# Hot Blava

The national debate will always seep over into local politics and thus, events on the national stage will find their way into Hot Blava. We hope that Hot Blava will be an interesting mixture of national issues and issues that affect Utah, and particularly Utah County where we live. Mostly, it is great to write about issues you're thinking about as it solidifies your thinking... or exposes your own irrationality. You can decide which is which.

## Friday, January 13, 2006

### Hugh Nibley, Samuel Alito, and the Historical Record

The congressional hearings on Samuel Alito's nomination to the United States Supreme Court are winding down. A lot of attention has been given to a statement that Alito made on a job application back in the 1980's.
Hugh Nibley, one of the smartest men to ever live by any objective standard, had this to say about some of his past writings.

> I refuse to be held accountable for anything I wrote more than three years ago. For heaven's sake, I hope we are moving forward here! After all, the implication [is] that one mistake and it is all over with. How flattering to think that forty years I have not made one slip and I am still in business! I would say about four-fifths of everything I ever put down has changed. Of course! ("Of All Things" p. 229, a Hugh Nibley quote book edited by Gary Gillum, 2nd edition)

One unfortunate side effect of the archive-everything-search-anything internet is that many people feel they can no longer publicly discuss ideas because they might be branded with a particular position for the rest of their life.

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