A COSMOPOLITAN LAWYER: JUST SOME READINGS I HAVE ENJOYED LATELY

First, this blog replaces my previous blog, thecosmoplitanlawyerblogspot.com . Second, unlike that earlier blog, the present one is primarily meant as a record of my readings. It is not meant to suggest that others will be or should be interested in what I read. And third, in a sense, it is a public diary of one who is an alien in his own American culture. A person who feels at home just about anywhere, except in his birthplace . . . America.

Thursday, May 2, 2013

CRIMINAL OR A JUDGE?

Sonali Deraniyagala, Wave (New York: Knopf, 2013) ("Steve and I encouraged our son's meanderings, defending him when his teacher complained that he held up the science lesson by insisting that cars were alive. But I worried about Malli's five-year-old cunning the day he deliberately tripped his brother up on the street. I wasn't there, our nanny described what happened, and Vik has a gash on his head. 'And the police saw you doing this and called me to complain,' I scolded, taking my own story too far now. He believed me but was undaunted. 'They didn't say what time it happened, did they? They didn't say what color the two boys were, maybe the.boys were white, some other boys.' 'Will he be a criminal or a judge?' I later asked Steve." Id. at 143-144.).