Uncovering the X Factors Behind Insomnia

We all know that coffee compromises sleep. Yet some of ...

The Elusive Logic of Sleep

Sound sleep, I suspect, is the ultimate goal of religion. ...

Sleep, Insomnia and the Mysteries of Life

Sleep is life's great mystery, greater I think than love. ...

Vancouver Winter Games and the Speed-Skating Asians

Apolo Anton Ohno cut to the inside the final lap ...

Obama's Clarity Wins the Day — Again

Bad leadership panders to confusion and creates more. Good leadership ...

Insomnia and Missing Dreams

I caught a bad cold over the weekend and slept ...

Ridiculous YouTube Video Draws Ire of Asian American Bloggers

The Italianization of Japan

There was a time when all things Japanese was money. ...

Asian Gluttons Beware: L.A.'s Most Treacherous Food Street

There's no shortage of streets packed with great Asian food ...

End of the Pete Carroll Era

What else is there to say? Sportswriters are having a ...

American Clothes Make American Bodies

Some have blamed American fast food for the obesity epidemic. ...

Seafood Soiree: A Night at The Boiling Crab

A restaurant that my people have been raving about the ...

California's Asian-Majority Generation

In about two dozen U.S. cities a generation of Asian ...

A World Without North Korea

Anyone who has seen images of the suffering in N. ...

Japan's Robot Strategy Offers Blueprint for Humanity

Japan's population growth rate peaked at about 2% back in ...

Denying China's Economic Clout

As recently as the end of last year most business ...

2010 Elections: Inducing Mass Amnesia

When you are young you tend to see a world ...

Interdependence Day: New Meaning for July 4th

Few Americans watching and setting off July 4th fireworks were ...

China Struggles to Emerge from U.S. Shadow

In early June China rejected a proposed visit by Defense ...

Reflections After a Trip to Old Europe

One of the more vivid memories from my recent Europe ...

The Yen Shocks and a Brave New Yuan

Predictably the world applauded China's announcement that it is ending ...

The Irresistible Pull of a Decaying World

Anyone who has tried booking a Europe trip feels the ...

Losers Redefine Nerds and Geeks

Their recent association with Asians is giving two old terms ...

Asian Americans Key to Success in a Green World

BP's horrific Gulf Coast oil leak has created a once-a-generation ...

Evolving from Ching-Chong to Mandarin AP Classes

I don't have to remind anyone about those unfortunate kids ...

Europe and Asia Flip-Flop in American Tastes

I recently tried a French restaurant housed in a charming ...

Eating, Sleeping and Alkalizing for pH Balance

"I don't know if I'm hungry or just tired." That's ...

The Importance of Being Asian (Not Generic) American

Those of us who grew up in the America of ...

China Reaches Inflection Point Between Needy and Needed

It has been 31 years since Deng Xiaoping won acclaim ...

Hypocrites, Grandstanders Pose As Tiger Tamers

No question that Tiger's recent life makes for some of ...