With the recent furor over the Alitos’ insurrectionist flags, it’s worth revisiting Whittier’s poem “Barbara Frietchie,” also about a flag.
Tag Archives: Clarence Thomas
Affirmative Action & Lessons in Chemistry
Garmus’s “Lessons in Chemistry” indirectly exposes the ignorance of the Supreme Court striking down affirmative action.
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Moriarty and SCOTUS’s Dark Web
The Moriarty of America’s judicial system is Leonard Leo, who keeps a low profile as he links SCOTUS justices with rightwing billionaires.
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Bigger Thomas, Clarence’s Shadow
“Native Son,” 75 years old, is Justice Clarence Thomas’ favorite novel. I theorize that Bigger Thomas is the justice’s destructive shadow.
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Clarence Thomas and Native Son
The focus in this week’s posts is on Supreme Court justices and literature. I notice that, in his New York Times column today, moderate conservative David Brooks endorses Sonia Sotomayor for just that restrained balance that we discussed yesterday as we explored her early love for Nancy Drew novels. Today I’m going to talk about […]
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Sonia Sotomayor and Nancy Drew
This week, with Sonia Sotomayor still in the news (although the firestorm that greeted her nomination has gone into temporary remission), I thought I’d devote my posts to supreme court justices and literature. This was inspired in part by an excellent New York Times article over the weekend on Sotomayor and Clarence Thomas (in which […]
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged Carolyn Keene, children's classics, detective fiction, Edward Stratemeyer, Franklin Dixon, Hardy Boys, Hillary Clinton, Issac Asimov, John Roberts, Laura Bush, Meghan O'Rourke, Nancy Drew, Native Son, Ruth Bader Ginsberg, Samuel Delaney, Sandra Day O'Connor, Sonia Sotomayor Comments closed
