Global Nomads: Sometimes "home" is a difficult concept
Are you an expat or a foreign student doing an overseas stint? A globile (globally mobile) entrepreneur on a start-up quest? Or did you...
Playing His Part
BROOK HALL (Photo by A-Mao Tzu) In this age of Netflix and 3D IMAX, who goes to the theater anymore? I do, thanks to Brook Hall, founder...
Ubtopia
What’s white, cheap, and doesn’t pay taxes in Taiwan? Me? Nope.The future? I hope not. But you’re schmart if you guessed the Uber...
Yo! Mr. Trudeau sir! Have you got a pair?
Why is it that right-wing douchebags like Trump have the nerve to stand up to asshole communist regimes like China, but supposedly...
Will Taiwan get lucky with the surge in foreign students?
Music pumps, alcohol is consumed, hormones are released, bodies gyrate! It’s another Ladies’ Night at the Brass Monkey pub in downtown...
A History of Pessimism in Taiwan, Part 2: They'd be optimists if they saw the pint!
I’m saying that the Taiwanese have a tendency toward pessimism that has been reinforced by historical experience: pessimism about the...
A History of Pessimism in Taiwan
Like myself, most of my expat friends really love Taiwan. But every love affair has its tiffs. And since this is a culture blog, the...
Lunman the Burger Meister
This article is dedicated to Andrew Lunman, friend to me and many others, and a smart traveler rat who not only stayed out of the swamp,...
PRIDE! Asian Millennium, Part 1
Is Confucius dead? Well, of course he is! His bones are long since dust. But is the power of the Chief Teacher now over, that giant who...
The Swamp
Of course, Taiwan wasn’t my first travel rodeo. When I was quite a bit younger, I traveled around, including to, among other places,...
