As the Nobel laureate Elie Wiesel warned years ago, to forget a holocaust is to kill twice.

The spoken word vanished with the wind. Likewise, the unrecorded life disappears as if it never existed.

If the conditions were right there could be great acceptance. Often it is only when they pose an economic or political threat that it turns really ugly.

They probably do have an Asian Barbie.

When the Chinese first came to San Francisco, they were actually welcomed by the mayor and they had special ceremonies for them-again this is when their colony was very small, only a few Chinese.

I don't mind solitude. I love talking to other people, but I do need my space.

There isn't much discussion of ruling class in America even in Boston, probably one of the most class-conscious cities in the country?