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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 [...]

Yes, it’s been awhile since my last post and I still haven’t made my comments about “The Last Airbender.” Suffice it to say that the more I think about it, the more disappointed I am with “The Last Airbender” for not having a better cast.  I’m not suggesting that M. Night Shyamalan had to cast [...]

APA’s in the news: I don’t envy the position that US Energy Secretary, Steven Chu, is in; he has a steep learning curve on the oil leak disaster, even if it’s pretty darn good that we do have a Nobel Laureate like him on the matter. Speaking of the oil leak disaster, would a Republican [...]

World Science Festival in the city; some good stuff. So, along with wacky service problems on weekends (shuttle bus, anyone?), MTA’s going to be issuing a new map (probably to reflect the end of some subway lines and other things). It’s supposed to look sleeker.  Hmm.  We’ll see how good it’ll be. But, it’s a [...]

Sorry to have fallen behind; life and other things occurred. Like… Arizona passing odd laws: like their anti-illegal immigration law (still not sure how the law enforcement goes about stopping to identify who’s illegal without causing a whole host of other problems and not to mention where Arizona’s going to get the money to enforce [...]

I can’t believe it’s really February already. I’m becoming addicted to the chips from Food Should Taste Good (interesting review of the chips). Hat tip from Angry Asian Man: a cool profile on Grant Imahara from “Mythbusters” on Discovery Channel. Another hat tip from Angry Asian Man (and here too): Yet another one of those [...]

But there was no mistaking [Justice John Paul Stevens'] basic message.  “The rule announced today — that Congress must treat corporations exactly like human speakers in the political realm — represents a radical change in the law,” he said from the bench.  “The court’s decision is at war with the views of generations of… Americans.” [...]

A former lawyer who has a pretzel shop; lawyers are everywhere. Well, there’s also Joan Biskupic’s upcoming book on Justice Scalia, as reviewed by Emily Bazelon of Slate. Apparently, Scalia’s just not that pleasant or keen on being persuasive, but he’s very very smart. Not new information, but it sounds like a reasonably interesting book. [...]