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It’s May 1st!  And, it has been a cool spring. The flowers look nice though. May 1 isn’t just May Day, it’s also Law Day (umm, something to do with Eisenhower and the ABA’s way to tackle the Cold War and how the USA wasn’t like other places, if I remember correctly? Never quite sure!). [...]

I recently finished reading The Oath: The Obama White House and the Supreme Court by Jeffrey Toobin.  In the grand tradition of Bob Woodward’s The Brethren, Toobin’s book is quite read, even though it took me awhile to finish it (I’ve been reading other things in between, and my commuting has made reading not so [...]

Happy Easter 2013! A catching up with things kind of post. It’s that time of year when everybody plays with Peeps (umm, you are supposed to eat them, people!). For the voting for the ABA Journal and the annual Peeps diorama contest voting, see here. Washington Post had its Peeps contest.  The Atlantic has all [...]

Stuff to catch up. Because we here at triscribe are APA’s and lawyers, I note the following: This tidbit of news is so awesome, considering that I’m behind on the news: Brooklyn Law School’s 1st US S.Ct law clerk!  Congrats to Sparkle Sooknanan, BLS’10, who’s going to clerk for J. Sotomayor! (who really is awesome [...]

Take a moment to think about those who served and are currently serving. Some APA Heritage Month items, as the month winds down:   Recently, coverage on two APA lawyers: Yul Kwon, on “Tell Me More” with Michele Martin,about being an APA Game Changer, i.e., that he was the first APA to win “Survivor” – [...]

Of course, around here at triscribe, everyday is APA Heritage. My alma mater already observed APA Month last month, since this time of year is finals.  Go study, kids.  But, the rest of us can have fun. And, sure, it’s now officially APA Heritage Month (as President Obama has declared – see here, for this [...]

Not that I’m clear how or why a medical doctor/anthropologist/Ivy League President, such as Jim Yong Kim, gets to be a World Bank president, beyond his serving the poor and trying to address the correlation of public health and developing countries. Or, maybe that’s the point – the global economy and public health are very [...]

We had some three-digit days; that was a bit much (just sayin’). Items of interest: In case you need an excuse to visit Brooklyn Public Library’s Central Library branch (besides borrowing books, that is): an exhibit, 6/28/11 to 9/18/11: “Brooklyn’s Bridges: Engineering as Art & Inspiration.” Interesting item from this July’s ABA Journal: “Second Lives: [...]

Last Friday: saw Kung Fu Panda 2. Great movie – entertaining; great art. I thought it was missing a scene (plot-wise), but otherwise fun. However, I do wonder if 3D is going to be everything… Emil Guillermo posts on the AALDEF blog about the retirement of Shaquille O’Neal (recalling the anti-Asian problems of Shaq) and [...]

Follow up on the Goodwin Liu nomination (see previous post here) and it’s unfortunate news: as Dahlia Lithwick over at Slate reports, Goodwin Liu has withdrawn his nomination for the 9th Circuit. The number of Asian Pacific American active federal appellate judges will remain just one. Pardon me as I say that just sucks. See [...]