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Thursday, October 4, 2018
‘White Male Privilege,’ RIP
What’s the last remaining group in America that can be slandered, smeared, maligned and accused of racism, sexism and homophobia with no proof required? White men.
Who Are Brett Kavanaugh’s Enemies?
If you have read enough pro-Kavanaugh articles, give this one a pass. You are not going to like it. Yet if you have not heard enough, you will probably like this one. I have nothing but congratulatory things to say about Judge Brett Kavanaugh.
Trump’s ‘Compromise’ on Border Wall
“But I say to Congress, I will never sign another bill like this again,” said President Donald Trump. “I’m not going to do it again.”
Whatever It Takes
The Democrats’ current position on the Supreme Court nomination of Judge Brett Kavanaugh is: We cannot have someone addicted to beer on our highest court!
Investigation Updates
Washington was buzzing yesterday with reports that the FBI investigation into the allegations against Judge Brett Kavanaugh was being wrapped up. Once the FBI’s work is concluded, senators will receive a report from the bureau.
Planned Parenthood’s Planned Payoff for Senate Dems
Long before the president even made his Supreme Court pick, both sides knew what it would mean. And despite whatever allegations have been made, the bottom line is the same today as it was when Justice Kennedy retired.
By Not Being a Team Player, Flake Served the Nation
Preferring verbal felicity to practical wisdom, a character in a Benjamin Disraeli novel quipped, “A majority is always the best repartee.” Not really. Open societies that want to remain so should prefer persuasion to raw power, even the power of majorities. Which is why Republican Sen. Jeff Flake served the nation, its highest tribunal, constitutional morality and even his ungrateful party by not being a team player.
Wednesday, October 3, 2018
No Justice for the Justice
Supreme Court appointments are perhaps the most important confirmations of our lifetime because they are lifetime appointments. They directly affect our lives and American jurisprudence for decades. It is the selection of who determines the law of the land.
Investigate the Senate Democrat Wrecking Machine
The emergence of incredible — “too extraordinary and improbable to be believed” — accusers in the 11th hour was no mistake.
Racial Disparities in School Discipline
President Barack Obama’s first education secretary, Arne Duncan, gave a speech on the 45th anniversary of “Bloody Sunday” at the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama, where, in 1965, state troopers beat and tear-gassed hundreds of peaceful civil rights marchers who were demanding voting rights.
Judge Kavanaugh Holds Mainstream Position on Voting Rights
The latest bizarre claim laid against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh is that his confirmation would “spell the end of voting rights.”
Assaulting Kavanaugh
It was a long, embarrassing day of drama, tears and ugly partisan bickering.
Pro-Abortion Left vs. Kavanaugh
I’ve been writing for years about the depth of the culture war taking place in America. I’ve done so with trepidation, with knowledge that without resolution, culture wars can turn into physical wars.
Prosecutor Expertly Picks Apart the Case Against Kavanaugh
The decision by Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Charles Grassley to have Arizona sex crimes prosecutor Rachel Mitchell question Christine Blasey Ford may well be remembered as a brilliant — and quite possibly pivotal — choice.
The Kavanaugh Combat and Campus Cranks
For Washington Post readers, we offer a quiz. Guess which one of these now-deleted tweets from Washington, D.C., Catholic college professors about the Brett Kavanaugh battle and Kavanaugh accuser Julie Swetnick is considered scandalous and newsworthy.
In Kavanaugh Fight, Democrats Move Goal Posts Far, Far Away
Ask any casual observer what the Brett Kavanaugh Supreme Court confirmation fight is about, and the answer will be the allegation that at a high school party 36 years ago, when Kavanaugh was 17, he drunkenly forced then-15-year-old Christine Ford onto a bed, tried to undress her and, when she tried to scream, covered her mouth with his hand.
Protecting Online Privacy Must Be a Priority
Hardly a day goes by that we don’t read or hear about another breach or attack on our sensitive online information.
The Left’s Strategy
Every other day, the Left is coming up with another charge against Judge Brett Kavanaugh. Some are so grotesque as to be unbelievable.
GOP Picks Cotton to Lead Justice Fight
The only bars liberals seem preoccupied with are the ones Brett Kavanaugh visited in college. But Senate Democrats may want to focus on a bar of another kind: the Washington, D.C. Bar.
Seriously Mentally Ill
They live on the street, often foraging through dumpsters. Some threaten us. Occasionally, they assault people.