teacher, I help a lot of teenage students get summer jobs and apply for them. I let them list me as a reference, but I also put kids in touch with the right person to get them a work permit or work ID. It’s very cumbersome…

D.C. vs. Heller said individuals have a right to private ownership — “A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.” — the Second Amendment In debates around gun control today, interpretations of the Second Amendment are very divided along partisan lines. No one…

Because Ozawa was “clearly of a race which is not Caucasian.” — “The Japanese are now confronted with the unpalatable fact, laid down in unmistakable terms by the highest court in the land, that we consider them unfit to become Americans.” — Leslie Buell wrote in Foreign Affairs in 1923 It seems like every wave of immigration in American history has the…

The evidence in a Supreme Court case is hard to deny — As an Asian American, affirmative action is an extremely contentious issue in the Asian community. …

The Sidhe often stole newborn babies and raised armies against mortals — “[The Sidhe] were once angels in heaven, though now cast down to earth, and though they have power over all the mysteries of Nature, yet they must die without hope of regaining heaven, while mortals are certain of immortality.” …

Burr planned to invade Mexico, with the help of the British — The Broadway play, Hamilton, was a hit that received incredible acclaim. I personally loved it. I listened to the soundtrack for months even though I never saw the play, and two characters in the play are absolute showstoppers: Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr. The play follows the life of Hamilton…

He also killed 30 civilians and returned home as a hero — “For them, every day was World War II, much to the consternation of harassed villagers and the police,” History said of Hiroo Onoda. To me, the image and stereotype of Japanese soldiers during World War II is scary. The Imperial Japanese Army committed unspeakable atrocities in Asia. They fought with…

The Vandals didn’t destroy much property, as Roman propaganda suggests — Vandalism is a term synonymous with significant property damage and destruction in today’s society. It refers to indiscriminate destruction. The term comes from a Germanic tribe that sacked Rome in 455 — the Vandals. The Vandals, like other Germanic groups that invaded the Roman Empire, were referred to as “barbarians”…