"This is the Voice of Moderation. I wouldn't go so far as to say we've actually SEIZED the radio station . . . "
by liberal japonicus This Cheryl Rofer post over at LGM suggests that this scene at Riga might be what we might hope for in a future where we have to sullenly co-exist with people who think that Trump shits gold turds I like to think that this piece illustrates some of what we might try … Read more
My mother had three brothers. They came up in the Richmond Hill area of Queens, near the Jamaica rail yard. The brothers all married women from the neighborhood, and they were a very lively crew. Here they are in my grandparent’s living room, probably late 1940’s. They could make a game out of anything, and … Read more
by liberal japonicus The last post was about Vance’s response about his wife’s faith, which has gotten various takes, the most interesting of which for me are with Indian press (such as these from the Times of India here, here, here or the Hindustan Times here, here and here) and everyone is welcome to talk … Read more
I bought a new iPhone this past week. I had a variety of reasons for buying a new phone: the old one is between several and many years old, it won’t run anything close to the most recent version of Android, the screen is cracked, the display isn’t bright enough to see outdoors, the display … Read more
by liberal japonicus I was thinking this morning that maybe I was going to run out of stuff to post about. But then this, by Anna Bower of Lawfare, about how the interim prosecutor Lindsey Halligan, who is pursuing charges against New York Attorney General Letitia James, contacted her because of a tweet she made … Read more
by liberal japonicus All of you may have things to say about this.
by liberal japonicus As a Japanese-American, I’ve always had an intense interest in the internment of Japanese-Americans in WWII. While I don’t want to be history-splaining to anyone here, there are a lot of wrinkles to it that people who are generally familiar with the internment may not know. A list off the top of … Read more
by liberal japonicus I was going to make the title ‘This is not an I/P post’, but I’m probably a bit safer using a call out to the Monty Python Bruces sketch, which is here (WordPress makes it very easy to add youtube videos) But on to the grist. From the Grauniad about the new … Read more
by liberal japonicus This NYTimes youtube video about the Kirk memorial actually made me feel ill. In response to “What made you decide to come out today?” one man answered. This is a historical moment. This was a Martin Luther King Jr. in our day that was essentially assassinated for his free speech and this … Read more
by liberal japonicus In working on the archive, I was struck by how much lawyers and law talk has been a part of the blog. It had good points (lots of interesting issues) and bad points (lawyers arguing), but the law talk has faded a bit, not only because I Am Not A Lawyer, but … Read more