My
first reaction to the death of Supreme Court Judge Scalia is the
ancient thought : death is the great equalizer even in this democracy of
growing inequality. I recall the Samuel Johnson poem " On the Vanity of
Human Wishes ". Johnson concluded that only faith, hope, and love
endure. An antidote to all forms of fanaticism-on the right and on the
left.
" In his
youth, he failed to get into his first choice high school and then was
rejected by Princeton University, later claiming he was passed over
because he was 'an Italian boy from Queens, not the Princeton type.' "
[ " For gold the hireling judge distorts the laws; Wealth heaped on wealth, nor truth nor safety buys, The dangers gather as the treasures rise. " Johnson: The Vanity of Human Wishes ] |
| How was Judge Scalia influenced by Catholic, Italo-American culture ? |
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