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...book begins with a detailed tale of Rehnquist’s first experience with the Supreme Court in 1952 when starting work as Justice Robert Jackson??s law clerk. Rehnquist offers details of nearly everything: the drive in a small blue Studebaker from his parents’ home in Wisconsin, the seemingly endless steps up the Supreme Court building, his first glimpse of the courtroom, his first memorandum to recommend whether a hearing should be granted for a certain case. Though interesting, the pace of the first chapter seems to creep along interminably...
...seems triskaidekaphobia is sort of passe by now. But hell, I’ll take any excuse to make a list. So here goes, a superstitious mix-tape: Stevie Wonder’s “Superstition” (one of the greatest funk basslines of all time), Janet Jackson??s “Black Cat,” Thelonious Monk’s “Friday the 13th,” Cream’s version of “Born Under a Bad Sign,” and all the great variations...
...blockmates asked at dinner the other night, “What are the best hook-up songs?” (translation: “Which CD should I slip in on Friday night after I bring back a pre-frosh from the Grill?) I thought of Janet Jackson??s The Velvet Rope, but that’s kind of kinky. Any thoughts?…So I saw Memento last week and can’t shake it. It’s about a guy with short-term amnesia who’s trying to track down...