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

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Powerage (1978). This song goes out to the creeps, thugs, and liars of the left. You want to play hardball on President Trump's Supreme Court nominations? Fine. We're going to kick you in the teeth. Again.

I saw these yard signs (click to enlarge) during today's bike ride. Republican Ted Cruz is running against Democrat Beto O'Rourke for the United States Senate. I wonder why they're in the same yard. One more cycling note: I rode 42.50 miles both yesterday and today. My elapsed time on both days was 2:41:34. How crazy is that? I'm 13.1 miles behind my 20-mile-per-day pace for 2018.

Addendum: It just hit me. Perhaps there is a difference of political opinion within the household. The husband, for example, may be a Cruz supporter, while the wife is a supporter of O'Rourke.

The best earth scientists around the world believe that the road to 7 degrees of global warming will gravely challenge our own survival. There is not a single scientific or political body in the world that disagrees with this assessment, except our president, the Republican Party, and their oil-rich sponsors.

In the past, we have witnessed corrupt corporate officers who would risk the future of their company, the livelihoods of their employees, and even their own careers, in exchange for a short-term, self-dealing payday. In similar fashion, the Trump administration intends to sacrifice the future security of civilization in exchange for today’s profits, amounting to a short-term win for his ego and his administration.

Trump’s catastrophic failure to perform his presidential duties is a betrayal of our country and the world. So much for making America great again.

Kerry Castonguay

Leominster

Women for Kavanaugh, and many others who support this very good man, are gathering all over Capitol Hill in preparation for a 3-5 P.M. VOTE. It is a beautiful thing to see – and they are not paid professional protesters who are handed expensive signs. Big day for America!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 6, 2018

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Lake (1976).

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Donald Trump's approval rating is 51%. Barack Obama's approval rating at the same point of his presidency (5 October 2010) was 48%.

In the course of his angry defense, Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh uttered this astonishing charge: “This whole two-week effort has been a calculated and orchestrated political hit, fueled with apparent pent-up anger about President Trump and the 2016 election. Fear that has been unfairly stoked about my judicial record, revenge on behalf of the Clintons and millions of dollars in money from outside left-wing opposition groups.”

Equal parts partisan and paranoid, this statement should have been enough to immediately disqualify Judge Kavanaugh from consideration for the court.

The fact that he still has solid Republican support raises an interesting question: Do the Republicans want to pack the court with hardline right-wingers who will allow gerrymandering and voter suppression? It may be the only way the Republicans can stay in power.

EUGENE STEVICK

Mt. Lebanon