Just now I read that Brett Kavanaugh had issued a statement about the new accusations and the fact that he plans to fight them. I wanted to look at his exact words, so I Googled “Brett Kavanaugh statement” and then … Continue reading →
Needless to say, the New Yorker was extremely eager to pin another accusation on Kavanaugh. So their motives to publish the Ramirez story are obvious. Farrow and Mayer have also carved out a sort of niche of accusative journalism involving … Continue reading →
Distasteful though that process may be. I wrote a lot about the Cosby charges and the Cosby trial. It’s easy to take a look, here. The gist of the situation regarding Cosby was and is as follows: I happen to … Continue reading →
The news is coming from all angles today. There’s a report that Rod Rosenstein is on the way out: Axios has reported that “Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein has verbally resigned to Chief of Staff John Kelly in anticipation of … Continue reading →
Everyone has been expecting this. And there may be a third and a fourth, but they will be revealed one by one, in single file, with timing exquisitely calibrated in order to drag the entire thing out. There will be … Continue reading →
Here’s the latest: NEW: Christine Blasey Ford’s lawyers say she accepts the Judiciary Committee’s invitation to testify next week, requests further negotiations over details of hearing: pic.twitter.com/FomW2BssGr — Phil Mattingly (@Phil_Mattingly) September 22, 2018 Note the same old passive-aggressive snark … Continue reading →
This post isn’t really about Kavanaugh and Ford, although obviously that’s the jumping-off spot. It’s about the larger issues that the controversy reflects, which have to do with the nature of justice. Robert Frost (yes, that Robert Frost) had this … Continue reading →
I know the answer: of course it can. I keep trying to get away from this story, but stuff keeps happening. I was happily away from my computer all afternoon, seeing old friends from out-of-town who were visiting the area, … Continue reading →
For the “believe the women; Kavanaugh is guilty as the day is long” crowd on the left, there remain the inconvenient accusers. These accusers are female, too, like Kavanaugh’s. In nearly all instances, their stories of sexual wrongdoing on the … Continue reading →
I’ve written about this subject before, and I’ll probably write about it again. But apparently it requires repeating: Anyone who says that members of a certain group always tell the truth is lying. There is no such group on earth. … Continue reading →
Ford’s position conforms quite nicely with the Democratic strategy of “we need to postpone the vote on Kavanaugh till something happens—like maybe a new Senate is elected that is Democratic, or enough Republican senators bow to the pressure and refuse … Continue reading →
There are a lot of problems with the Kavanaugh accuser’s story, including the fact that she may be deliberately lying for political reasons. But even if she’s not purposely lying, there are many problems connected with the phenomenon of memory … Continue reading →