Its surprising that a sitting Supreme Court justice would write an autobiography. It is even more surprising that ABC news would have a 20 page review/interview of the book on its website.

The title, "My Grandfather's Son" refers to the fact that Thomas' father abandoned him and he was raised by his grandparents. The odd character of the title reflects the usual nature of Thomas' account of his life. There is no gilding of the lily here--Thomas confesses guilt and shame over his divorce, and problem-drinking, but more striking is the frustration, humiliation and anger that comes from being a black man in America.

Thomas doesn't owe anyone anything and he tells it like it was and is. Lots of liberal Democrats are outed as unreconstructed racists and total a-holes:

Thomas in the next few years became more publicly conservative and more open to attack. When Hodding Carter, the white former aide to President Carter, published an article in Playboy in 1986 titled "Reagan and the Revival of Racism," Thomas wrote a critical letter in response. Carter shot back in the magazine: "Mr. Thomas is surely familiar with those chicken-eating preachers who gladly parroted the segregationist's line in exchange for a few crumbs from the white man's table. He's one of the few left in captivity."

Joe Biden gets tagged as an a-hole as well, but we already knew that.

I look forward to reading the book, but the review is pretty extraordinarily comprehensive. What comes across is a searing indictment of white liberals, whom Thomas describes as far worse than any southern Klansman.

Thomas's most deeply felt opinions are about race, and he pulls no punches. For Thomas, the menacing racists who donned white sheets in the segregated South of his childhood are as bad or worse as the northern liberal zealots in suits and ties.

"These people who claim to be progressive … have been far more vicious to me than any southerner," Thomas says, "and it is purely ideological."

Thomas talks about the virulent racism he encountered growing up in the segregated South, when blacks were considered second-class citizens and kept separate from whites by law, and he equates those attitudes with the stereotypes he believes people hold today.

"People get bent out of shape about the fact that when I was a kid, you could not drink out of certain water fountains. Well, the water was the same. My grandfather always said that, 'The water's exactly the same.' But those same people are extremely comfortable saying I can't drink from this fountain of knowledge," Thomas says. "They certainly don't see themselves as being like the bigots in the South. Well, I've lived both experiences. And I really don't see that they're any different from them."

Not mentioned were prominent liberal racists Ken Salazar and Harry Reid

Possible the most remarkable thing I've read on a news site...ever. Read it all.