Few things destabilize democracy more than imbuing a foreign strongman from a second-rate power with the imaginary capability of deciding our elections.

Peter Strzok’s testimony about the email server scandal involving former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton raised headlines because of his defiant, disrespectful, and unapologetic attitude about the bias revealed in his text messages that permeated his work at the FBI.

Some parts of his record, such as his service in the executive branch, are not relevant to that question, while other parts, especially his judicial opinions and many of his speeches, are very useful.

The best way to determine the kind of Supreme Court justice Kavanaugh will be is to evaluate the kind of appeals court judge he has been.

A recent paper published by Qualitative Inquiry raises questions about the nature of academic inquiry in higher education.

There will be questions to Kavanaugh during his confirmations hearings, which will relegate these absurd insinuations to the trash where they belong.

'He reminded his brethren on the D.C. Circuit that “our task as a lower court here is narrow and constrained by precedent."'

'If the proposed paid family leave program follows the same path as every other entitlement benefit in the history of the United States, its costs would be exponentially higher.'

'The district court will now have to strike the provision of the Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008 that limits the president’s power to fire the Fair Housing Finance Agency director.'

'So in 24 hours I apparently went from a person with good intentions to a racist sexist bigot.'