STICKIN' IT TO THE MAN, SORT OF

[Clarence Thomas] proudly said that [h]e would not meet with the Supreme Court press corps to promote his book.

--Richard Miniter, "My Dinner with Clarence Thomas," at Pajamas Media today

ABC Supreme Court correspondent Jan Crawford Greenburg conducted a series of wide-ranging interviews with Justice Thomas and his wife, Virginia.

--lead-in to ABC's interview, which runs to seven parts online and filled a half hour on last night's Nightline

In a telephone interview Sunday with USA TODAY, Thomas said he wanted to tell a story that was "honest, straightforward and positive" and could speak to people beyond Washington.

--story in USA Today by Joan Biskupic, the paper's Supreme Court correspondent