Angilee Shah

"Perhaps it’s a bit damning that four words about a basketball player sparked such outrage..."

Wed, 22 Feb 2012 15:46:16 -0500

“Perhaps it’s a bit damning that four words about a basketball player sparked such outrage while a tragedy like the death of Private Danny Chen went largely unnoticed, but the fucked-up truth is that the story of Danny Chen might have received its proper respect had it come post-Linsanity.”

- The headline, the tweet, and the unfair significance of Jeremy Lin - Grantland

"Shoelessness, such as it is, is a symptom of a much bigger and more complex problem. And while..."

Wed, 22 Feb 2012 00:59:53 -0500

“Shoelessness, such as it is, is a symptom of a much bigger and more complex problem. And while donating a pair of shoes helps shoelessness, it does not help poverty.”

- I see so many TOMS shoes around LA these days, but this writer at Matador thinks it’s one of the 7 worst international aid ideas.

Hold On To Your Tuba: Brass Bandits Hit L.A. Schools

Wed, 22 Feb 2012 00:43:35 -0500

Hold On To Your Tuba: Brass Bandits Hit L.A. Schools:

An only-in-LA kind of story by Krissy Clark. Listen all the way through to the unexpected end.

"It’s always hard to argue with my mother’s scathing logic, but I went into the breach one more time:..."

Wed, 15 Feb 2012 12:09:45 -0500

“

It’s always hard to argue with my mother’s scathing logic, but I went into the breach one more time: “I think the lesson of Jeremy Lin is that parents really have to let their kids choose their own goals, don’t you think?”

There was a thoughtful silence on the other side of the line.

“I think the lesson of Jeremy Lin is, ‘Go to Harvard first.’ ”

”

- Will Lin-sanity tame Tiger Moms? - NY Daily News

Reading: Will Lin-sanity tame Tiger Moms?

Wed, 15 Feb 2012 12:05:06 -0500

Reading: Will Lin-sanity tame Tiger Moms?:

In the NY Daily News

Maldives issues arrest warrant for ex-president

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 03:51:49 -0500

Maldives issues arrest warrant for ex-president:

Round-up of the story from Jurist

Inexperience predicts AF ablation complications | Arrhythmia Watch

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 18:29:22 -0500

Inexperience predicts AF ablation complications | Arrhythmia Watch:

Not my usual reading, but this is my sister’s research! Here’s more explanation: “Lack of recent hospital procedure experience is associated with a higher risk of complications and/or 30-day readmission in patients having undergone atrial fibrillation (AF) ablation, according to a study published recently in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology.”

"I would give my full support to a law that forced anyone who’s ever misused “Fail better” to read..."

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 11:50:41 -0500

“I would give my full support to a law that forced anyone who’s ever misused “Fail better” to read the whole of Worstward Ho a few times, plus Company and The Lost Ones for good measure.”

- Fail Worse – The New Inquiry

"I would like to welcome you to the political awakening of Koreatown. We are not going to be the..."

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 21:14:46 -0500

““I would like to welcome you to the political awakening of Koreatown. We are not going to be the quiet group anymore that just hands out money without representation!””

- Koreatown Roars Against Gerrymander - LA Weekly

Maldives president resigns after protests over detained judge

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 01:08:34 -0500

Maldives president resigns after protests over detained judge:

A roundup of the big news from Jurist.

Now Reading: The Defeated

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 12:43:33 -0500

Now Reading: The Defeated:

Sri Lanka’s Tamils pick up the pieces after a war that defined—and shattered—the lives of a generation, in The Caravan

"More than 700 low-wage workers, known as writers, clock in every day, and, dressed in their..."

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 14:01:12 -0500

“More than 700 low-wage workers, known as writers, clock in every day, and, dressed in their Huffington Post hard hats and coveralls, work in dark, unsafe conditions to ensure the machine runs smoothly and constantly churns out content.”

- ‘Huffington Post’ Employee Sucked Into Aggregation Turbine | The Onion

(via ‘The Great Wall of Los Angeles,’ a Documentary...

Wed, 25 Jan 2012 14:21:08 -0500

(via ‘The Great Wall of Los Angeles,’ a Documentary by Donna Deitch | Arts | Land of Sunshine | KCET)

"Police in the Central Sulawesi capital of Palu, Indonesia beat a 15 year-old boy named A.A.L and..."

Wed, 25 Jan 2012 13:42:33 -0500

“Police in the Central Sulawesi capital of Palu, Indonesia beat a 15 year-old boy named A.A.L and threatened him with a five-year jail sentence after the boy was accused of stealing a pair of $1-flip-flops owned by a policeman. The incident has angered many citizens who launched a ‘sandal protest’ by depositing sandals in front of police stations across the country.”

- Mong Palatino rounds up perspectives in Indonesia’s Teenage Thief and ‘Sandal Scandal’ at Global Voices

One more, my favorite: Etta James - All I Could do was Cry (by...

Fri, 20 Jan 2012 16:49:31 -0500

One more, my favorite: Etta James - All I Could do was Cry (by nezror)

Etta James - At Last - Lyrics (by Preppy52)

Fri, 20 Jan 2012 16:45:35 -0500

Etta James - At Last - Lyrics (by Preppy52)

Failings

Fri, 20 Jan 2012 02:40:36 -0500

Failings:

Wise and honest words at Lascher at Large.

"Over the past few years, NPR, which to the millions of commuters and housewives and shut-ins who..."

Fri, 20 Jan 2012 01:40:41 -0500

“Over the past few years, NPR, which to the millions of commuters and housewives and shut-ins who listen to it every day sounds like a sea of tranquility, has undergone nearly constant turbulence.”

- I’m in the “shut-ins” camp. Reading “National Public Rodeo” by David Margolick in Vanity Fair.

reportingonhealth: Important story from ReportingonHealth.org...

Thu, 19 Jan 2012 12:10:13 -0500

reportingonhealth:

Important story from ReportingonHealth.org member Vanessa White: (via Vietnamese Elders Struggle With Depression Years After War - New America Media)

Singapore Inc. Needs a Rethink, Economists Say

Wed, 18 Jan 2012 02:24:41 -0500

Singapore Inc. Needs a Rethink, Economists Say:

In WSJ’s Southeast Asia Real Time blog