Opinions

Public notice fosters transparency

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Editorial cartoonist Ben Sargent once penned a masterful sketch of a newspaperman — a skinny, bug-eyed fellow in a baggy suit with a press card in the band of his porkpie hat. The unnamed journalist was depicted in the simple act of entering a dark room at City Hall and switching on a light. The cartoon had no caption. It didn’t need one. In your mind’s eye you could see cockroaches scurrying for cover.

Judging in the Judiciary Committee

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When Democratic Sen. Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota questioned Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson at her Supreme Court confirmation hearing last Tuesday afternoon, Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina and Democratic Sen. Patrick Leahy of Vermont proved they have something in common in addition to being members of the Senate Judiciary Committee.

Reject Ketanji Brown Jackson

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The issue with Ketanji Brown Jackson, the 51-year-old federal appellate judge who is President Biden’s Supreme Court nominee, is not necessarily her on-paper qualifications. She has served as both a district court and appellate court judge, served as vice chair of the U.S. Sentencing Commission, formerly clerked for Justice Stephen Breyer (the man she has been nominated to replace) and is a double-Harvard alum. This is an impressive resume.

Ukraine: What is in America’s interest?

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As a result of the Russian invasion and partial destruction of Ukraine, the question “What is in America’s interest?” is the question of the day. Specifically, how much should America get involved in defending Ukraine?

A slip of the tongue in Supreme Court

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When lawyer Sarah Weddington stood up in the Supreme Court on Oct. 11, 1972, to present the pro-abortion argument in the case of Roe v. Wade, she was legalistically careful in the language she used to describe whom exactly an abortion aborted. She avoided normal terms like “unborn child” or “baby” -- and, most importantly, “person.”

Those who embrace the culture war cruise to victory

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For conservatives and Republicans, the present flare-up in Ukraine has shone a spotlight on the extent to which there is profound foreign policy disagreement within the broader ranks. From the ultrahawkish calls for a U.S.-imposed no-fly zone or even the assassination of Russian strongman Vladimir Putin from the likes of Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-Illinois) and Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina), to the nightly appeals for sobriety and de-escalation from Fox News host Tucker Carlson, the Right remains deeply divided on questions pertaining to foreign policy, in general -- and how best to secure the American national interest in the Eastern European theater, in particular.

This invasion brought to you by ... western environmentalists

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For more than 40 years, the environmentalist movement has been warning that global warming is the result of mankind’s burning of fossil fuels and poses an “existential threat” to human and other biological life. This is one of the many grandiose lies the Left uses to reshape, if not destroy, Western civilization.

A crude assessment of Biden’s oil fiasco

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The rest of the world may have no use for Vladimir Putin, but in this White House, he’s performing one very valuable function: scapegoat. For Joe Biden, who’s been desperate to offload his share of the blame for this global catastrophe, the Russian warmonger has been a convenient option.

UFOs and other visitors

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The Bible contains some rather profound statements, along with otherworldly ideas, to the extent that some people would just as soon dismiss it as fiction. Since these people don’t consider it a reliable guide to the material world, they dismiss it as immaterial to their lives. It deals with supernatural ideas that for some seem irrelevant, or with ideas about life that make some people uneasy.