An instance of the entire supreme court consisting of blacks wouldn't change what's going on in the life of the average black person. I don't see the connection. There aren't that many people who sit on the supreme court overall.
I just hope he chooses someone who isn't bat-shit crazy.
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Knowing that death is certain and that the time of death is uncertain, what's the most important thing?
—Bhikkhuni Pema Chödrön
Humankind cannot bear very much reality.
—From "Burnt Norton," Four Quartets (1936), T. S. Eliot
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