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It’s a Set-up

By Andrew C. McCarthy

In my column yesterday, I contended that the unverifiable sexual-assault allegation against Judge Brett Kavanaugh bore “all the hallmarks of a set-up.” I based that assessment on the patently flimsy evidence, coupled with Senate Democrats’ duplicitous abuse of the confirmation-hearing process. To repeat ... Read More

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Classmate of Kavanaugh Accuser Backtracks after Guilty Claim Goes Viral

By Jack Crowe

A woman who says she attended high school with Christine Blasey Ford claimed Tuesday in a since-deleted tweet that she was certain of Kavanaugh's guilt and remembered the alleged assault being spoken about in school in its aftermath. “I graduated from Holton Arms, and knew both Brett Kavanaugh and Mark ... Read More

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In Evaluating Credibility, the Signs Point in Brett Kavanaugh’s Favor

By Dan McLaughlin

It’s always a good idea, in politics, to evaluate accusations against your friends as if they were made against your enemies, and to evaluate accusations against your enemies as if they were made against your friends. That doesn’t mean you never give your friends some benefit of the doubt, but it does mean ... Read More

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Do Democrats Really Believe Christine Blasey Ford Doesn’t Have to Prove Her Claims?

By David French

There is something extremely curious about the course of the Brett Kavanaugh sexual-assault controversy thus far. At least based on the evidence and her conduct through today, Christine Blasey Ford seems to be making minimal effort to prove her case. In fact, with a strong assist from her Democratic allies, she ... Read More

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Censure Dianne Feinstein

By Michael W. Schwartz

Regardless of the fate of Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination, the Senate should censure the ranking Democratic member of the Judiciary Committee, Dianne Feinstein. Her deception and maneuvering, condemned across the political spectrum, seriously interfered with the Senate’s performance of its constitutional duty to ... Read More

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Are We on the Verge of Civil War?

By Victor Davis Hanson

Americans keep dividing into two hostile camps. It seems the country is back to 1860 on the eve of the Civil War, rather than in 2018, during the greatest age of affluence, leisure, and freedom in the history of civilization. The ancient historian Thucydides called the civil discord that tore apart the ... Read More