“They don’t make ’em that way anymore”: Sam Alito on Nino Scalia

"Justice Antonin Scalia introducing himself to Samuel Alito, taken on oct. 2, 1986. | courtesy of James Rosen"

By N.S.

“They don’t make ’em that way anymore”: Sam Alito on Nino Scalia

Conclusion: “'after our interview, we repaired to the far corner of his office, which included a view of the capitol and a bookcase shrine cluttered with philadelphia phillies memorabilia: signed balls, framed trading cards, a letter from the great pitcher Robin Roberts. I asked who Alito’s baseball hero was growing up, and he pointed to a photo of himself, taken when he was a 43-year-old appellate judge and decked out in a Phillies uniform, next to the Hall of Fame center fielder Richie Ashburn, at Phillies Phantasy Camp.

“When I mentioned that my baseball hero was Tom Seaver, the power pitcher who lifted the New York Mets from lovable losers to World Series champions, my host replied with a comment that he might have applied to Scalia, as well.

“They don’t make ’em that way anymore,” Alito said.

https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2026/02/10/samuel-alito-interview-antonin-scalia-legacy-roe-dobbs-00762652

This interview of Alito by James Rosen was so intimate that I had to look up Rosen's background. His name was familiar, but the article was in politico, which is hardly what I'd call a trusted source. And yet, Alito and Rosen are clearly old friends.

Rosen has had a legendary career, AND he was chased out of Fox news by nameless me-too hoaxers, whose fakery was repeated, third-hand, by npr fake news reporter David Folkenflik.

https://www.npr.org/2018/01/10/577093288/top-fox-news-d-c-reporter-james-rosen-left-network-after-harassment-claims