Linda Chavez figures today in the Post’s John-Roberts-the-Caveman story. She proposed entering her White House deputy, Linda Arey, in a contest sponsored by the Clairol to honor women who had changed their lives after age 30. Arey had been a schoolteacher who decided to change careers and went to law school. In a July 31, 1985, memo, Roberts saw no legal objection to her taking part in the Clairol contest. Then he added a personal aside: “Some might question whether encouraging homemakers to become lawyers contributes to the common good, but I suppose that is for the judges to decide.”

This is the Post’s idea of a damaging scoop. Jokes about a Clairol contest.