I just finished reading Elena Kagan’s college thesis -- all 134 pages of it. If anyone's interested, it can be found at http://www.redstate.com/erick/2010/05/13/breaking-we-have-elena-kagans-college-thesis/. Or contact me and I'll email it to you.
First, I understand how Jews felt emigrating to the US in the early 1900s. Strange land, strange ways and all that. They migrated to the Lower East Side and found — not the promised land they'd been led to believe existed here — but miserable living conditions. There, Jewish clothing company owners took advantage of Jewish workers and put them to work as slave laborers. It's no wonder they turned to unions and socialism.
Interestingly, though, Italian and Irish immigrants advanced in other ways. They did not embrace socialism. Instead, they chose politics, their faith and cultural ties as ways of staying together, keeping their dignity, building coalitions and getting a toehold in the new country.
Kagan’s current view — well, her view at the time — can be best seen in the conclusion of her thesis where she embraces “radicalism.” What her views are today, I can't say. Hopefully, though, she's matured from her college years. But she’s Obama’s good friend, or at least that’s what he said when he nominated her and he should know.
But Obama, the Democrats and Kagan are all our fault. We rejected Bush and his Republican buddies and elected an unknown social activist from Chicago president of the United States. Now we’re reaping the benefits of that foolish (but perhaps necessary) misstep in national politics.
As Kagan noted in her thesis, it’s easier for people to fight their own kind than the enemy. That is precisely what’s going on in America today. Conservatives in the TEA parties are fighting their own kind (other conservatives) rather than the left. Unless things change, score another win for the dark side.
While it's still possible to turn things around, I doubt that will happen. That’s because the more things change, the more they remain the same. Of course, this argues against the socialists too, so anything can happen. Maybe it's time to pray.
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Update: Ms. Kagan's thesis has disappeared from the Internet. In addition, I understand her university has sealed it from view. I draw no conclusions from this because, with the passage of time, many views change.
More than five years have passed and Justice Kagan seems to have distinguished herself on the bench. No doubt she remains the progressive she was when President Obama appointed her, she's managed to merge quietly into the liberal wing of the court. With the vacancy created by Justice Scalia's untimely death, the court likely will remain center or center-right if Judge Neil Gorsuch wins confirmation. Democrats sense that, of course, and are predictably outraged. But the country should fare well for the foreseeable future, particularly if Republicans can hold the Senate and Donald Trump can hang onto the presidency.
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