Perspectives
It's Time to Pull the Plug on Don
When a US President threatens "civilizational extinction" after a series of other statements of criminal intent, a sane Congress must invoke the 25th Amendment on ...
What Do You Call a President Who Never Learns from His Mistakes?
Donald Trump sets himself up for another debacle by issuing yet another ultimatum to a Tehran regime that has made it abundantly clear that it ...
How to Lose the World's Hearts and Minds
When an insecure superpower tries to use its might to bully a small unpopular nation and fails, the superpower becomes not so much and the ...
Let's Be Good Again So We Can Be Great Again
Our troubles and deficits stem from leaders who harbor delusions about the true source of our economic and military power.
The Mensch Way for Don to Smooth Over His Iran Bad
It's never too late to learn respect for another nation's sovereignty and say "my bad" in a constructive way.
Don Struggles for a Face-Saving Exit from a Self-Created Nightmare
Donald Trump awakens to the humiliating reality that in the 21st century the US can't sustain a war without impoverishing itself and the entire interconnected ...
Ben & Don Begin Parting Company As Don Seeks Elusive Off-Ramp
Orchestrating the joint attack on Iran was a masterstroke by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu while Donald Trump awakens from his fever dream of military ...
How Much Has Don's Craving for Attention Cost Americans?
Every time Trump feels an attention deficit, we pay through the nose in enforcement costs, destroyed supply chains, inflation, military hardware, and lost economic activity ...
Origin of the Asian Penis Myth and Why Some Still Cling to It
Studies based on measurements of nutritionally deficient populations in post-war Asia became a psychological crutch for America's most insecure segment.
How Ben Played Don to Paint the Fence
When you understand a narcissist addicted to headlines, it's child's play to make him do virtually anything to avoid being overshadowed.
The Laughable Naiveté of 'I Will Accept Only Unconditional Surrender'
Trump is far more impressed with aerial firepower than is the Iranian regime which will outlast US ordinance supplies.
Iran Regime-Change Scheme to Unleash Multiples of Iraq Woes
Parallels between the 2003 Iraq Invasion and the 2026 Iran Strikes — and more importantly, the differences — suggest the strike on Iran won't lead ...
Supreme Court Cut Muscle from Global Tariff Extortion Racket
Fast billions had been amassed through crypto ventures powered by erratic tariff policies that scared foreign governments and big businesses into paying tribute for access ...
The Supreme Court Yanks the Executive's Chain
Despite assertions to the contrary by a seething and wounded President, the latest Supreme Court ruling on his exercise of unauthorized tariff power reminds him ...
Warmongering, the Last Refuge of Failing Presidents
Saber-rattling is like a baby-rattle for an insecure leader in need of comfort or his political death rattle.
If You Can’t Beat Em’, Deport Em’!
Texas Republicans’ retort to criticism makes “I know you are but what am I?” look high brow.
The Big Reward for Gutting the EPA and Promoting Futureless Industries
A self-serving political agenda is Trump's big reward for orders voiding a study finding that greenhouse gases endanger human health and promoting the coal and ...
Why Lunar New Year Has Become More than a Traditional Asian Holiday
The spending power associated with Asian Americans has made the holiday a marketing moment for corporate America.
The Dirty Financial Motive Behind Japanese American Internment
California business interests persuaded Governor Earl Warren to send Japanese Americans to internment camps, forcing them to sell their thriving farms and businesses to rivals ...
Why the Extreme Delay in the Supreme Court's Tariff Decision?
Decisions on major cases with broad socioeconomic impact take longer as justices seek consensus to avoid a 5-4 split decision.
The Astrophysics and Quantum Biology Underlying the Chinese Zodiac
Jupiter's 12-year cycle around the sun and the sun's 11-year magnetic cycles are just two of several touchpoints between physics and the 12-animal Chinese zodiac.
The Simplistic Beliefs Taking the US Down the Road to Poverty, Isolation and Global Scorn
If only the deep yearning for simplistic solutions could make them work in the real world Donald Trump might have been a great President.
The Reincarnation of Sui Dynasty Emperor Yang
Bold initiatives undertaken for ego-gratification and self-aggrandizement are the hallmarks of both leaders.
Where Are Our Brutuses and Cassiuses When We Need Them?
We're now well short of the five dozen senators who ended Caesar's tyrannical hold over Rome, but a baker's dozen of promising prospects with spine ...
Who Were Enriched and Impoverished in Trump's First Year
The ultra-wealthy, Trump himself and some Asian Americans were among the biggest beneficiaries while the working class got fewer jobs and paid more for virtually ...
When Childhood Foods Get Tiktokked, I Feel Cheated
Why do I feel loss and resentment when viral TikTok videos rebrand Asian comfort foods as innovative new creations?
Narcissism in Dotage, Stuck in an Adolescent Brain
What could possibly explain destructive moves like mass deportations, unilateral tariffs on friends and allies, threats to tariff Europe into submission over Greenland, and a ...
Simple Math Should Discourage Superpower Imperialism
The economics of imposing foreign rule—not to mention military history—should discourage any rational leader from entertaining the ambition of seeking control of a smaller nation.
Throwing Around Raw Power Destabilizes US-Built World Order
Trump's frequent resort to unchecked exercises of constitutionally questionable military and tariff power is eroding a global order constructed over seven decades to give the ...
Trump Divvies Up Globe with Xi
Pushing his claim of a US sphere of influence over the Western Hemisphere is an implicit Trump endorsement of China's loopy claim over the South ...
How to Spawn Terrorists Devoted to America's Destruction
Trump's use of the US military to bully defenseless small nations into surrendering sovereignty is a tried-and-true formula for spawning more US-hating terrorists.
Venezuela Invasion Reprises a US Strategy That Has Never Succeeded
Trump's quest for diverting headlines puts him squarely among US presidents who risked the high cost of foreign interventions and paid dearly politically.
Huge Tariffs and ICE Action Cost Us Only $300 Billion
Donald Trump proved that Americans can absorb bruising economic blows if compensated with catchy slogans and a deep sense of victimhood.
The Greatest Divider Has Fractured American Democracy for Decades to Come
Donald Trump's political tactic has been to destroy trust in the institutions that once made the United States the world's most stable democracy.
Fusion Is Smart Science But a Dumb Energy Bet
As an economical global energy source fusion power's future is fast receding into the past.
Epstein Stickiness Reflects MAGA Base's Veiled Unease
Trump supporters who can't explicate the intricacies of policies and economics see Epstein files as a socially acceptable way to question his authenticity.
Daily White House Orders to Military Presage Constitutional Coup
Is Trump preparing for a day when military backing will cement his rise to absolute power?
Leading Brands Defy Trump Push to Return US to 1964
Brands like Apple, Costco. JP Morgan and P&G are standing on principle and long-term good business sense rather than caving to a passing demagogue.
History Shows Great Powers Collapse Without Robust Immigration
The United States is being led toward the decline suffered by Imperial Rome, Spain, China, Russia and today's Britain and Japan.
Tariffs and AI Chip Export Restrictions Make the US Lose Tech Centrality
Turning itself into a fortress that prioritizes its mindlessly political national security narrative, the US will become a poorer, weaker and less secure backwater.
Gen Z's Deferred Sexuality Evokes Memories
Children of Asian immigrants may relate to the social distancing and cautionary tales that may have put Gen Z in a sexual holding pattern.
Headlines, Oil and the Death of American Morality
The murders of innocent Venezuelan fishermen under the pretext of stopping drug traffickers is such a blatant violation of human rights that America itself is ...
US Sacrifices Global Power to Advance Fake MAGA Narrative
Trump's peevish decision not to invite South Africa to the Florida G20 on a false narrative of White genocide is one of many instances of ...
Thanking Our Humanity on the Eve of a World of Optional Work
As we look ahead to a world in which AI and robotics will provide everything we need, let's give thanks for those positive human qualities ...
We're All in This Together, Akaash Singh
An Indian rightwing-adjacent comic finds racist and misogynistic taunts less funny when directed at him and wife.
Where Do Democrats Go From Here?
Between Mamdani's win in the NYC’s mayoral election and the eight senators who voted to end the shutdown a week later, the Democratic party is ...
Lee Jae Myung's Ironic Gifts at APEC
Trump and Xi received ironic ribbing in the form of gifts from the S. Korean President of a golden crown and a go board.
Today's US Parallels the former Soviet Union and Putin's Russia
Trump's systematic erosion of bedrock institutions puts the US on the path of the former Soviet Union and Putin's Russia.
Xi's Tough Counters to US Tariffs Clouds Talk Prospects
Even if talks materialize the world's most important trade relations are hampered by each side's firm belief in their respective bargaining hand.
It's Time to Pull the Plug on Don
When a US President threatens "civilizational extinction" after a series of other statements of criminal intent, a sane Congress must invoke the 25th Amendment on ...
What Do You Call a President Who Never Learns from His Mistakes?
Donald Trump sets himself up for another debacle by issuing yet another ultimatum to a Tehran regime that has made it abundantly clear that it ...
How to Lose the World's Hearts and Minds
When an insecure superpower tries to use its might to bully a small unpopular nation and fails, the superpower becomes not so much and the ...
Let's Be Good Again So We Can Be Great Again
Our troubles and deficits stem from leaders who harbor delusions about the true source of our economic and military power.
The Mensch Way for Don to Smooth Over His Iran Bad
It's never too late to learn respect for another nation's sovereignty and say "my bad" in a constructive way.
Don Struggles for a Face-Saving Exit from a Self-Created Nightmare
Donald Trump awakens to the humiliating reality that in the 21st century the US can't sustain a war without impoverishing itself and the entire interconnected ...
Ben & Don Begin Parting Company As Don Seeks Elusive Off-Ramp
Orchestrating the joint attack on Iran was a masterstroke by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu while Donald Trump awakens from his fever dream of military ...
How Much Has Don's Craving for Attention Cost Americans?
Every time Trump feels an attention deficit, we pay through the nose in enforcement costs, destroyed supply chains, inflation, military hardware, and lost economic activity ...
Origin of the Asian Penis Myth and Why Some Still Cling to It
Studies based on measurements of nutritionally deficient populations in post-war Asia became a psychological crutch for America's most insecure segment.
How Ben Played Don to Paint the Fence
When you understand a narcissist addicted to headlines, it's child's play to make him do virtually anything to avoid being overshadowed.
The Laughable Naiveté of 'I Will Accept Only Unconditional Surrender'
Trump is far more impressed with aerial firepower than is the Iranian regime which will outlast US ordinance supplies.
Iran Regime-Change Scheme to Unleash Multiples of Iraq Woes
Parallels between the 2003 Iraq Invasion and the 2026 Iran Strikes — and more importantly, the differences — suggest the strike on Iran won't lead ...
Supreme Court Cut Muscle from Global Tariff Extortion Racket
Fast billions had been amassed through crypto ventures powered by erratic tariff policies that scared foreign governments and big businesses into paying tribute for access ...
The Supreme Court Yanks the Executive's Chain
Despite assertions to the contrary by a seething and wounded President, the latest Supreme Court ruling on his exercise of unauthorized tariff power reminds him ...
Warmongering, the Last Refuge of Failing Presidents
Saber-rattling is like a baby-rattle for an insecure leader in need of comfort or his political death rattle.
If You Can’t Beat Em’, Deport Em’!
Texas Republicans’ retort to criticism makes “I know you are but what am I?” look high brow.
The Big Reward for Gutting the EPA and Promoting Futureless Industries
A self-serving political agenda is Trump's big reward for orders voiding a study finding that greenhouse gases endanger human health and promoting the coal and ...
Why Lunar New Year Has Become More than a Traditional Asian Holiday
The spending power associated with Asian Americans has made the holiday a marketing moment for corporate America.
The Dirty Financial Motive Behind Japanese American Internment
California business interests persuaded Governor Earl Warren to send Japanese Americans to internment camps, forcing them to sell their thriving farms and businesses to rivals ...
Why the Extreme Delay in the Supreme Court's Tariff Decision?
Decisions on major cases with broad socioeconomic impact take longer as justices seek consensus to avoid a 5-4 split decision.
The Astrophysics and Quantum Biology Underlying the Chinese Zodiac
Jupiter's 12-year cycle around the sun and the sun's 11-year magnetic cycles are just two of several touchpoints between physics and the 12-animal Chinese zodiac.
The Simplistic Beliefs Taking the US Down the Road to Poverty, Isolation and Global Scorn
If only the deep yearning for simplistic solutions could make them work in the real world Donald Trump might have been a great President.
The Reincarnation of Sui Dynasty Emperor Yang
Bold initiatives undertaken for ego-gratification and self-aggrandizement are the hallmarks of both leaders.
Where Are Our Brutuses and Cassiuses When We Need Them?
We're now well short of the five dozen senators who ended Caesar's tyrannical hold over Rome, but a baker's dozen of promising prospects with spine ...
Who Were Enriched and Impoverished in Trump's First Year
The ultra-wealthy, Trump himself and some Asian Americans were among the biggest beneficiaries while the working class got fewer jobs and paid more for virtually ...
When Childhood Foods Get Tiktokked, I Feel Cheated
Why do I feel loss and resentment when viral TikTok videos rebrand Asian comfort foods as innovative new creations?
Narcissism in Dotage, Stuck in an Adolescent Brain
What could possibly explain destructive moves like mass deportations, unilateral tariffs on friends and allies, threats to tariff Europe into submission over Greenland, and a ...
Simple Math Should Discourage Superpower Imperialism
The economics of imposing foreign rule—not to mention military history—should discourage any rational leader from entertaining the ambition of seeking control of a smaller nation.
Throwing Around Raw Power Destabilizes US-Built World Order
Trump's frequent resort to unchecked exercises of constitutionally questionable military and tariff power is eroding a global order constructed over seven decades to give the ...
Trump Divvies Up Globe with Xi
Pushing his claim of a US sphere of influence over the Western Hemisphere is an implicit Trump endorsement of China's loopy claim over the South ...
How to Spawn Terrorists Devoted to America's Destruction
Trump's use of the US military to bully defenseless small nations into surrendering sovereignty is a tried-and-true formula for spawning more US-hating terrorists.
Venezuela Invasion Reprises a US Strategy That Has Never Succeeded
Trump's quest for diverting headlines puts him squarely among US presidents who risked the high cost of foreign interventions and paid dearly politically.
Huge Tariffs and ICE Action Cost Us Only $300 Billion
Donald Trump proved that Americans can absorb bruising economic blows if compensated with catchy slogans and a deep sense of victimhood.
The Greatest Divider Has Fractured American Democracy for Decades to Come
Donald Trump's political tactic has been to destroy trust in the institutions that once made the United States the world's most stable democracy.
Fusion Is Smart Science But a Dumb Energy Bet
As an economical global energy source fusion power's future is fast receding into the past.
Epstein Stickiness Reflects MAGA Base's Veiled Unease
Trump supporters who can't explicate the intricacies of policies and economics see Epstein files as a socially acceptable way to question his authenticity.
Daily White House Orders to Military Presage Constitutional Coup
Is Trump preparing for a day when military backing will cement his rise to absolute power?
Leading Brands Defy Trump Push to Return US to 1964
Brands like Apple, Costco. JP Morgan and P&G are standing on principle and long-term good business sense rather than caving to a passing demagogue.
History Shows Great Powers Collapse Without Robust Immigration
The United States is being led toward the decline suffered by Imperial Rome, Spain, China, Russia and today's Britain and Japan.
Tariffs and AI Chip Export Restrictions Make the US Lose Tech Centrality
Turning itself into a fortress that prioritizes its mindlessly political national security narrative, the US will become a poorer, weaker and less secure backwater.
Gen Z's Deferred Sexuality Evokes Memories
Children of Asian immigrants may relate to the social distancing and cautionary tales that may have put Gen Z in a sexual holding pattern.
Headlines, Oil and the Death of American Morality
The murders of innocent Venezuelan fishermen under the pretext of stopping drug traffickers is such a blatant violation of human rights that America itself is ...
US Sacrifices Global Power to Advance Fake MAGA Narrative
Trump's peevish decision not to invite South Africa to the Florida G20 on a false narrative of White genocide is one of many instances of ...
Thanking Our Humanity on the Eve of a World of Optional Work
As we look ahead to a world in which AI and robotics will provide everything we need, let's give thanks for those positive human qualities ...
We're All in This Together, Akaash Singh
An Indian rightwing-adjacent comic finds racist and misogynistic taunts less funny when directed at him and wife.
Where Do Democrats Go From Here?
Between Mamdani's win in the NYC’s mayoral election and the eight senators who voted to end the shutdown a week later, the Democratic party is ...
Lee Jae Myung's Ironic Gifts at APEC
Trump and Xi received ironic ribbing in the form of gifts from the S. Korean President of a golden crown and a go board.
Today's US Parallels the former Soviet Union and Putin's Russia
Trump's systematic erosion of bedrock institutions puts the US on the path of the former Soviet Union and Putin's Russia.
Xi's Tough Counters to US Tariffs Clouds Talk Prospects
Even if talks materialize the world's most important trade relations are hampered by each side's firm belief in their respective bargaining hand.
Recent Stories
Asian American Success Stories
- Asian American Polls
- Asian American Parenting
- Personalities
- Identity
- The 130 Most Inspiring Asian Americans of All Time
- 12 Most Brilliant Asian Americans
- Greatest Asian American War Heroes
- Asian American Digital Pioneers
- New Asian American Imagemakers
- Asian American Innovators
- The 20 Most Inspiring Asian Sports Stars
- 5 Most Daring Asian Americans
- Surprising Superstars
- TV’s Hottest Asians
- 100 Greatest Asian American Entrepreneurs
- Asian American Wonder Women