Issue: 32
March 6, 2003
Commentary
All About Clarence: Self-loathing on the High Court
Guest Commentator
Clarence Thomas is at war with himself. He festers. No conventional political or legal doctrinal analysis will ever explain what drives the man. His logic is that of the insanely self-loathing. Thomas doubts his own personhood. He is horribly damaged, having never forged a tolerable self (a self he could live in) from out of…
Clarence Thomas is at war with himself. He festers. No conventional political or legal doctrinal analysis will ever explain what drives the man. His logic is…
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Two weekends ago it became apparent that the TV networks have finally lost their minds. We are not talking about the congenitally insane FOX, the Rupert Murdoch spawn from Hell, or MSNBC, now the official Savage Network. Dementia has claimed broadcasting’s founding news interview programs: CBS’s Face the Nation and NBC’s Meet the Press. They…
Two weekends ago it became apparent that the TV networks have finally lost their minds. We are not talking about the congenitally insane FOX, the Rupert…
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The Issues
Guest Commentator
Condoleezza Rice has told California Republicans she is “very much open” to running for Governor of the state in 2006. The California GOP had been wooing Rice to challenge Democratic Senator Barbara Boxer but, according to unidentified sources quoted by the San Francisco Chronicle, “She’s said no on the Senate race, but is very much…
Condoleezza Rice has told California Republicans she is "very much open" to running for Governor of the state in 2006. The California GOP had been wooing…
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RE-PRINT Persistent Peril
Sophie Womack, 48, was surprised when in 1985 her first child, Brandi, was born three weeks shy of her due date and six ounces below normal birth weight. The Detroit mother had received timely prenatal care and was in good health throughout her pregnancy. Yet her baby was premature. Then, two years later, Sophie’s second…
Sophie Womack, 48, was surprised when in 1985 her first child, Brandi, was born three weeks shy of her due date and six ounces below normal…
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