You know, I didn’t expect to talk about Clarence Thomas and the current political climate without making a comparison of his confirmation hearing back in the 90s to Brett Kavanaugh’s this last month. But here we are! No talking about Anita Hill and Christine Blasey Ford! (Except for that). So Clarence Thomas spoke at some random event last week (I think it was the expansion of some judicial building or something…It makes me wonder what kind of events command his attention…) and he spoke about a number of things. Of the topics he brought up, most prescient was probably the importance of avoiding partisanship on the bench, and not being a puppet or mouthpiece for people in power. It’s admittedly hard not to see that as a jab at the Kavanaugh confirmations. Whether that was meant as an unsubtle message at his new coworker remains to be seen.