Tech and tiffs
Sunday is my usual day off, so I’ll make this brief. The technical problems with the Bing bot crawler attack that began on Friday are continuing. My host is still working on it, as am I. I may end up … Continue reading →
Category Archives: Politics
Take care
Sometimes when I’m signing a letter or an email I use the closing take care. It’s rather trite and formulaic, but it’s a convenient way to say take care of yourself, be kind to yourself, relax, enjoy and also be … Continue reading →
On the presumption of innocence and Congressional hearings
The presumption of innocence for the accused is one of the pillars—probably the main pillar—of our criminal law. Its importance to our liberty cannot be overstated. But Chuck Schumer was at least partially correct when he said of the Kavanaugh … Continue reading →
Committee votes to take Kavanaugh confirmation to the full Senate…
…and yet the foot-dragging moderates are now insisting on a short delay for a brief FBI investigation. More: Flake earlier had announced his support for Kavanaugh, but then disappeared from the committee room as lawmakers offered hours of statements on … Continue reading →
Kavanaugh’s crucible
Three days ago I wrote a post about the Kavanaugh fight called “Character and crucible.” Here’s an excerpt in which I define the word “crucible”: Arthur Miller’s play about the Salem witch trials is called “The Crucible,” and the meaning … Continue reading →
Christine Blasey Ford: a friend in need
The woman Ford is speaking about here is her lifelong friend Leland, who failed to back up Ford’s story of the party and the attack, and who also denied ever having met Kavanaugh at any time in her life: I … Continue reading →
Theatrical politics: the hearing
[UPDATES below] NOON: So far I have not been able to bring myself to watch, although I probably will watch some of it later. That may surprise you, but it’s for several reasons. The first is that I always am … Continue reading →
You call that a polygraph?
Perhaps the Ford forces thought it would never come to this. Because they couldn’t possibly have thought that anyone would accept these results as evidence of anything except their own conniving and misleading duplicity: Ah, that's why they didn't want … Continue reading →
The allegations escalate
Now we have the promised gang-rape allegations from a woman who went to Avenatti (Stormy Daniels’ lawyer) with allegations that Kavanaugh and Mark Judge ran or were participants in a gang rape ring in high school. Drudge has the link; … Continue reading →
Ramirez, Mayer, and the Yale alum network
In one of yesterday’s posts I pointed out that Ronan Farrow has made the following statement about Kavanaugh accuser Deborah Ramirez: She came forward because Senate Democrats came looking for this claim. She did not flag this. This came to … Continue reading →
Ronan Farrow says that Democrats found Ramirez
[Hat tip: commenter “AesopFan”] My my my: Check out what Ronan Farrow said on Good Morning America earlier today: STEPHANOPOULOS: Why did [Deborah Ramirez] come forward? FARROW: She came forward because Senate Democrats came looking for this claim. She did … Continue reading →
Character and crucible: Thomas and Kavanaugh
Yesterday I put up a short clip of Clarence Thomas excoriating the Senate Democrats at his 1991 hearing. I want to highlight it now: Thomas speaks with great eloquence, but it’s his affect that is especially arresting. You can feel … Continue reading →