Oct 27The Hmong Case for Life Part II: Defining the Issue“One preborn child dies at Planned Parenthood every 89 seconds.” — LiveAction.Org The Hmong word for pregnant is, “Xeeb Menyuam”. The word “Xeeb” (seng) means “to form” while “Menyuam” (me-yua) means child or baby. In the literal sense “xeeb menyuam” can be interpreted as “to form a baby”. Another Hmong…Hmong6 min readHmong6 min read
Jul 21The Hmong Case for Life Part I: Why Now?“Rho menyuav yog kev tua neeg — abortion is murder.” Abortion is only spoken in whispers within the Hmong community. So, I never thought I would see LiveAction — a national pro-life organization — specifically target the Hmong community. This, along with the firestorm that followed the overturning of Roe…Hmong6 min readHmong6 min read
Oct 4, 2022Heading into the Mid-Terms, Here’s Who I’m Listening ToWe are less than 45 days from another election. While it has become a redundant saying, there is a lot at stake with the mid-term elections. The US Senate has a 50/50 split, with the Vice President as the tie-breaking vote. In the House of Representatives, the Democrats hold a…Hmong Conservative4 min readHmong Conservative4 min read
Jun 20, 2022JuneteenthOn June 19, 1865, US General Gordon Granger and a force of Union soldiers arrived in Galveston, TX. Here he read to the people of Galveston General Orders №3 — “The people of Texas are informed that, in accordance with the proclamation from the Executive of the United States, all…Hmong4 min readHmong4 min read
Jun 14, 2022Daddy Will Catch You if You FallOver Memorial Weekend, I took my four children to one of our favorite playgrounds. As we unloaded and made way to the play area, another Hmong family pulled into the parking lot in a black Honda Accord. Out of that Accord popped out a little Hmong girl. She was probably…Hmong4 min readHmong4 min read
May 3, 2022Rittenhouse, Yang and Vang: Part III“Every single one of them was white. They would not understand. They would never understand what my brother went through out there.” — Chou Vang, Chai Vang’s Sister What we know is Chai Vang crossed into private property while on a hunting trip and climbed into a deer stand on…Chai Vang7 min readChai Vang7 min read
Jan 25, 2022Rittenhouse, Yang and Vang: Part Two“I have to live with this the rest of my life… I want you to know I’m very sorry for what I’d done… if I had a chance, I’d change places with Isaiah’s life.” — Dylan Yang Note: This is the second essay of a three part series. Please consider…Hmong Conservative7 min readHmong Conservative7 min read
Jan 10, 2022Books from 2021Three years ago, I set a new year’s resolution to read at least 12 books a year. It is a resolution that I continue to keep. Last year, at the start of 2021, I decided to share a list of books I read and ranked them based on which book…Hmong Conservative9 min readHmong Conservative9 min read
Nov 28, 2021Rittenhouse, Yang, and VangNot guilty. That was the unanimous decision of a 12 person jury in the case of Kyle Rittenhouse. Kyle’s story grabbed the national spotlight when he shot and killed two men and injured another during the riots in Kenosha, WI, in 2020. This incident also followed a turbulent summer that…Hmong Conservative6 min readHmong Conservative6 min read
Aug 2, 2021The Politicization of Our OlympianMy first essay on Medium asked the question to Hmong Americans, what unites us now? At the end of my essay, I didn’t have the answer. But as the Olympic Trials and Games entered into full swing, the spotlight on Sunisa Lee got brighter and brighter. On July 29, 2021…Hmong Conservative2 min readHmong Conservative2 min read
