President Obama has chosen United States Appeals Court Judge Sonia Sotomayor of New York as his candidate to replace retiring Supreme Court Justice David Souter. Sotomayor, fifty-four, would be the Court’s first Hispanic Justice and only the third woman, if her nomination is successful. Thought to be the presumptive favorite since Souter announced his retirement, Sotomayor is purportedly a progressive liberal, who perhaps most famously, is known for siding with the owners of Major League Baseball in 1995 when she was a federal district judge, over a labor strike that led to the cancellation of that year’s World Series.
What is not initially known about Sotomayor is any opinion or view on gay rights, not necessary a good thing, since that issue has obviously overtaken abortion as the social cause, with religious organizations set this summer to tackle what role, if any, gay men and women should play within the hierarchy of several church groups, notably the Episcopalian Church who will consider a number of proposals related to gay issues, including whether to sanction a blessing for same-sex unions, when delegates gather in Anaheim, California this July.
How is possible that after a miraculous start, the Toronto Blue Jays have lost seven straight games, dropped from first to third, and the much hated Boston Red Sox and the New York Yankees – who looked foolish and doomed only a month ago – now are first and second respectively?
Twitter is being developed into a television show – an unscripted program that threatens to find “a compelling way to bring the immediacy of Twitter to TV.” And with the announcement, pop culture as we once knew it, inches closer to inevitable extinction.
Jesus, in his first television interview, tells a Brazilian program – Fantastico – that Madonna is “only my friend.” And with the announcement, the screams and shrieks from the Central Park West home of Madonna could be heard throughout.
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