By Robert Oprisko On September 21, 2010, Associate Justice Clarence Thomas criticized the use of academic prestige in the hiring of law students after he was made aware that four of his clerks were called “third-tier trash” on Internet message boards. The students—who hailed from George Mason, Rutgers, George Washington, and Creighton—were considered inferior to […]
A Cleaner Bill of Health for College Affordability
The passage of healthcare reform on March 21 was a large step in the right direction in the progressive movement’s century-long fight to achieve healthcare coverage for all Americans. It was also a key win for Obama at a time when he was catching flak from the right for his “socialist” policies and from the […]