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

It was a hit piece from the beginning. The Left cannot tolerate an emancipated black.

Quick: Who's on the $100,000 bill?

The Low Spark of High Heeled Boys (1971). This song may have the greatest ending in rock-and-roll history.

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In case you're wondering, I'm with Bill O'Reilly in his spat with George Will. Will is the consummate Washington insider and a longtime Reagan loyalist. His aim is not to see the truth about Reagan get out, but to hide inconvenient or unflattering truths about the man he adores. I despise that mentality. O'Reilly, by contrast, is first and foremost a journalist. He wants the truth to come out, warts and all. It's an undeniable fact that White House insiders were worried about Reagan's competence late in his second term. Why is that embarrassing? Trying to hide it is what's embarrassing. George Will disgusts me. When he says that O'Reilly is "doing the work of the American Left," he's saying that he (Will) cares more about Reagan's public image than about the truth. That's the mark of an ideologue, and I hate ideologues. George Will may as well be on the payroll of Nancy Reagan, whose only aim in life is to deify her dear Ronnie. (Compare Elizabeth Bacon Custer, who spent the final 57 years of her life glorifying her husband.)

Feinberg is mistaken in supposing that most people consider public nudity or public married intercourse immoral "precisely because they offend those who witness them." Moral conservatives, and other nonliberals, do, in fact, consider public nudity and public married intercourse to be "inherently wicked" regardless of whether they offend anyone. Of course, they do not consider nudity or marital intercourse to be inherently wicked. But they do consider public nudity and public intercourse to be wicked—even in circumstances where all the members of the relevant public hold "sexually liberated" attitudes and are therefore unoffended by public nudity and intercourse. Thus, moral conservatives consider public nudity immoral even on designated nude beaches where, presumably, no one present is in danger of being offended. The reason they consider public nudity immoral—regardless of whether it gives offense—is that it is, "in its essential nature," immodest. And immodesty is, in their view, immoral.

(Robert P. George, "Moralistic Liberalism and Legal Moralism," review of Harmless Wrongdoing: The Moral Limits of the Criminal Law, by Joel Feinberg, Michigan Law Review 88 [May 1990]: 1415-29, at 1422 [italics in original])

This is an unusual election with very strong anti-establishment subcurrents, making predictions problematic. On the Republican side,Donald Trump has demonstrated amazing resilience that has baffled the pundits, and that looks likely to carry him through. Expect a Marco Rubio V.P. slot to try to reach out to Latino voters.

On the Democratic side, expect an upset, as the highly enthusiastic progressive base inspired by honesty and integrity will carry Bernie Sanders to a narrow victory over Hillary Rodham Clinton. Mr. Sanders is registering legions of new voters who are often underrepresented in polls, but will push Mr. Sanders over the edge in many close states. Expect Mr. Sanders to build bridges with Clinton supporters and Latinos by asking Julián Castro to be his V.P.

SHAWN OLSON

Alexandria, Minn.

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