That’s our dear friend Clarence, whom we adore,” Abigail Thernstrom said, proudly showing me the framed photograph of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas that hangs above the fireplace in the office she shares with her husband, Harvard University historian Stephan Thernstrom. She added mischievously: “It’s there to make reporters faint.” Abigail Thernstrom, a fellow at […]
Adam Shatz
Adam Shatz is literary editor of The Nation. He has worked at the New York Times Book Review, Lingua Franca and The New Yorker. He edited Prophets Outcast: A Century of Dissident Jewish Writing About Zionism and Israel.