For the GOP, Kavanaugh Was All About Bill and Hillary
SUPREME POLITICS-When Barack Obama nominated Merrick Garland to the Supreme Court in March of 2016, Lee Drutman wrote:
Why the Kavanaugh Confirmation was a National Distraction
VIEW FROM HERE--A female friend of mine said something about the Kavanaugh/Ford issue I can't get out of my head.
Dear Journalists, Please Do Your Duty for Democracy
COVERING A CRISIS-Americans’ rights to vote, and to have their votes counted accurately, are the basis of democracy.
Brett Kavanaugh and the Scummy System That Made Him
I don’t often think fondly of Christopher Hitchens, but an insight of my ex-friend did brighten my eyes during the last week.
Where was the Judge’s Legal Expertise?
PERSPECTIVE--Recently I had an interchange with a female Ivy League graduate from the 1980's.
The Republican Culture of Sexual Abuse Approval
MY TURN-This topic is a mixed bag of complicated pieces that begins with the sexually suppressed conservatives and extends from the men that preach it to the women that buy into it.
The End of Syria’s Civil War and the Beginning of the Fight Over the Spoils
WORLD WATCH-With Syria’s civil war nearing an end with the takeover of the city of Idlib by Assad’s forces and his allies, I do not expect that Syria will soon enter a period of calm and amicably divide the spoils of the war. Russia, Iran, Turkey, and the US have conflicting strategic interests in Syria, which are on a collision course.
