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July 22, 2005 - What does and doesn't make a political scandal is always fascinating to watch. For the last two generations, the benchmark for public office misdeeds has been Watergate, as evidenced by the fact that "-gate" is attached to every act of malfeasance that comes down the pike.

July 21, 2005 - I agree with Max Sawicky and others that Roberts isn't a defeatable nominee for the Supreme Court. Rolling out a laundry list of somewhat conservative positions he took in various cases isn't going to amount to a killer bill of particulars that will convince the public that he's unfit for the bench.

July 21, 2005 - I have to agree with writers Alexander Cockburn and Jeffrey St. Clair: the nomination of John Roberts for the Supreme Court has the feeling of an anti-climax.

July 20, 2005 - I'll add to the growing list of eulogies for South Knox Bubba, one of the best Southern bloggers, who "powered down" his popular Tennessee blog this week for reasons still unclear (an email someone claims to have received from SKB suggested that it had "started to feel too much like work").

July 19, 2005 - From an exchange during the testimony of Klansman Virgil Griffin at the Greensboro Truth and Reconciliation Commission hearings (unofficially transcribed at Chewie World Order; this excerpt is unedited):  

July 19, 2005 - Maybe somebody else can explain what this gesture is supposed to mean. From the Birmingham News:

July 19, 2005 - Pam's House Blend has the latest on the rapidly emerging favorite for O'Connor's Supreme Court spot, Edith Brown Clement of the U.S. Court of Appeals in New Orleans. She's no centrist, but there might be a little discontent on the right if she's the one.