William Murchison
I think Dr. Ford is blowing smoke and, further, that Judge Kavanaugh is the moral superior of thousands who discount his word and declare him unfit for the Supreme Court. But what do I know? What does Sen. Hirono, for…
“Dirt is dirtier than clean is clean,” observes one of John O’Hara’s characters — a history prof, I think — remarking on the observed partiality of the human race for darkness and grime in their news diet, over sweetness and…
The annual approach of 9/11/01 brought memories, news recaps, and best of all, in some ways, speculation. As in, what’s the matter with Americans today? Where’s now the national unity that marked the aftermath of the attacks; the U.S. flags…
What’s the point, really? Beyond political theater, that is. The Kavanaugh smearing — I mean, for political science purposes, hearing — has naught to do with Senate inquiry into the fitness of Judge Brett Kavanaugh for service on the nation’s…
John McCain’s exit from life and politics has commentators of all sorts falling into interpretive contortions. “I opposed him, but…” “I liked him in spite of…” It was McCain’s gift, springing from personality and life experiences, to antagonize and enrapture,…
The Pennsylvania horrors go hand in hand. First, the grand jury report; the accounts of abuse, humiliation, and degradation visited on young people, then hidden from view as far as possible — made to seem just, oh you know, sort…
Anti-Confederate liberals (of various races) can’t get over the fact that pro-common-sense liberals, moderates, and conservatives (of various races) can’t go over the fact that rhetorical agitation over race has led us down a blind alley. The supposed “nationalist” rally…
I’d bet a million bucks U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas won’t lose his reelection bid at the hands of the gangly, boyish-looking Democratic congressman Robert Francis O’Rourke of El Paso. Still… Some weeks ago, I started noticing, in my…
From Republican Sen. Orrin Hatch of Utah, via a column in the Wall Street Journal, comes a call for “détente in partisan hostilities” of the sort that disfigure our politics: the ongoing ya-ya-ya-you-lousy-#@#@$@! that we have come, sadly but inevitably,…
