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Perspectives

Grading Hawaii Five-O

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

Confusion Befuddles American Voters

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

Perpetuating Bi-Lingual Asian Americans

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

Asian Killers, American Causes

The latest is Jiverly Wong shooting 13 in Binghamton, New ...

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 ...

North Korea, the Ultimate Reality Show

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

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 ...

Obama's Biggest Challenge: Surviving Better Times

Barack Obama's presidency is a child of some of the ...

A World Without North Korea

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

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 ...

Insomnia and Missing Dreams

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

The Irresistible Pull of a Decaying World

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

The Irrationality of Scapegoating China

In tough times politicians look for scapegoats. Recently they've zeroed ...

Musings on an Uncomfortable Childhood

They say that 50% of your personality is genetic and ...

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 ...

The Barbarity Hidden in the 'The Cove'

I had the opportunity to catch the award-winning documentary up ...

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

Economists have taken as an article of faith that U.S. ...

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 ...

Reflections on Summer in Lake Tahoe

When I was going to school Lake Tahoe was synonymous ...

Mao's Last Dancer Satisfies Asian American Audiences

The movie version of Mao's Last Dancer deserves our admiration ...

Recognizing China As America's Growth Engine

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

How Japan Can Reverse Its Decline

Today the Nikkei 225 index closed at 9,161.68. The same ...

Why Asian Americans Are Leading America's Cultural Evolution

An Wang, Amar Bose, Charles Wang, David Ho, Jerry Yang, ...

Asian American Men in a Colorblind World

Living in a supposedly colorblind world can be hard on ...

Raj Rajaratnam, Amy Chua and Enjoying Our Freedom

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

Why Jeremy Lin Matters So Much to Asian Americans

That a guy who can shoot, sky and scrap like ...