Legalizing Drugs the Only Way to Prevent Sandy Hooks

Our crazy drug laws are the impediment that keeps us ...

Psy Overtakes Jeremy Lin for Impact on Asian Image

Jeremy Lin may have lost his status as the ultimate ...

Schmidt, A Show of Respect and Hope for Change in ...

Google vice chairman Eric Schmidt plays into Pyongyang's hands — ...

Declarations of Chinese Century Way Premature

Pronouncements of an emerging Chinese Century create the danger of ...

Tiger, Lance, Manti and the Great American Grovel

Manti Te'o's imaginary romance with Lennay Marie Kekua raises questions ...

Jeremy Lin Struggles for Linspiration in Limited Role

Jeremy Lin's new Rockets role has deprived him of the ...

A New World Order and the New Asian Face

In less than half a century Asia has gone from ...

China's Rising Testosterone Level and Its New Voice

The world will have to get used to hearing China's ...

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

A true partnership with China promises the best chance to ...

Exploiting the Short Memories of American Voters

The GOP is once again betting big on the short ...

Finding Our Own Personal Independence Day

The 4th of July takes the author back to the ...

Tragedy of the Fanatical Preference for Sons

Asia's impulse to amplify the gender imbalance is ensuring both ...

Putting Aymmetric Warfare Back on Our Side

Cutting our ground troops in Afghanistan may reflect key advances ...

Asian American Near-Thanksgiving List

Thanksgiving is more than just a time to gather with ...

Little Emperor Syndrome and China's Me Generation

A recent encounter with a group of young Chinese tourists ...

Korean Mishaps, Obama Failure Among G20 Summit Ironies

The Seoul G20 summit was supposed to be a chance ...

Asian American Consumer Clout Over Premium Brands

No one in California will be surprised to learn that ...

Rice Color, Skin Color and the New Cultural Color Code

In a whole-grain world Asian Americans are becoming the new ...

American Democracy and the Tyranny of Old Prejudices

Identity, The Ultimate Luxury

Identity is the Asian American Rorschach inkblot test. Depending on ...

How Hallyu-wood Is Challenging Hollywood

Hallyu is a term coined in 1999 by a Beijing ...

Racism, Democratic Reforms and China's Reverse Brain Drain

The world has been clamoring for China to adopt democratic ...

Grading Hawaii Five-O

If there is an Asian American home on American network ...

North Korea, the Ultimate Reality Show

North Korea looms larger in humanity's consciousness than all but ...

The Dangers of Scape- goating China's Yuan

Leaders of distressed economies like to direct rhetoric at a ...

Rutgers's Shameful Asian American Duo

Tyler Clementi jumped from the George Washington Bridge after his ...

The Mindset that Separates Lifelong Vitality from Middle-Age Decline

Five attitude adjustments are key to staying 21 for 60 ...

Recognizing China As America's Growth Engine

Americans are fretting about a 9.5% jobless rate that isn't ...

Confusion Befuddles American Voters

The time has come again for Barack Obama to awaken ...

Raj Rajaratnam, Amy Chua and Enjoying Our Freedom

Thinking that we have to earn our freedom through success ...

Perpetuating Bi-Lingual Asian Americans

This millennium's key cultural bridge must be strengthened by perpetuating ...

Third-Order Information Produces Modern Superstitions

The pervasiveness of speculative third-order information is creating a neurotic ...

Mourning the Death of Another Summer

The passing of summer fills us with regret like the ...

Cal Bake Sale Exposes Dated GOP Thinking

Cal's Republican students' symbolic bake-sale exposes their party's woeful disconnect ...

Defining America's Next Great Role

Our active engagement in world affairs can determine the path ...

China Holds Key to Global Financial Crisis

China can make two money moves to dissolve the chains ...

Using Real Asian Snacks to Lose Weight

Letting yourself OD on Asian snacks may be the only ...

Jobless Data Hides Great Divide in Digital Economy

The jobless rate hides a big gulf between those who ...

9/11 Shows Need for More Social Intelligence

Adding to our social intelligence assets overseas may prove a ...

Occupy Wall Street Presents China with Mao Moment

China's leadership may be taking comfort in the Occupy Wall ...

Going from Fat Superpower to Fit Superpower

Is there a future for a fat superpower in a ...

Noda Win Dims Hope for Japan Revival

A rare opportunity for Japan to bring about real change ...

Losers Redefine Nerds and Geeks

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

U.S. Roads Abound with Metaphors for Life

We could have a Jasmine Revolution in our own nation ...

China's Next Leader Offers Hope for Future

China's likely progress toward an open, even democratic society is ...

Internet Replaces Democracy As Political Force

Last week's Iowa Straw Poll in Ames and the internet ...

Threat from America's Economic Fundamentalists

Today's biggest threat to our collective futures comes from our ...

Standing Up As an Asian American

Outbursts at perceived racial slights can be unpleasant, but can ...

Asia Emerges As the New West for Ambitious Americans

At long last the American mind is ready to see ...

A Mechanism to Break Federal Budget Deadlocks

The current debt-ceiling deadlock cries out for a mechanism to ...