Our Chinese Representation

ALBANY, N.Y. - Sunday's Times Union features a lengthy profile of successful Democratic candidate for Congress and my former employer Kristen Gillibrand. In it I learned a few interesting tidbits:

She majored in Asian Studies at Dartmouth.

She spent a year abroad in China, and writes decent Chinese.

She visited the home base of the Dalai Lama in India, with her mother.

She wrote a lengthy paper on the religious fervor of Tibetans.

I feel closer to my Congress-woman elect already. Perhaps she can be my new Chinese study partner?