Gasp. July?! It doesn’t feel like July. In fact, NYC feels an awful lot like… Seattle.
Meanwhile, on a more serious observation: thanks to the state senate’s continued debacle, NYC had to revive the old Board of Education, with a new Board (at least for the time being) – legally reconvening, picking a new president, and then voting to keep the chancellor and keeping business going. NY Times’ City Room blog seemed to have done a good job covering the subject. Many things in the state are affected. When will the state senate get on with their business? Stay tuned.
This article about a law graduate who was denied admission because of his huge loans affecting the approval on grounds of character and fitness — kind of jaw dropping. Not so much that this guy had such a huge debt and hadn’t done such a great job at paying back due to all kinds of setbacks – but that it was viewed by the judges as a negative on his character and fitness to be a lawyer – even though Character and Fitness committee approved him. Ouch. Maybe the judges just didn’t believe him, but who’s to say; to become a lawyer, it’s not just the bar exam.
An interesting analysis of this term’s US Supreme Ct., by NY Times Adam Liptak – J. Kennedy really is the ultimate swing justice.
The passing of Karl Malden. “Don’t leave home with them” – ye olde American Express commercials. I forgot he was in “A Streetcar Named Desire”; quite the character actor and even a president of the Academy (as in Academy Awards, aka Oscars).