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Robert Somma, the poor humiliated Bush-appointed bankruptcy judge who was recently arrested in a cocktail dress, fishnets, and stylish pumps after crashing his Mercedes into a pickup while allegedly drunk, announced this weekend that he would resign from his post. MORE »

Poor Judge Robert Somma’s night of harmless dressup fun came to an abrupt and embarrassing end when he got arrested for drunk driving. Last week the Boston-based judge’s wife was out of town, so he put on his most glamorous cocktail dress, slipped on some fishnets and a pair of heels, grabbed his purse, and drove up to New Hampshire for an alleged “two gin and tonics.” Several hours later he rear-ended a pickup with his Mercedes sedan and the rest is humiliating history. MORE »

At left, the cover of the forthcoming National Review, and a perfect illustration of how to do and sell a hit piece. Far, far better than the New York Times Magazine’s leathery, Nixonian Mark Warner, which presented just a shifty, bottle-tanned politician, not a direct affront on morality, decency, theology, and geometry. MORE »