Christine Blasey Ford, right, and Brett M. Kavanaugh, right, at the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing Thursday on Kavanaugh’s nomination to the Supreme Court. (Melina Mara; Matt McClain/The Washington Post)ColumnistBy the end of this centuries-long week, Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh, the person, seems almost beside the point. Not because Kavanaugh’s testimony Thursday was not a spitting, hysterical display of resentment at being held to account. Rather than individuals, Kavanaugh and Ford have become avatars, vectors through which Americans across the country see themselves and each other. From a male friend, texting from his investment bank desk: “Every guy at work right now sees Brett Kavanaugh in them.

Source: Washington Post September 29, 2018 19:07 UTC