More Writing by Michael


California - UC Berkeley Alumni - November/December 2006

International: Losing minds - The next president must ask two fundamental questons: "Why are we losing on the battleground of ideas? What can we do about it?"


LA Times - September 25, 2006

Simmering Discontent in Japan: The country needs to rejoin Asia and avoid unleashing its bubbling nationalism under the new hawkish prime minister.


California - UC Berkeley Alumni - September/October 2006

From Shutting Out the Sun: How Japan Created Its Own Lost Generation


California - UC Berkeley Alumni - September/October 2006

Extreme Science: Scientists are racing to determine a "tipping point" of catastrophic change -- and to develop technologies to prevent it.


Newsday - July 9, 2006

We need to talk to Kim, dislikable as he may be — N. Korea's bizarre boss has been isolated for decades; scorn and sanctions won't change him


LA Times - April 16, 2006

Japan's quake standards fall victim to greed