Pearl River It turns out that Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas sold three pieces of property to his rich, donor buddy Harlan Crow, perhaps for more than they were worth. They claim this was to be some kind of memorial to where Thomas had lived, but there’s been no progress on that, and, even if …
Category: Corruption
The Never-Ending Clarence Thomas Problem
Pearl River Clarence Thomas has been on the United States Supreme Court for over thirty years. He was seated controversially in 1991 after a contentious hearing that featured his sexual harassment of his associate at the EEOC, Anita Hill. He is one of the more conservative voices on the court, but that just makes …
Politics, Taxes, and Sleaze in Trump Indictment
New Orleans I’m yawning. The Trump arraignment on 34 counts of criminal activity by the prosecutor in New York City was a nonevent. Anti-Trumpers outshouted pro-Trumpers, so wake me up when it’s over. The most interesting political news right now was the election of an African-American former union organizer as the mayor of Chicago …