Jim Lehrer stepping down as the main anchor on the Newshour. Kind of weird that it’s really happening, even if Jim Lehrer was planning for the future for quite awhile (yeah, the future’s here!); at least he’ll still be on Fridays to moderate Shields and Brooks.
The Washington Post with a nice Lehrer profile for the occasion. I like the description of the Lehrer and MacNeil friendship.
An analysis of NBC’s “Outsourced,” on NPR’s Monkey See Blog, as “Outsourced” is going to have its Big Sleep, presuming that being in the bubble means likely cancellation (yes, a Raymond Chandler reference; I recommend the book, if only to get the metaphor). Americans of Indian descent deserve a better sitcom. Actually, all Americans do, but that’s another story entirely.
I’m almost got caught up with “Community” – but for the season finale, which was earlier this evening. I did catch the last 5 minutes of the season finale though. I don’t think I’ll ever truly appreciate Chevy Chase as Pierce, but maybe the writers will figure out to work Pierce better with the rest of the study group. Or how to avoid putting too much Ken Jeong out there; too much of him can be a bit much.
However, hat tip to 8Asians’ Facebook fan page: Ken Jeong’s Mother’s Day post on the Huffington Post, in honor of his wife was sweet.
I think that I ought to get caught up on “Parks and Recreation.” “Fringe” is not a sitcom, but it is … very strange… time traveling always gives me a headache. I’ll say that much.
Hat tip to a law school classmate, JK: link to this article in the New York Magazine by Wesley Yang, “Paper Tigers: What happens to all the Asian-American overachievers when test-taking ends?” A really interesting and complex read, because it’s kind of true – we as APA’s have to figure out the soft skills, not just taking a standardized test – and that’s not something to blame on affirmative action (the existence or lack thereof), but also involves class and culture clashes.
In response to the Wesley Yang article, YC – via Facebook – suggested this link, “Tiger Moms and Black Swans,” considering how much parenting and other elements (like, how do we really view our kids? what do we really value?) are so relevant.
Hat tip to NAPABA’s fan page on Facebook: APA’s making progress in the federal judiciary, but with far to go.