Tyrants, Demagogues and the Psychology of Insecurity

Newt Gingrich and Kim Jong-il are examples of leaders who ...

Immigrants Who Perpetuate Inter-Asian Animosities

A Christmas Gift for North Korea

Kim Jong-il's death will unleash a powerful generational change that ...

New Year's Weight Resolution to End All Resolutions

This New Year's try a resolution to permanently end the ...

2012 May Launch New Stage for Civilization

Service Conscience Remains Final Hurdle to Stable China

China's leadership is experimenting with a culture of disrespect that ...

Last Best Opportunity for Empowering the UN

We may never have a better chance to empower the ...

Handling Incidents of Suspected Racial Bigotry

The smart way to address offenses that may have been ...

The Making of the Jeremy Lin Show

Jeremy Lin's magical night against the Nets is a down ...

China Becomes Target of Another US Presidential Race

One-Day Journey from Ravaged to Recharged

It takes only a day of discipline to restore body ...

Xi Signals Better Times to Come for US-China Relations

Xi Jinping's warm speech is dismissed as platitudes, but it ...

Jeremy Lin Goes from Forrest Gump to the Truman Show

We're all tuned in to see whether Jeremy Lin is ...

Is Jeremy Lin Pimping Dates for Asian Guys?

Asian Americans have been excited about Jeremy Lin's meteoric rise ...

Under-Recognized Asian American Consumers Power Linsanity

The Linsanity phenomenon is rooted in the extreme contrast between ...

Jeremy Lin's Dark Night and Inevitable Dawn

Jeremy Lin is starring in an engrossing drama that has ...

China's Window for Democratic Reforms Narrowed

The decision to depose Bo Xilai may have drastically narrowed ...

Wang Lijun Affair Shows Value of US Presence Abroad

A modest US presence in a remote Chinese city may ...

The Asian American Identity in the Jeremy Lin Era

Jeremy Lin's leadership of the Knicks is a metaphor for ...

Hiphop, Gangnam Style and a Cultural Reboot

Psy has hit the mark with his subversion of the ...

Obama Won a Race Charged with Racial Emotions

Asian Americans suffered least as a result of the 2008 ...

Halloween Identity Crises and Slutty Witches

With Halloween around the corner, I asked my little brother ...

Why I Love Los Angeles

I absolutely love Los Angeles. After traveling more than I ...

Asian Men and Interracial Dating

When I see an Asian man with a non-Asian woman, ...

The Lou Jing Ripple Effect

What constitutes one's identity? This is the question that has ...

What the Global Power Shift Means for Asian Americans

We are witnessing one of history's great power shifts. I'm ...

Sexualizing Homosexuality

I spent the majority of my life in sunny Los ...

Becoming a Secure Asian American (Pts. 1 - 4)

A reader asks: "How do you transition into being a ...

Discarding Social Conditioning

You've recognized that becoming a secure Asian American isn't a ...

Time to Get a New Mirror

Growing up in American society has the unfortunate effect of ...

Connecting with Other Asian Americans

Once you learn to appreciate yourself in all your Asian ...

Of Time and Fat

Time was you hardly ever saw a fat Asian. Nowadays ...

Facebook Kills Real Life, Then Dies

The digital camera boom probably owes much to the fact ...

Asian Establishment in Top American Cities

From New York to Los Angeles, Seattle to Houston, a ...

Education Reforms Aint the Key to American Prosperity

For some time now there's been a kind of national ...

My Sassy Girl Lost in Hollywood's Translation

There's an idea that some of us subconsciously subscribe to ...

The Race Factor in Asian American Life

An Ohio football coach was convicted of setting fire to ...

Asian American Talent Finds Joy in Online Videos

I’ve never been a trend chaser. Maybe it’s that stubborn ...

Asian Men and White Women: Missed Signals

The rap about us Asian guys is that white chicks ...

Season-Ending Notes: Asian Baseball Players in the News!

Baseball season has ended but there are still a couple ...

Drawing Life's Key Lesson from Into The Wild

A couple friends and I have gotten together on a ...

Change That Means Something to Real Americans

Last Saturday the word Obama and so many Americans have ...

Obama Plays His Asia Card

To the rest of the world Barack Obama represents the ...

Big Ups to Disney's 'Up'!

Pixar has the uncanny ability to strike gold with everything ...

Manny Pacquiao Being Manny Pacquiao

I've recently become interested in boxing. I know, a timely ...

Rushed by Christmas Amid Lingering Halloween

Christmas is officially in the house. Or in the Walmart ...

Jeremy Lin: A Cut Above the Stereotype

The sports world was abuzz last week with the ridiculous ...

The Meteoric Rise of John Cho

Last week, the bluray version of Star Trek came out. ...

An Asian American Thanksgiving

We have a long weekend to stuff ourselves and sit ...

Love Knows No Boundaries

I was going to write about the upcoming holiday season ...