Tuesday, October 02, 2007

Justice Thomas Speaks Out

"I wept beyond tears, slipping into the barren, rhythmic heaves of a body seeking something more."


The poetic words of inconsolable grief were penned by Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas in his newly released memoir, My Grandfather's Son. In this moving passage, he describes his agony in the days following the death of the man that came to be "Daddy". The book is filled with magnificent prose in which one of the most powerful men in America repeatedly dares to bare his soul - dares to make himself vulnerable to the cold, hard world of cynics in which we live.


There have been a number of interviews and articles about the new book by Justice Clarence Thomas, My Grandfather's Son. And to read the rest of the insightful article by Rebecca Hagelin just click on the "The Justice Speaks."