Keith Burgess-Jackson, J.D., Ph.D.

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Has anyone heard, seen, or smelled the likes of Jonah Goldberg, George Will, Stephen Hayes, and William Kristol? These individuals are hors de combat. Too morally pure to support Donald Trump, and too conservative to support Hillary Clinton, they've become noncombatants, and who wants to hear from noncombatants? They have nothing interesting to say, one way or another. They are useless. I know one thing: I'm done with these puritans forever. Trump's candidacy has forced conservatives to show their true colors. We now know which conservatives are interested in doing the best they can in an imperfect world and which are more interested in moral preening and virtue signaling. If there is any justice in this world, these Goody Two-Shoes will lose their jobs or, in the case of those who run websites or magazines, go out of business.

To the editor:

What I don’t understand is why The Times apparently feels that the rights of 11 million illegal immigrants trump (pun intended) the rights of law-abiding US citizens?

At the end of your article, you state that the Mexican government is quietly “offering support for Mexicans who are eligible to become U.S. citizens and helping them register to vote.” You don’t consider this a foreign government tampering with our electoral process?

Rick Kern, Incline Village, Nevada

Here is a new blog for your consideration. I will add it to the blogroll.

This man is delusional. He thinks Donald Trump is as likely as Hillary Clinton to appoint bad Supreme Court justices.

Addendum: Lest I be accused (again!) of not being able to read, let me put it in his words: "This man, Budziszewski, is so foolish and venal that he doesn’t concede that Donald Trump can be trusted to appoint better Supreme Court justices than Hillary Clinton."

It seemed to me today that there haven't been many no-hitters this season. Sure enough, there has been only one (in April, by Jake Arrieta of the Chicago Cubs). Here are the no-hitters for the past few seasons:

• 2010: 6
• 2011: 3
• 2012: 7
• 2013: 3
• 2014: 5
• 2015: 7
• 2016: 1

The season ends on 2 October: four weeks from today.

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The failure . . . of one person to apprehend God has very little significance against someone else's positive claim. For it is quite possible that the failure stems from the fact that the man is in some way yet unready for that experience, or from the fact that God—for reasons which we may or may not guess—has not yet chosen to reveal Himself to him.

(George I. Mavrodes, Belief in God: A Study in the Epistemology of Religion [Washington, DC: University Press of America, 1970], 79)

Disraeli Gears (1967). John Sullivan is aghast (and I think a little disappointed) that I don't like Eric Clapton. I have to admit, this song—"Sunshine of Your Love"—impresses me. I've heard it dozens of times in my life (I was 10 years old when it was released), but never gave it much thought. (Truth be told, I always considered it simplistic.) Now that I'm learning how to play it on my acoustic guitar, I have a new appreciation both for the complexity of the song and for Clapton's talent as a guitarist and songwriter. (This is not to take away from Jack Bruce or Ginger Baker, who are also superb musicians.)