I was able to watch about an hour and a half of the confirmation hearings this morning. I found them dignified and impressive, the style as well as the substance of elective governments performing as they ought. One of the main antagonists, Sen. Sessions, charming but pulling no punches in throwing at Judge Sotomayor her own words for her to parse in front of the nation. She was deliberative and paced every word, looking as if she will be a very creditable judge. The accent didn't hurt, either, she sounded like a lot of my relatives! I'm interested in finding out if there is any truth to the internet story that she chased a counterfeitor from a motorcycle during a seizure operation!

It was theater and more, it brought out the very items that the AM radio jockeys have been lambasting the airwaves with, was she a bigot for her quote that a Latina might be able to judge as well as or even better than a white male counterpart?

So even Sen. Sessions has improved the situation by bringing it to the foreground. Everyone is getting heard.

She appears to be an excellent choice on the part of our new President. And she may yet prove to be quite conservative in her judgments, in fact, that is what her past performance indicates.

These are tough times, but as much as possible I'm enjoying the new faces our President has found to put into our government. I'm getting a positive kick from him and his people.