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...rainy October afternoon, Justice Clarence Thomas is seated in temporary chambers at the Supreme Court. The office he has occupied for most of the past 16 years is being remodeled as part of a larger renovation of the Supreme Court building. Thomas' relationships on the court are also being reworked. For one thing, the case conferences presided over by the new Chief Justice are more elaborate than they used to be. Former Chief Justice William Rehnquist was more of a "keep-the-trains-running-on-time kind of guy," says Thomas. And the more extensive back-and-forths under John...
...Cigarettes, Wedding Bands” and “Window Blues.” The former is angsty and Oasis-like, and it’s probably the album’s most redeeming track. The latter is beautiful in its own right, but in the larger context of the album, it’s just more back-porch country-blues. Still, it ends the record nicely, serving as a perfect soundtrack for the album cover: a half moon hanging over still water...
...Israel Lobby” and published in the London Review of Books in 2006, they encountered what they call “a firestorm of criticism from prominent groups or individuals in the lobby” and were denounced as anti-Semites.In the book, which is essentially a larger, more thorough, and more up-to-date version of the original piece, the two take tremendous pains to controvert any such criticisms.Their careful and logical argument—that the numerous groups that lobby for Israel’s interests in America are uncommonly powerful and are pushing the United States government...
...Over That Bitch and Grow Balls They Can’t Resist: The Masculine Way to Love, Leave & Attract Women,” written by a former male escort and his current wife. The authors of “That Bitch” do plan to tap into the larger, more lucrative market of female self-help readers with a follow-up called—you guessed it—“That Bastard.” Self-help books draw a decisive line between the sexes, firmly sequestering them in enemy camps. Listed between the two books above...
...doing it because he feels a moral obligation to intervene in a time of unparalleled crisis. But running for President is by definition an act of hubris, and Gore has spent the past couple of years defying his ego and sublimating himself to a larger goal. Running for President would mean returning to a role he'd already transcended. He'd turn into - again - just another politician, when a lot of people thought he might be something better than that...