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During his 34 years on the Supreme Court, Justice Clarence Thomas has been a Sphinx-like figure, speaking the fewest words of any of his peers. He once went a whole decade without asking a single question. When he decides to speak, however, people take notice. Last week was such a case.
Thomas spoke for an hour on one of the gravest threats facing the country: progressivism. It was such a clear indictment of what he called “alien ideas” that are incompatible with the American way of life that people haven’t stopped speaking about it since.
Fittingly, Thomas delivered the address at the University of Texas at Austin,
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