Triscribe

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(see previous post here) and it’s unfortunate news: as Dahlia Lithwick over at Slate reports, Goodwin Liu has withdrawn his nomination for the 9th Circuit.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 [...]

Per NAPABA: the U.S. Senate failed to pass a cloture vote on judicial nominee Professor Goodwin Liu.  No up or down vote; continued filibustering. Slate’s Dahlia Lithwick on today’s mess in the Senate. She’s so on point about the hypocrisy. I get that the Republicans don’t like Liu; just vote straight up or down, rather [...]

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 [...]

Couldn’t make the 32nd AAPI Heritage Festival at Union Square this past Sunday because I foolishly re-injured my knee.  But, I expect to see pictures…! Hat tip to Angry Asian Man blog: the US Senate has confirmed Edward Chen, US magistrate judge, to be US federal district court judge for Northern District of California. As [...]

Interesting post from NPR on the subject of the end of Bin Laden from a religious perspective (highlighting the Dalai Lama’s thoughts and the statement from the Vatican). Not forgetting and searching for peace – not easy stuff. No surprise that there are no easy answers. Interesting interview with the author/journalist Janny Scott on NPR’s [...]

President Obama: Finally, let me say to the families who lost loved ones on 9/11 that we have never forgotten your loss, nor wavered in our commitment to see that we do whatever it takes to prevent another attack on our shores. And tonight, let us think back to the sense of unity that prevailed [...]

Some decent news: the Senate Judiciary Committee recommended Goodwin Liu and so the Senate ought to vote him up or down already (not to mention Edward Chen). Now the Senate ought to confirm them already and to avoid a federal shutdown. Not that I think they ought to do everything, but they kind of have [...]

Not that my hiatus was planned (really, it wasn’t!).  But, I’ll try to catch up a little with some commentary and links on things that might be a little old, but still good to check out. Some stuff to note, because around here at triscribe, we’re APA’s and we’re lawyers: The first Asian American woman [...]