Five United States senators hold the result of Brett Kavanaugh's nomination to the United States Supreme Court in their hands.
Three are Republicans. Two are Democrats. They are the only fence-sitters left. Kavanaugh has 48 senators in his corner, with 47 opposed. He needs any two of the five remaining undecideds, on the assumption that Vice President Mike Pence would break a tie in his favor for confirmation.
The outrageous suspension of University of Massachusetts at Amherst football coach Mark Whipple for using the term "rape" to describe a football play this past weekend is an example of how colleges are falling apart.
Rape is an overused word when it doesn't describe sexual violence. But it actually does have other meanings, including "an act of plunder, violent seizure, or abuse."
