Tag Archives: Sotomayor
Leash SoSo Tight
Does anyone else feel a little violated to learn that the White House chose Justice Sotomayor’s confirmation outfits? Says the WSJ blawg, citing the New Haven Register (which culled from Sotomayor’s private speech by interviewing reunion attendees): Justice Sonia Sotomayor, whom … Continue reading
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The Flaccid Fourth Estate
Last year I asked myself repeatedly why we kept talking about Britney Spears’s ladyparts. I wondered how an ungraceful limo entrance heard round the world could supplant everything more urgent, if not more critical, than Britney’s hoochie-cooch. The answer, of … Continue reading
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More on Race and That Other Stuff
Insulted by the WaPo calling Sotomayor “Souter w/ a salsa beat,” Andrew Cline asks: What if she were white? Of the nine paragraphs in the New York Times endorsement, five mention her race and sex. Were Sotomayor a white male, … Continue reading
Are we all a little racist?
At the risk of asking the unpopular question: Doesn’t it feel like politics have turned into a witch hunt? Republicans accuse dems of playing “affirmative action,” e.g., acknowledging and focusing on differences traceable to “race” rather than on what we … Continue reading
Still Sonia from the block?
The media exploded today with news of Obama’s Supreme Court pick, Sonia Sotomayor of the Second Circuit. I won’t direct your likely-already-informed opinion on this pick. There are just two points to highlight: 1. We knew this would be a … Continue reading
