How To Become An American: In the west Arkansas town of Magazine, one sure way for boys from the immigrant Hmong community to assimilate is to put on helmets, cleats and shoulder pads

Charles P. Pierce has an upbeat story in Sports Illustrated (Dec. 12 issue) about how Hmong immigrants helped the Magazine Rattlers become the 2010 State Football Champions, which is a really big deal in Arkansas.

KJ