Nobody Knows the Lynchings He's Seen

New York Times by Frank Rich | Oct. 7, 2007 (Opinion)

What's the difference between a low-tech lynching and a high-tech lynching? A high-tech lynching brings a tenured job on the Supreme Court and a $1.5 million book deal. A low-tech lynching, not so much.

Pity Clarence Thomas. Done in by what he calls "left-wing zealots draped in flowing sanctimony" -- as he describes anyone who challenged his elevation to the court -- he still claims to have suffered as much as African-Americans once victimized by ... Full Story »

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 by James Ivers - Oct. 1, 2008

A typical hit-piece by a former movie critic. Evidently Rich couldn't even be bothered to read the book he's hypothetically reviewing, since all he mentions is what he saw on television. Also, he displays his ignorance by not knowing that Asst Atty Gen'l in Missouri is hardly a plum but the lowest lawyer job in the system, as well as that *most* (98% or so) of all top law school graduates secure their first job just after their second year of law school and before their third and final year. Rich is an ignorant joke, but he's a reliable ignorant joke.

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