Essays/News
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I’m a Lawyer. I Still Haven’t Figured Out Hong Kong’s Rules.
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I have lived in Hong Kong for close to two decades. I still do not understand Hong Kong’s rules. Not the laws. The laws are…
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Obama’s New Hampshire Concession Speech
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I listened to the speech again last night. The New Hampshire one, after Obama lost the primary to Hillary Clinton, January 2008. I pulled it…
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Everything That Should Have Killed Me
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I have a scar on my left shin from a lawn dart. A Jart. The real kind, the kind that is now illegal to sell…
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The Man Who Did Nothing
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Hong Kong is one of the richest cities on earth. The man most responsible for this got there by refusing to do his job. There…
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The Hot Tub, the Hose, and the Girls from Pittsfield
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On Old Milwaukee, plausible deniability, and the night Jason turned the greatest moment of my adolescence into a cryogenics experiment. There is a list that…
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Some Assembly Required
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IKEA is a furniture store. In Hong Kong, it is something closer to a pilgrimage. I need to be honest about something. I went to…
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Of Penises and Parishes: How Two Cities 8,000 Miles Apart Found Common Ground in the Most Uncomfortable Way Possible
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On penises and parishes, cultural differences, unlikely similarities, and the enduring ability of the human phallus to generate scandal on both sides of the Pacific.…
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Expeditors and Dan Wall: The Podcast vs. The Docket
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Not long ago, Dan Wall sat in a studio at Seattle University to record an episode of The Leadership Playbook. The episode was titled “Unlimited…
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Hong Kong’s port paradox: air cargo flies while container throughput keeps sinking
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The territory’s two transport modes are telling opposite stories about its future as a trade hub. Hong Kong’s port paradox. Hong Kong’s Census and Statistics…