John T. Reed’s news blog

I was struck by the extreme effective teamwork that produced the Kavanaugh result, and that the team seemed to arise and assign roles spontaneously. Here are the team members and their roles: The team McConnell—steady-as-she-goes captain of the Senate ship choosing when to hold the voteGrassley—buffeted Senate Judiciary committee chair who thought on his feet, dealt effectively with one surprise Democrat tactic after another, but always kept his eye on the ballMcGahn—behind the scenes selection of and coaching of Kavanaugh especially during the halftime between Ford’s testimony and Kavanaugh’s second hearingKavanaugh—angry response, Wall Street Journal op-edMitchell—summary analysis of Ford’s testimonyGraham—angry...

Today’s Wall Street Journal has an article that says sliding head first and feet first deliver the runner to the base at about the same time. They said the injuries are about the same, too, but their own charts say that feet first causes no head injuries whereas head injuries are the main ones when sliding head first..I advocate only the feet-first slide in my two baseball coaching books. I believe Little League outlawed head first sliding. Good..Pete Rose popularized it. He said he was motivated by getting his picture in the paper. If players had started out head first early...

The big picture on Ford is 99% against believing her..• Told no one when it happened.• Did not mention Kavanaugh when telling psychologist six years ago.• Said there were four people other than her then changed it to two. None corroborate.• Did some sort of “memory recovery” therapy with ultra partisan Democrat lawyers. If hypnosis, it would not be admissible in court and would make her sound more credible even if it did not happen.• Did polygraph test with Democrat lawyers in secret and not in accordance with normal polygraph procedure. Polygraph tests are not admissible in court. German General...

Army football is surprising again. They are up 28-13 against undefeated Buffalo, which was the 7.5 point favorite, in the fourth quarter. I frequently express my annoyance at their not reading my Football Clock Management book. But today they ran a play from it—the fake take-a-knee. Fake take-a-knee That is an unusual play in that I was criticized heavily for it as being unethical. Those critics are not reading it carefully enough. It would be unethical and probably get whistled dead if the QB started to take a knee literally. But my book just says to align in a take-a-knee...

  I am here today not because I want to be. I am terrified.  irrelevant; attempt to acquire credibility via sympathy; She is a 51 year-old college professor who essentially makes her living as a public speaker. To get a PhD, she was subjected to a panel of professors questioning her competence in her PhD field.   I am here because I believe it is my civic duty to tell you what happened to me while Brett Kavanaugh and I were in high school. There is no such duty. What we know for sure is that she is trying to...