Degrading confirmation process now a maelstrom of insincerities
The current era of scorched-earth politics began five years after there was, according to Christine Blasey Ford, in 1982, an alcohol-soaked party in a suburban Washington home.
Category Archives: Opinion
Column: In light of new allegations, Kavanaugh confirmation must be postponed
Christine Blasey Ford is scheduled to testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee this Thursday regarding an alleged incident of sexual assault that occurred 35 years ago. "I categorically and unequivocally deny this allegation," Kavanaugh said in a statement released by the White House.
Readers respond: Remember the Clarence Thomas hearings?
Hypocritical Republicans were content to let the current U.S. Supreme Court seat remain empty for a year during the Obama administration, but now they charge full steam ahead to appoint conservative judge, Brett Kavanaugh, before the midterms. A witness has come forth challenging Kavanaugh's moral character and they are doing everything possible to dismiss her testimony or challenge its credibility.
Food aid matters to thousands of Utah households
More than 10 percent of Utahns are struggling with food insecurity , or limited or uncertain access to enough food. The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program makes a difference for thousands of Utah households, ensuring they have money for food and room in their budget to afford rent and other basic needs.
OP-ED: We need to hear from Christine Blasey Ford
In amoral political terms, Senate Republicans have been skillful in handling Christine Blasey's Ford's allegations that the Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh sexually assaulted her when they were both in high school.
Hicks column: Selective history lessons are little more than Propaganda 101
Robert Smalls was a former slave who went on to become a state lawmaker and congressman during the Reconstruction period. His legacy includes the creation of South Carolina's public school system.
Joe Kennedy’s tweet on sexual assault insensitivity is a bit much
Should any member of the Kennedy family be lecturing any other politician about insensitivity to the rape and abuse of females? On Friday morning, the president tweeted out, re: the Kavanaugh-Ford contretemps: "I have no doubt that, if the attack on Dr. Ford was as bad as she says, charges would have been immediately filed with local Law Enforcement Authorities by either her or her loving parents. I ask that she bring those filings forward so that we can learn date, time and place!" "2 of 3 sexual assaults are never reported.
Letter: Hirono stands up for the underdog
Our U.S. Sen. Mazie Hirono has been in the news often lately, interviewed about our errant president and more recently about Judge Brett Kavanaugh, accused of sexual assault. Read More
Real Russian spies don’t live up to ‘The Americans’
The Americans, the TV show about Russian agents embedded in the U.S. in the 1980s, has gone out with a bang, winning two Emmy Awards for its final season. It's getting no prizes from me, though, for its portrayal of Russian spies so implausibly effective and resourceful that I suspect it made it easier for actual Americans to leap to premature conclusions about Trump-Russia collusion.
Hilton Head Chamber allocation doesn’t smell right
The Hilton Head Island-Bluffton Chamber of Commerce's request, its timing and the amount approved by the Town of Hilton Head Island are likely fully justifiable, legitimate and authorized under existing 1990-era procedures. But it just doesn't smell right.
Stop the theatrics, respect the process
If fleeting youthful indiscretions could not be erased by years of reasonable, mature behavior, few of us would ever have amounted to anything. Democrat leaders in the U.S. Senate are in a panic to stop the appointment of Judge Brett Kavanaugh to the U.S. Supreme Court, and in a last-ditch effort they have pinned their hope to an allegation that he behaved inappropriately with a girl when he was in high school.
Editorial voice from elsewhere
Stop us when this sounds familiar: A woman comes forward to allege sexual misconduct by a nominee to the United States Supreme Court.
Democratic congressional candidate calls on Trump to release his tax…
Democrat Scott Wallace wants President Trump to release his tax returns. But he isn't so eager to hand over his own.
Dealing with #MeToo: Pretend to care before ignoring the woman
Sen. Lindsey Graham says Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh is the victim of a "drive-by shooting" and that he wants to "listen to the lady" - an accomplished research psychologist who says the future judge sexually assaulted her when they were in high school - and then "bring this to a close." Sen. John Cornyn is already attacking Christine Blasey Ford 's credibility, complaining about "gaps" in her recollection of an event she says has traumatized her for decades.
Trump’s self-serving declassification
In announcing that President Donald Trump had ordered the declassification of several documents related to the investigation of possible ties between his 2016 campaign and Russia, White House press secretary Sarah Sanders made it sound like there was no politics involved. The disclosures were designed, Sanders said, "for reasons of transparency" and to accommodate requests from Congress.
Prosecute a lie and trya gun laws: Our view Background check liars are …
Background check liars are often so desperate to get a gun that they'll risk going to jail. Except almost no one puts them in jail: Our view When gun buyers are caught in 'lie-and-try,' how many are prosecuted? 12 Background check liars are often so desperate to get a gun that they'll risk going to jail.
Around Town: Kemp button prompts ejection from bar, Cobb Gop chair says
Cobb GOP Chairman Jason Shepherd has made a decision to boycott Live at the Battery after a companion he was with was kicked out of the bar, he believes, for no other reason than wearing a Brian Kemp button.
Ronald Reagan’s words on Constitution Day ring true in today’s divided times
The midterm elections and the work of the special counsel have accentuated these divisions. We now have the upcoming hearings into the explosive allegations against U.S. Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh.
Sen. Orrin Hatch: Monday’s Brett Kavanaugh hearing is no one’s first…
As the Washington Post and others have reported, the accuser, Dr. Christine Blasey Ford, wrote a letter to Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., as far back as July. Yet the ranking member sat on the information for weeks, perhaps because she doubted the credibility of an allegation more than three decades old.
When disaster struck, states repealed onerous regulations
The good news is that many states have learned from past mistakes and have adopted innovative policies. In fact, more than 25 states have adopted laws that now make is easier for disaster relief workers to avoid government bureaucracy during those critical days and weeks following a tragedy.