1. Four of five book reviews (including one for one of the best books I've ever read).

2. Some thoughts on whether the internet is changing the way we think. See this and this.

3. Perhaps some end-of-the-Supreme-Court-term thoughts.

4. I guess this is really more of a to-blog list, so what else? I keep looking for stuff, but all I see is politics, and I'm not fired up about the presidential race at the moment.

The point is, work has been kicking me in the tail lately. (But I got to call the Supreme Court about something, so that was fun!) I'll surface as soon as possible. Thanks for checking in.

I was amused by Matthew Franck's iteration of "the Kennedy rule," which he defines thusly: "If the Court has declared anything unconstitutional, and the vote was 5-4, and the fifth vote was provided by [Kennedy], the case was wrongly decided."

Franck has updated the rule from its original namesake, Justice O'Connor. His new corollary, issued after Justice Kennedy's Boumediene opinion: "If the opinion of the Court in such a case was written by Justice Kennedy, it was incoherently reasoned."

This is how I've always felt about Alden v. Maine, so I'm sure the conservatives will remember to add it to the list of awful Kennedy decisions.

I'm trying to decide on my next audiobook. The current front-runners are Panama Fever and This Republic of Suffering. I'm interested in both, but not desperate to read either. I've glanced at the pictures in Panama Fever in the bookstore, and I worry a little that following the story would require reference to the maps that wouldn't be available on audio. I also like mysteries/thrillers on audio, but nothing is jumping out at me now.

Anyway, thoughts? Suggestions?