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Martin Luther King was assassinated at the young age of thirty-nine, not much older than I am today. In his famous “I have a dream” speech in 1963, he talks about how the check of freedom issued to all citizens, including African Americans, has come back because of “insufficient funds”.  That is one step ahead [...]

In honor of the day, consider checking out the slideshow on Slate: “In Memoriam: Martin Luther King, Jr.”
Fascinating interview in NY Times Magazine with Maya Soetoro-Ng, Barack Obama’s sister, who identifies herself as “I’m half white, half Asian. I think of myself as hybrid. People usually think I’m Latina when they meet …”
On a far [...]

Oh my - the Giants pulled it off; they’re going to the Super Bowl!!!
A NY Times look at the Cambodian immigrants of NYC.
Apparently, you can’t use the cold as your excuse to avoid outdoor exercise. Oh well. Guess old-fashioned laziness will do just fine.
This NY Times article about these guys selling [...]

Last week I drove down to Red Bank, NJ for the premiere of the movie Camp Woz, which was about the real life youth computer workshops organized by Apple Computer founder Steve Wozniak and Real World Miami participant and social worker Joe Patane. I knew Joe in high school. This is clearly where one person [...]

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Haven’t been blogging, due to after work events (ah, bar associations…), alumni stuff (ah, Alma Mater Law School has improved on its food provisions, has it?), tummy aches (man, what have I been eating? oh, yeah, that…), and Facebook (umm, yeah).
Time’s Lev Grossman has posted on the Time.com blog, “Nerd World” that [...]