Attorney General—Lani Guinier
For the past seven years, justice has been denied to virtually any American whose net worth was not seven digits or greater. Labeled by the right as “anti-Constitution” and “the quota queen” when Bill Clinton nominated her for assistant attorney general in 1993, the president caved, kicking his former Yale Law School classmate under the bus. Imminently qualified,[*] Guiner will make sure that the poor and the wage earner gets their just due.

(quoted by Jonah Goldberg, The Corner on NRO)

Let’s pass quickly by the absurdly broad, unsubstantiated, and unverifiable claim in the first sentence, pausing briefly to note that “virtually” is used very informally, here, as a “weasel word”: we all use this commonly, but fail to consider whether it means anything except “your disconfirming evidence does not count.” Noticing that usage would be cheap, though.

Let’s move on to that grand second sentence. Ask yourself, now, (more…)

Well, now, there is something to be said for diffidence in uncertain matters, but just the same: must everyone be uncertain, all the time? Taylor Mali well says “No”:

(HT: Jonah Goldberg in The Corner)