legal scholar. hence his seat on the judiciary committee. booker attended not only stanford and yale law school but thenn in all the way to oxford university in england on the coveted rhodes sity. olhip he has quite a resume. if academic credentials still had any connection to ability or achievement, cory booker would be a very impressiveto person. but in this case we re going to have to grade on a t curve because cory booker has come a long way. coryry booker is from a world yw have never been to. oohe s a hard, unforgiving world of crime, decay and urban authenticity. cory booker from the streets of newark. he once described his world in an interview, quote, i still remember my first new month on the street. he said i walked up tot, this charismatic black guy, my it s called t bone, who is one of the drug lords. i said, yo, man, what s up? and he leased up in front me looked me right in the eyeye and said, who the blank do you think you are if you ever so much as look me again i m g