Monday, September 17, 2012

On: Clarence Thomas

Today, the Washington Post published an article on Clarence Thomas, who, at a recent public event at Yale University, admitted that the phrase "We the People", which opens the Constitution he interprets as a member of the Supreme Court, did not include African Americans.

The article also describes Thomas's melancholia: "[H}e sometimes envies the seemingly carefree lives he sees from his chamber windows. Several years ago, he told a group of high students that he sometimes gets 'morose," and bucks himself up by reading inspirational speeches or retreating to the basement to watch the movie 'Saving Private Ryan.'"

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