A. Is Kavanaugh showing off what he has learned in Trump 101, namely: Lie whenever you can, about everything you can, to whomever you can, or is he simply following his own instincts? Nurture or nature??

B. At his latest “rally,” Trump’s abusive treatment of Dr. Ford revealed a lot about his wildly applauding base. Commentators talk about Trump’s having taken control of the Republican Party, and that is true enough. But his real party is the MCP, Male Chauvinist Pigs Party. Gynophobia and attendant misogyny, transcending age and class, are the ties that bind Trump’s disparate base together. Nor does this include his male followers alone, for the MCP Party has a large number of female members, some of them more frightened and angry than men.