Virginia Thomas, wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, has formed "a nonprofit lobbying group whose website will organize activism around a set of conservative 'core principles,' she said." Here's some reaction to this news: "Really, considering these people threw the goddamned presidential election in 2000, are we now supposed to feign outrage over one of their spouses being a common teabagger?" It does seem rather small potatoes when you put it that way. @1:40 PM 14
Rich People Things: Sonia Sotomayor, Clarence Thomas And The Trouble With The "Up From Poverty" Narrative @11:15 AM
The thing with humble beginnings in American life is that one is supposed to leave them decorously as just that-the harrowing, Dickensian prologue to an adult life of implacable success and celebrity splendor. That's why the personal story of Sonia Sotomayor is being tirelessly rehearsed as a classic instance of the American Dream coming true-something that claims its significance on the basis of what the Bronx-bred jurist left behind, as opposed to her much-bruited views on how her ethnic heritage continues to shape her approach to her job. READ MORE 3
