Revisiting My Childhood : A Weekender Back East

I'm sitting here in the basement of my childhood at the precipice of nostalgia. It's not exactly the basement of the house I grew up ...

Asian Students Under Assault

It's been a long time since I've been in the hormone-charged racially-aware atmosphere of high school but a feature I read this week about the ...

Internet Replaces Democracy As Political Force

Last week's Iowa Straw Poll in Ames and the internet afterbuzz is likely to short-circuit the intended democratic process.

China Holds Key to Global Financial Crisis

China can make two money moves to dissolve the chains of doubt keeping the world shackled to the brink of another plunge.

Using Real Asian Snacks to Lose Weight

Letting yourself OD on Asian snacks may be the only way to get control of your calories.

Jobless Data Hides Great Divide in Digital Economy

The jobless rate hides a big gulf between those who are integrated into the digital age and those tarrying in the industrial age.

9/11 Shows Need for More Social Intelligence

Adding to our social intelligence assets overseas may prove a better national security investment than building up our arsenal.

Confusion Befuddles American Voters

The time has come again for Barack Obama to awaken American voters from the spell of new Pied Pipers.

Going from Fat Superpower to Fit Superpower

Is there a future for a fat superpower in a world that's squeezing into skinny jeans?

Noda Win Dims Hope for Japan Revival

A rare opportunity for Japan to bring about real change has been blunted by another charade of democracy.

Losers Redefine Nerds and Geeks

Their recent association with Asians is giving two old terms of scorn new caché among Americans who value competence and individuality.

U.S. Roads Abound with Metaphors for Life

We could have a Jasmine Revolution in our own nation if we embrace short-sighted, self-centered demagogues.

China's Next Leader Offers Hope for Future

China's likely progress toward an open, even democratic society is apparent in the character of Hu's successor.

Defining America's Next Great Role

Our active engagement in world affairs can determine the path that will be taken by an ascendant China.

Threat from America's Economic Fundamentalists

Today's biggest threat to our collective futures comes from our own homegrown economic and social fundamentalists.

Standing Up As an Asian American

Outbursts at perceived racial slights can be unpleasant, but can also be moments that affirm universal human dignity.

Asia Emerges As the New West for Ambitious Americans

At long last the American mind is ready to see Asia as the new land of opportunity.

A Mechanism to Break Federal Budget Deadlocks

The current debt-ceiling deadlock cries out for a mechanism to prevent more damaging future cliffhangers.

Rice Color, Skin Color and the New Cultural Color Code

In a whole-grain world Asian Americans are becoming the new gold standard in cultural role models.

China's Rising Testosterone Level and Its New Voice

The world will have to get used to hearing China's increasingly big voice on international affairs as it basks in its long moment in the ...

What U.S.-China Military Ties Mean for the World

A true partnership with China promises the best chance to overcome the biggest threats to our modern civilization.

Exploiting the Short Memories of American Voters

The GOP is once again betting big on the short memories of half of America's voters.

Finding Our Own Personal Independence Day

The 4th of July takes the author back to the moment of her own personal liberation from the prison of a false identity.

Immigrants Who Perpetuate Inter-Asian Animosities

Tragedy of the Fanatical Preference for Sons

Asia's impulse to amplify the gender imbalance is ensuring both misery for millions and higher social status for females in the future.

Blaming Technology for Job Losses

Blaming technology for joblessness ignores the fact that innovation has powered the growth of civilization.

The Rise of China's Workers Change Worldviews

China's workers are moving swiftly toward a new, higher place in the world's consciousness.

Putting Tolerance Above Math and Science Skills

Let's stop focusing so much on math and science skills and focus more on preserving our tolerant social climate.

Occupy Wall Street Presents China with Mao Moment

China's leadership may be taking comfort in the Occupy Wall Street movement spreading across the globe.

Raj Rajaratnam, Amy Chua and Enjoying Our Freedom

Thinking that we have to earn our freedom through success is the kind of backward thinking that imprisons so many of us.

Perpetuating Bi-Lingual Asian Americans

This millennium's key cultural bridge must be strengthened by perpetuating our bilingualism in our children.

Third-Order Information Produces Modern Superstitions

The pervasiveness of speculative third-order information is creating a neurotic and debilitating fixation on remote possibilities.

Mourning the Death of Another Summer

The passing of summer fills us with regret like the passing of no other season.

Cal Bake Sale Exposes Dated GOP Thinking

Cal's Republican students' symbolic bake-sale exposes their party's woeful disconnect with the socio-economic realities of our era.

A World Without North Korea

Anyone who has seen images of the suffering in N. Korea brought on by a regime that puts self-preservation above the welfare of its people ...

End of U.S. Consumer Hegemony A Boon for Asian Americans

Economists have taken as an article of faith that U.S. consumers drive global growth.