Making Sense of Clarence Thomas

The puzzle of this arch-conservative is solved by understanding his history — hidden in plain sight

Official SCOTUS portrait. Edited by author.

Whether you love Dave Chappelle or can’t stand him, you have to acknowledge there is unalloyed comic genius in the premise of the Chappelle’s Show sketch “Frontline: Clayton Bigsby”. In the sketch Bigsby is a revered white supremacist writer and…