The recent “McCarthyesque excesses” witnessed during the Kavanaugh hearing are undoing a great deal of good that #MeToo had once done, explains Victor Davis Hanson in NRO. A Nightmarish World A republic cannot survive any revolutionary movement that insists that its moral claims are so exalted that 2,500 years of Western jurisprudence must be jettisoned, […]
Columbus, Churchill, Melania – Western Civilization Under Assault
“After witnessing the recent spectacle of a significant minority of U.S. senators endorsing the presumption of guilt, this week Americans can turn to various media for fresh assaults on Western tradition,” writes James Freeman in the WSJ. The NYT can’t help itself in being critical of the Trumps. Melania is taking cheap shots from the […]
How to Tell the Kavanaugh War Is Over
There were many clues, writes Francis Menton in the Manhattan Contrarian. The really easy clue was from the New York Times, but there were others. The Emergence of Two More Accursers: Deborah Ramirez and Julie Swetnick. Could these two transparent frauds have been better selected if the only purpose was to undermine the potential credibility […]
Deplorables’ Two Biggest Concerns: Hillary and the Supreme Court
Daniel Henninger reminds readers in the WSJ that 63 million voted for Trump in 2016. And it was not the lunatic fringe. Their concerns after two terms of Barack Obama were (1) Hillary Clinton and (2) the direction of SCOTUS. The Kavanaugh nomination has put both these powerful subtexts from 2016 back in play. The […]
12 Big Problems in Christine Blasey Ford’s Story
“I do not think that a reasonable prosecutor would bring this case based on the evidence before the Committee. A ‘he said, she said’ case is incredibly difficult to prove. But this case is even weaker than that,” submits Rachel Mitchell in a five-page-long memo obtained by The Washington Post. Below are 12 massive inconsistencies listed […]
Focus on the Bigger Constitutional Issues
Certainly, many Americans must be thinking that there is something much more important at stake here than what did or did not happen at some house in a D.C. suburb in the summer of 1982. Any of us would be forgiven for thinking that, Francis Menton writes in the Manhattan Contrarian. The Answer: A Simple […]
The Deep Flaws in Dr. Ford’s Account
In what was Republicans’ one and only chance to have questioned Christine Blasey Ford, Brett Kavanaugh’s principal accuser, they failed to highlight the deep flaws in Dr. Ford’s account. A lawyer, Andrew C. McCarthy points out, could have been completely respectful of Dr. Ford’s emotional distress and still have asked elementary questions. Elementary Questions Not […]
The Stakes Go to the Core of Our Country’s Principles
Finally, the Kavanaugh/Ford spectacle is over. Ms. Ford was unable to muster evidence on her claim of sexual assault by Brett Kavanaugh. In a powerful statement, Judge Kavanaugh adamantly and categorically denied the charges by Ms. Ford. In an interview last Monday, Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski noted: “We are now in a place where it’s […]
VIDEO: Lindsey Graham Defends Brett Kavanaugh at Hearing
Why the Kavanaugh Case Would Be Thrown Out of Court
Today’s Senate proceedings are not about guilt or innocence, Andrew C. McCarthy explains reminds readers in NRO. They are about qualification. The proceedings are about Kavanaugh’s suitability to sit as an associate justice of the Supreme Court. Period. The objective is to give the Senate — first the Judiciary Committee and then the full chamber […]
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