Justice Thomas

The interview with Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas last night on 60 Minutes with Steve Croft, was an interesting, and insightful look on the pathology of a man who has written some opinions on behalf of the Court that one could argue, defy logic. I have no doubts about how he was portrayed, as an affable gent, one of the most well liked Court members. But, to hear about the man and hear him tell the history of his life, it's easy to see that he's one who cannot see the forest to save the trees. He doesn't see, refuses to acknowledge, the silent, powerful hands that have played a role in his fast acsention to this place of power. Moreover, he doesn't grasp the lack of opportunity of people of his ilk in today's inner-city America, and the despair of hopelessness that grips the system. And he fails to recognize the remedies that could provide some glimmer of hope for those people. I respect a good stand on principle, but not when that principle is so short-sighted as to a strict interpretation of a Constitution that was written in a time when things we deal with today couldn't even be imagined, even by the great (but, flawed) men that wrote that fine document.