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Clarence Thomas Fast Facts Personal Birth place: Pin Point, Georgia Birth name: Clarence Thomas Mother: Leola (Anderson) Thomas Children: with Kathy (Ambush) Thomas: Jamal, 1973 Education: Holy Cross College, A.B., 1971; Yale Law School, J.D., 1974 Religion: Roman Catholic Grew up in poverty in segregated Georgia. Raised by his maternal grandparents as a devout Catholic, and was sent to an all-black Catholic school run by nuns. Thomas was a beneficiary of Yale’s affirmative action policy, which offered opportunities to minority students. Served on the US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit ...

Share this article Share this article ST. LOUIS, March 8, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- I cannot overstate my admiration for Roy Blunt.  He has been my friend for many decades, and he is a sterling example of political leadership at its best.  For Roy public service has never been about himself, let alone about anger and confrontation. I wish Roy every bit of personal fulfillment that his retirement will bring.  But in my heart, I wish he would remain our senator for as long as the Mississippi and Missouri Rivers flow. SOURCE Sen. John C. Danforth ×

Former Senator John C. Danforth recently made headlines chastising one of his fellow Republicans and statesman, Sen. Josh Hawley, after the insurrection on at the U.S. Capitol. Now retired from public service, Danforth has avoided the limelight however he chose to publicly criticize his fellow Missourian for Hawley's actions to overturn the results of the presidential election. Why did Danforth choose to speak out? What does this elder statesman think about the direction America is headed under a new administration? On Thursday, Feb. 11 at 6 p.m. (CT), join Danforth for an intimate conversati...

A law-geek Missouri senator with an elite pedigree tries to grab the mantle of right-wing populism.

January 15, 2021 SHARE Supporters of President Donald Trump pray outside the U.S. Capitol on January 06, 2021. (Win McNamee/Getty Images) Jan. 6, 2021, is a day that will live in infamy. A sitting president, abetted by congressional leaders, incited a violent mob of his supporters, who sieged the United State Capitol in an attempted coup, the scope of which we are still uncovering. All along the route from Trump’s rally on the Ellipse to the Capitol, there was no shortage of religious imagery. Some of the rioters carried crosses, or spoke of the “end times,” or brandished images ...