by Henry Oliner | Sep 30, 2018 | Politics
Fail to articulate any limits. The allegations against Harvey Weinstein opened up a flood gate of similar abuses. We became aware as we had never been. Rumors became factual and stellar careers were ended. But they failed to distinguish blatant assault and...
by Henry Oliner | Sep 30, 2018 | Politics
from The New York Magazine, Andrew Sullivan writes Everyone Lost at the Ford-Kavanaugh Hearings: excerpt: To the extent that the hearing went beyond the specifics of Ford’s allegations and sought to humiliate and discredit Kavanaugh for who he was as a teenager nearly...
by Henry Oliner | Sep 29, 2018 | Politics
Jonah Goldberg at National Review weighs in on the Kavanaugh fiasco in The Moral Panic Phase: I suspect what’s happened is a convergence of things. First the #MeToo movement, which mostly has been a force for good, is entering its moral-panic phase. Second, the...
by Henry Oliner | Sep 29, 2018 | Politics
Ex-Senator Barbara Boxer has lowered the standard of guilt. ‘What We Saw Today Is Someone Who You Could Now See Attacking A Woman’ she surmised after Kavanaugh’s testimony. He looked guilty; case closed. Because Kavanaugh was visibly upset and angry he was guilty and...
by Henry Oliner | Sep 28, 2018 | Law, Politics, Progressivism
“I always cheer up immensely if an attack is particularly wounding because I think, well, if they attack one personally, it means they have not a single political argument left.” – Margaret Thatcher If a Senator wishes to vote against a judicial nominee there is no...
