While the Washington Post appears, on the whole, to be significantly better than the New York Times despite employing Megan McArdle - the Kavanaugh hearings have caused me to notice another one of their opinion writers,
former GWB speechwriter Marc A. Thiessen, who's had some
staggering takes in the last couple weeks (these are the headlines and sub-headlines of his articles):
Look who’s shattering presidential norms now: With a highly partisan speech, Barack Obama demeans the presidency rather than the current president.
Trump is protecting our country from a sham of an international court: The International Criminal Court is a hindrance to democratic change.
Chaos or not, Trump is racking up a record of foreign policy success: Many worried he would usher in a new age of American isolationism. That hasn’t happened.
How much evidence do we need to destroy someone?: The current information about the allegation against Brett Kavanaugh should not be enough to derail his nomination.
The anatomy of a smear: Despite the alleged victim’s admitted uncertainty and the failure of a single witness to back her story, the New Yorker published an uncorroborated account.
Brett Kavanaugh fights back: The Senate must reject this campaign of character assassination.
Rachel Mitchell expertly eviscerates the case against Kavanaugh: If Ford’s memory is the only evidence against Brett Kavanaugh, then inconsistencies matter.
Ford’s case against Kavanaugh continues to erode: Let’s hope that due process will be honored when the Senate votes on the Supreme Court