Good morning, it’s Wednesday, June 23, 2021, a lovely day on the East Coast and the 73rd birthday of Clarence Thomas.
In a less polarized world, the accomplishments of this man would be universally acclaimed, irrespective of one’s politics: Thomas was born into grinding poverty in a small Georgia town and raised by a single mother and her parents. His maternal grandfather emphasized the value of physical labor — Thomas began working on the family farm when he was 10 — and education. Raised Catholic, he attended parochial schools, went to college at Holy Cross and Yale Law School and, in…
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