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Dr. Ninh

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About Me

revolutionary expatriot with sharp wit and biting sarcasm, i'm surgical in the debate and in the operating room. i fight with the same mission and method i always have: i defend the weak and the oppressed, the ones stripped of their human rights and political freedom.

i work to liberate and i'm relentless.
i'm an idealist, but pragmatic in action.
i wax poetic but i listen.
i seek to teach but i'm willing to learn.

there's not much i haven't seen and little i haven't done, but at the end of the day, i still live with intention...

My Interests

I'd like to meet:

each and every one of you of course! but even if i don't get the chance, i'd love to hear your thoughts on what i have to say. feel free to add me and to leave comments. be sure to come back often to check out my blog.

and for those of you who prefer it, i also have my blog up on xanga at: www.xanga.com/txninh , and I just signed up on facebook.

here's where i'll be speaking next:

-Bangkok, Thailand; 5/2007 -Australia; 6/2007

soundbites

giving political analysis on tnt houston radio - wed, sept 13, 2006

"vietnamese culture and the youth" lecture in montreal, canada - sat, sept 2, 2006

My Blog

Its October Again

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Posted by on Sun, 19 Oct 2008 20:47:00 GMT

A few thoughts on the media on the 40th anniversary of the T?t Offensive

A few thoughts on the media on the 40th anniversary of the T?t Offensive It has been 40 years since the Army of Communist North Vietnam attacked over 20 major cities in the South on the Lunar New Y...
Posted by on Mon, 17 Mar 2008 22:48:00 GMT

Khai Bu't D-a^`u Xua^n

Hi friends, I've been absent from this Myspace for quite a while, being pulled away irresistibly and unwantedly by a lot of obligations. On this occasion of Tet, I think I have to come back with y...
Posted by on Fri, 15 Feb 2008 16:49:00 GMT

White Apricot Flowers

Dear friendsThe flow of happy birthday wishes to my busy life has made me think of a Vietnamese poem selected to win the first prize in a national poetry contest during Tet almost half a cen...
Posted by on Fri, 05 Oct 2007 18:24:00 GMT

Religious Persecution in Viet Nam

Hello all,I want to apologize for my absence from the blogging scene in the past month, as it's been a hectic time. Just earlier this month my children organized a surprise birthday week for my wife i...
Posted by on Thu, 30 Aug 2007 21:43:00 GMT

To Will

"Dr. Ninh With all due respect, I would like to discuss what I see about our people. I have always respected our culture and what we as Vietnamese Americans stand by. As I have gotten older I begin ...
Posted by on Mon, 23 Jul 2007 17:26:00 GMT

Has the time come for the overseas Vietnamese and Hanoi to sit down and dialogue?

BS Tra^`n Xua^n Ninhwww.tamthucviet.comJun 23, 2007This past June 18th, the BBC Vietnamese Service reported  Nguye^~n quo^'c La^n, Esq., president of the Garden Grove Unified School District Boar...
Posted by on Sun, 01 Jul 2007 07:42:00 GMT

Sound Bites

As some of you may know, I'm currently on a speaking tour in Australia. For those of you who have the time and would like to follow along, here are some links to download some of my lectures and/or ra...
Posted by on Tue, 05 Jun 2007 08:34:00 GMT

Buddhism in Vietnam

Below is a presentation I gave just the other day at the 2nd SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST ASIAN ASSOCIATION FOR THE STUDY OF CULTURE AND RELIGION (SSEASR) Conference in Bangkok, Thailand.This trip has been ful...
Posted by on Fri, 25 May 2007 23:06:00 GMT

The Quilt

All of you have probably just seen a lot of activities and articles about April 30th.  It has been branded as the day of liberation and unification by the Vietnamese Communist leaders; Liberation...
Posted by on Mon, 07 May 2007 18:38:00 GMT