If you haven’t figured it out already, the 916 was created for this day. It’s a this blogger’s birthday, it’s also Mexican Independence Day, it’s Hispanic Heritage Month. Last night I had the distinct honor and pleasure to say to Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor that at the moment we shook hands I have met [...]
My guess is the President’s weekly message is to put to rest the fears of persons who are insured and their insurers. If you enjoy your “pay-to-pay” option, you can keep it. But the options needs to be open to more people: for example people with pre-existing conditions. The “pay-to-pay” option should also cover some [...]
These items will be dripping in today as there’s a lot on my list of “to-do’s” beyond the blog. THE SOTOMAYOR CHRONICLES Yesterday’s hearing went on for 8 hours. I saw/heard up to 6 on the pool feed, but was fortunate to witness a reversal of fortune where life imitates art. Judge Sotomayor broke through [...]
Republicans’ outrage, both real and feigned, at Sotomayor’s musings about how her identity as a “wise Latina” might affect her judicial decisions is based on a flawed assumption: that whiteness and maleness are not themselves facets of a distinct identity. Being white and male is seen instead as a neutral condition, the natural order of [...]
