What's Behind Trump's TikTok Fervor
The focus and energy pumped into transferring TikTok's US operations to US ownership and control suggests the degree of political importance Trump attaches to controlling ...
Perspectives
White Martyrs, Brown Guilt and a Legacy of American Fear
In his brief career as a MAGA evangelist Charlie Kirk sowed enough resentment, mistrust and paranoia to set America on fire.
Xi-Led Autocratic Alliance Remains Inchoate
Despite the rallying cry heard in Beijing of building a truly multilaterial world in opposition to US dominance, the lack of concrete cooperation frameworks suggests ...
How the Trump-Modi Bromance Became a Train Wreck
The remarkably deep similarities between the leaders of the US and India can't keep their relationships from turning into one of the world's great train ...
What Was the Point of Hyundai ICE Raid?
AI Analysis: The contradiction inherent in the biggest Trump ICE raid ever shutting down a $7 billion Hyundai and LG Chem investment in Georgia, raising ...
Xi's Tour de Force Shows Absolute Power
The Beijing military parade gave China's leader Xi Jinping an opportunity to show total control over China and its relationships with other major nations, setting ...
Tariffs to Be Biggest Tax Increase Ever on Working Class
Tariff collection will generate between $500 billion and $1 trillion per year in revenues, according to today's estimate by Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, making Trump ...
Will Trump Be Impeached and Removed?
Our Beltway Brain Romen Basu Borsellino explains why President Trump may get impeached but is unlikely to be convicted and removed from office after the ...
Redistricting Plan Could Set Up Decades-Long GOP House Control
Even as most Americans think gerrymandering violates democratic principles, Trump is pushing hard to carve out republican-leaning districts by packing democrats into fewer districts.
Misunderstood Chinese Culture, or Cheesy NYC Bribery Attempt?
There’s just no good way to spin a campaign adviser for New York Mayor Eric Adams giving a reporter a bag of sour-cream-and-onion flavored potato ...
Can the American Scheherazade Survive 1001 Nights?
Donald Trump is unlikely to match Scheherazade's success in keeping her audience enthralled.
Trump Criticism of Goldman Chills Candid Independent Analysis
The attack levied by Trump on Goldman Sach's research on tariff risks appears calculated to suppress independent analysis that reveal the downsides of his policies.
National Security Risk and Conflict of Interest Are Code For Asian Americans in Key Positions
The charge that Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan poses a conflict of interest exemplifies the hypocrisy and racism underlying Trump’s outbursts.
Taking 15% Cut of Nvidia's China Sales Creates New Risks
By demanding a 15% cut for the US for allowing Nvidia to export its H20 AI GPUs to China, Trump creates an export tax of ...
Distractions Take Center Stage in Social Media Presidency
The need to weigh in on everything from Sydney Sweeney to football team names to university policy has limited Trump's focus on actual presidential duties.
Small Red Dot Inspires Racist Attacks Against GOP Appointee
Mathura Sridharan’s appointment as Ohio’s 12th Solicitor General focuses the GOP's racist wing on her bindi.
The Racist Ideology Behind MAGA — and the Inevitable Backlash
Opportunists looking to make hay by playing the MAGA racist card can expect a lifetime's reckoning for themselves and for their families.
Racism, Not Principles, Drive MAGA Attacks on GOP Lawmaker
Quang Nguyen, a Republican lawmaker in the Arizona House of Representatives, has recently been the subject of anti-Asian attacks from a local far-right publication.
Broadway Casting Shake-Up Raises Questions about Representation
The decision to replace half-Filipino actor Darren Criss with Andrew Barth Feldman in Maybe Happy Ending didn't quite sit right with me. But I struggled ...
In Grip of Bad Deal EU Will Seek Alternatives to US Trade Ties
The 15% US tariffs will hobble Europe's growth prospects until stronger ties are built with other partners.
Epstein Questions Too Sticky for Trump's Distraction Tactics
Despite countless successes at creating diversions away from awkward questions, the ones involving Trump's ties to Jeffrey Epstein are proving impossible to quell.
Tariff Deals Secured by Bullying Will Lead to US Isolation, Decline
The sole beneficiary of high tariffs may be the Trump family's crypto business.
Texas GOP Hopes to Dilute Asian American Voting Power — Again
The sole purpose of GOP effort at redistricting would be to deprive Asian Americans and other minority groups of the voting power to which they’re ...
Range Anxiety? What Range Anxiety?
Our EVs actually increased our weekend driving range by making it guilt-free and cheaper to boot.
White House Posts Underscore Meanness of Spirit
The White House official Instagram account parodied the Tinder app to mock a Chinese woman now in ICE custody.
Putin's Territorial Ambitions Unfazed by US Sanctions Threat
Trump's weak threat to impose stiff sanctions on buyers of Russian oil has emboldened rather than discouraged Putin in his quest to expand Russian territory ...
President Getting 1% Wish Would Send Dollar into Death Spiral
If the Fed falls under the control of Donald Trump, faith would be destroyed in the US economy and the dollar, sending Americans to the ...
WLF Crypto Tokens Enabled $500 Mil. Deep Black Trump Take
Aqua 1 Foundation headed by Dave Lee bought $100 million worth of crypto tokens from Trump family's World Liberty Financial, adding to questions about the ...
'Street Fighter' Casting Raises Questions
White comedian Andrew Schulz has been cast in the role of Japanese fighter Dan Hibiki.
Cierra Ortega’s Asian Slur Made Reality TV Get Real
Cierra Ortega made a quiet exit from the Love Island Villa after her words from an earlier Instagram post resurfaced and lit a fire in ...
Xenophobic, Isolationist Image Costs US Many Billions in Tourism
Tariffs, inflammatory rhetoric and hostile treatment of migrants is creating an uninviting image of the US for prospective foreign visitors, costing the local travel industry ...
CGI Tech's Racial Bias Results in Dearth of Asian Video Games Characters
Director Hideo Kojima of "Death Standing 2," says that CGI's inability to make Asian characters look real has led to fewer Asians in his games.
US Joins Ranks of World's Banana Republics
Donald Trump overcomes hurdles imposed by the Constitution and the federal system to turn himself into an all-powerful dictator.
Sneak Bombings, Murdering Scientists Delay but Not Stop Nuke Development
Israeli murders of Iranian nuclear scientists and American sneak bombing attacks delay nuclear bomb development but can't set back the accumulation of knowledge that comprises ...
Trump's Ego, Economic Illiteracy Cost Americans $2 Tril., and Counting
What the President apparently doesn't understand about how the world works has been a financial disaster for American consumers and businesses.
No Hint of Rioting During My Hours with LA Protesters
I attended an anti-ICE protests in downtown LA and witnessed nothing even close to a riot.
Yoon's Fate Should Be a Key Lesson for Trump
Trump's deployment of National Guard and Marines to Los Angeles against Newsom's wishes suggests he enjoys autocratic rule too much to heed Constitutional limits of ...
Elon's Peeve Takes on Don's Vanity in Hot Reality Show Episode
A hilarious social media tussle is the least this duo can provide after inflicting so much chaos on the world.
Ukraine's Cunning Drone Strikes Turn Putin's Imperialist Dream into Enduring Nightmare
The innovative drone strategies devised by Ukraine will freeze imperialist hearts everywhere for generations to come.
MAGA Means "Minimize America's Greatest Advantages"
Trump administration initiatives that gratify MAGA supporters are destroying the advantages that made the US the world's dominant superpower.
Goofs, Graft and Gifts Erode US Global Standing
The Trump Show has turned the US into a global laughingstock even as much of the world kowtows in dread of his irrational ire.
Successful Trade Talks With China Requires a True Assessment of Its Strengths
The talks in progress in Switzerland can be doomed by an outdated and false notion that the US economy still dominates China's.
Territorial Ambitions Support Power Grab and Impending National Demise
Autocrats use territorial aggression to neutralize institutions that can oppose their quest for absolute power and set their nations up for self-destructive conflict.
Migrant Energy Powers California GDP Past Japan's
The Golden State is economically bigger than Japan, and its citizens 3 Times richer.
How to Ensure the US Doesn't Elect Another Nero
Equitable status for non-college grads would reduce support for ego-driven leaders and their doom-loop dynamics of narcissist and co-dependent acolytes.
JD Vance Probably Didn’t Cause the Pope’s Death
The internet’s insistence that JD Vance is to blame for the death of Pope Francis doesn’t stand up to our analysis.
It's Time to Sing All Three National Anthems
The anthems we sang in our school days can sustain our faith, hope and good will as America struggles through strange times.
Trump Assault on Core American Values Targets Leading Universities
A wanna-be dictator flips Hitler's scapegoating of Jews on its head as the perfect guise for assaulting core American values at leading universities.
Short-Fused Don Bullies and Blusters into an Unwinnable War with Seasoned Bully Beijing
Routinely bullying small neighbors in the South China Sea, Xi recognizes Donald Trump as a bully who has underestimated his victim.
Donald Channels Nero After Torching International Trade, Stock Market
An American emperor engages in drama-queen antics that may destroy the prosperity built on international trade.
What's Behind Trump's TikTok Fervor
The focus and energy pumped into transferring TikTok's US operations to US ownership and control suggests the degree of political importance Trump attaches to controlling ...
White Martyrs, Brown Guilt and a Legacy of American Fear
In his brief career as a MAGA evangelist Charlie Kirk sowed enough resentment, mistrust and paranoia to set America on fire.
Xi-Led Autocratic Alliance Remains Inchoate
Despite the rallying cry heard in Beijing of building a truly multilaterial world in opposition to US dominance, the lack of concrete cooperation frameworks suggests ...
How the Trump-Modi Bromance Became a Train Wreck
The remarkably deep similarities between the leaders of the US and India can't keep their relationships from turning into one of the world's great train ...
What Was the Point of Hyundai ICE Raid?
AI Analysis: The contradiction inherent in the biggest Trump ICE raid ever shutting down a $7 billion Hyundai and LG Chem investment in Georgia, raising ...
Xi's Tour de Force Shows Absolute Power
The Beijing military parade gave China's leader Xi Jinping an opportunity to show total control over China and its relationships with other major nations, setting ...
Tariffs to Be Biggest Tax Increase Ever on Working Class
Tariff collection will generate between $500 billion and $1 trillion per year in revenues, according to today's estimate by Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, making Trump ...
Will Trump Be Impeached and Removed?
Our Beltway Brain Romen Basu Borsellino explains why President Trump may get impeached but is unlikely to be convicted and removed from office after the ...
Redistricting Plan Could Set Up Decades-Long GOP House Control
Even as most Americans think gerrymandering violates democratic principles, Trump is pushing hard to carve out republican-leaning districts by packing democrats into fewer districts.
Misunderstood Chinese Culture, or Cheesy NYC Bribery Attempt?
There’s just no good way to spin a campaign adviser for New York Mayor Eric Adams giving a reporter a bag of sour-cream-and-onion flavored potato ...
Can the American Scheherazade Survive 1001 Nights?
Donald Trump is unlikely to match Scheherazade's success in keeping her audience enthralled.
Trump Criticism of Goldman Chills Candid Independent Analysis
The attack levied by Trump on Goldman Sach's research on tariff risks appears calculated to suppress independent analysis that reveal the downsides of his policies.
National Security Risk and Conflict of Interest Are Code For Asian Americans in Key Positions
The charge that Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan poses a conflict of interest exemplifies the hypocrisy and racism underlying Trump’s outbursts.
Taking 15% Cut of Nvidia's China Sales Creates New Risks
By demanding a 15% cut for the US for allowing Nvidia to export its H20 AI GPUs to China, Trump creates an export tax of ...
Distractions Take Center Stage in Social Media Presidency
The need to weigh in on everything from Sydney Sweeney to football team names to university policy has limited Trump's focus on actual presidential duties.
Small Red Dot Inspires Racist Attacks Against GOP Appointee
Mathura Sridharan’s appointment as Ohio’s 12th Solicitor General focuses the GOP's racist wing on her bindi.
The Racist Ideology Behind MAGA — and the Inevitable Backlash
Opportunists looking to make hay by playing the MAGA racist card can expect a lifetime's reckoning for themselves and for their families.
Racism, Not Principles, Drive MAGA Attacks on GOP Lawmaker
Quang Nguyen, a Republican lawmaker in the Arizona House of Representatives, has recently been the subject of anti-Asian attacks from a local far-right publication.
Broadway Casting Shake-Up Raises Questions about Representation
The decision to replace half-Filipino actor Darren Criss with Andrew Barth Feldman in Maybe Happy Ending didn't quite sit right with me. But I struggled ...
In Grip of Bad Deal EU Will Seek Alternatives to US Trade Ties
The 15% US tariffs will hobble Europe's growth prospects until stronger ties are built with other partners.
Epstein Questions Too Sticky for Trump's Distraction Tactics
Despite countless successes at creating diversions away from awkward questions, the ones involving Trump's ties to Jeffrey Epstein are proving impossible to quell.
Tariff Deals Secured by Bullying Will Lead to US Isolation, Decline
The sole beneficiary of high tariffs may be the Trump family's crypto business.
Texas GOP Hopes to Dilute Asian American Voting Power — Again
The sole purpose of GOP effort at redistricting would be to deprive Asian Americans and other minority groups of the voting power to which they’re ...
Range Anxiety? What Range Anxiety?
Our EVs actually increased our weekend driving range by making it guilt-free and cheaper to boot.
White House Posts Underscore Meanness of Spirit
The White House official Instagram account parodied the Tinder app to mock a Chinese woman now in ICE custody.
Putin's Territorial Ambitions Unfazed by US Sanctions Threat
Trump's weak threat to impose stiff sanctions on buyers of Russian oil has emboldened rather than discouraged Putin in his quest to expand Russian territory ...
President Getting 1% Wish Would Send Dollar into Death Spiral
If the Fed falls under the control of Donald Trump, faith would be destroyed in the US economy and the dollar, sending Americans to the ...
WLF Crypto Tokens Enabled $500 Mil. Deep Black Trump Take
Aqua 1 Foundation headed by Dave Lee bought $100 million worth of crypto tokens from Trump family's World Liberty Financial, adding to questions about the ...
'Street Fighter' Casting Raises Questions
White comedian Andrew Schulz has been cast in the role of Japanese fighter Dan Hibiki.
Cierra Ortega’s Asian Slur Made Reality TV Get Real
Cierra Ortega made a quiet exit from the Love Island Villa after her words from an earlier Instagram post resurfaced and lit a fire in ...
Xenophobic, Isolationist Image Costs US Many Billions in Tourism
Tariffs, inflammatory rhetoric and hostile treatment of migrants is creating an uninviting image of the US for prospective foreign visitors, costing the local travel industry ...
CGI Tech's Racial Bias Results in Dearth of Asian Video Games Characters
Director Hideo Kojima of "Death Standing 2," says that CGI's inability to make Asian characters look real has led to fewer Asians in his games.
US Joins Ranks of World's Banana Republics
Donald Trump overcomes hurdles imposed by the Constitution and the federal system to turn himself into an all-powerful dictator.
Sneak Bombings, Murdering Scientists Delay but Not Stop Nuke Development
Israeli murders of Iranian nuclear scientists and American sneak bombing attacks delay nuclear bomb development but can't set back the accumulation of knowledge that comprises ...
Trump's Ego, Economic Illiteracy Cost Americans $2 Tril., and Counting
What the President apparently doesn't understand about how the world works has been a financial disaster for American consumers and businesses.
No Hint of Rioting During My Hours with LA Protesters
I attended an anti-ICE protests in downtown LA and witnessed nothing even close to a riot.
Yoon's Fate Should Be a Key Lesson for Trump
Trump's deployment of National Guard and Marines to Los Angeles against Newsom's wishes suggests he enjoys autocratic rule too much to heed Constitutional limits of ...
Elon's Peeve Takes on Don's Vanity in Hot Reality Show Episode
A hilarious social media tussle is the least this duo can provide after inflicting so much chaos on the world.
Ukraine's Cunning Drone Strikes Turn Putin's Imperialist Dream into Enduring Nightmare
The innovative drone strategies devised by Ukraine will freeze imperialist hearts everywhere for generations to come.
MAGA Means "Minimize America's Greatest Advantages"
Trump administration initiatives that gratify MAGA supporters are destroying the advantages that made the US the world's dominant superpower.
Goofs, Graft and Gifts Erode US Global Standing
The Trump Show has turned the US into a global laughingstock even as much of the world kowtows in dread of his irrational ire.
Successful Trade Talks With China Requires a True Assessment of Its Strengths
The talks in progress in Switzerland can be doomed by an outdated and false notion that the US economy still dominates China's.
Territorial Ambitions Support Power Grab and Impending National Demise
Autocrats use territorial aggression to neutralize institutions that can oppose their quest for absolute power and set their nations up for self-destructive conflict.
Migrant Energy Powers California GDP Past Japan's
The Golden State is economically bigger than Japan, and its citizens 3 Times richer.
How to Ensure the US Doesn't Elect Another Nero
Equitable status for non-college grads would reduce support for ego-driven leaders and their doom-loop dynamics of narcissist and co-dependent acolytes.
JD Vance Probably Didn’t Cause the Pope’s Death
The internet’s insistence that JD Vance is to blame for the death of Pope Francis doesn’t stand up to our analysis.
It's Time to Sing All Three National Anthems
The anthems we sang in our school days can sustain our faith, hope and good will as America struggles through strange times.
Trump Assault on Core American Values Targets Leading Universities
A wanna-be dictator flips Hitler's scapegoating of Jews on its head as the perfect guise for assaulting core American values at leading universities.
Short-Fused Don Bullies and Blusters into an Unwinnable War with Seasoned Bully Beijing
Routinely bullying small neighbors in the South China Sea, Xi recognizes Donald Trump as a bully who has underestimated his victim.
Donald Channels Nero After Torching International Trade, Stock Market
An American emperor engages in drama-queen antics that may destroy the prosperity built on international trade.
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