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With the historic nomination of Judge Sonia Sotomayor to the US Supreme Court, there’s some question as to whether Justice Benjamin Cardozo was actually the first Hispanic justice of the S.Ct.. Personally, I’m of the view that sometimes it depends on how that person identifies his/her racial/ethnic identification. The term “Hispanic,” as the linked NY [...]

And… we’re off! President Obama has nominated Judge Sonia Sotomayor for the US Supreme Court. Best wishes for smooth sailing through confirmation in Congress (as much as can be possible) to Judge Sotomayor! We could have the first Hispanic/Latina in the S.Ct. She’s a New Yorker, too (the Bronx, specifically), who saved baseball from perpetuating [...]

Newsweek’s “The Gaggle” blog has a correspondent who visited the Baskin Robbins in Hawaii where Pres. Obama had his first job as a kid. Kind of cool to think that, back in the day, the president had a regular after school job like anyone else. On Channel 13 at 9pm, on “American Masters” – a [...]

Hope you took a moment to observe the meaning of Memorial Day. Saturday: saw “Angels and Demons” – nothing spectacular, but Tom Hanks as Prof. Robert Langdon is bearable; Stellan Sarsgaard handles himself well; and Ewan McGregor as a hot priest — mmm! Except for the twist that should have been foreseeable, McGregor was good [...]

So, not only was Queen Elizabeth the one who received an iPod from Barack Obama (which made Obama the worst gift-giver as a Head of State, since… in all likelihood, from what I’ve read about the queen, she probably already had an iPod), she has also gotten herself a totally special Wii. Man, if Queen [...]

Time.com had an interesting “10 Best Star Trek Moments,” by John Cloud. I more or less agreed on his top 6, but quibbled on the rest (he counted the new Star Trek movie; really? It’s just too soon for me to do that!). Trekkies/Trekkers may debate for a million years over what is the “best” [...]

With the new Star Trek movie the amount of hits daily to my blog went up 4-5 times.  Apparently people were clicking on one of my pictures where I was comparing Star Trek with successful IT people. Funny really, I’d never have thought that before. Anyways, it’s nice to be back blogging there although I [...]

(Thank God for Star Trek). Spoiler free commentary ahead. Plus stuff about comic strips that I read. I’m not big on prequels, but I could forgive a reboot if it is a good reboot – see the examples of Batman (“Batman Begins” and “The Dark Knight”) and James Bond (“Casino Royale” and “Quantum of Solace“) [...]

I’m kind of amazed that there’s no huge billboard somewhere saying “Enlist in Starfleet,” in big bold letters and the accompanying Federation symbol, to get drooling and crazed Trekkies/Trekkers ready for the Star Trek movie on Friday. I mean, just listening to the commercials and trailers – wherein Captain Pike (Bruce Greenwood) tell young (and [...]

Some words from YC. So, it’s apparently true – J. Souter’s retiring, giving the president the task of picking a person (not an easy task, considering the various options and considerations) and planning to go home to New Hampshire. Tons of interesting reading material out there: Kermit Roosevelt, former Souter clerk, on Souter. I liked [...]