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Indeed it has. The more modern twist has been the weaponization of sex in the office as we have seen applied against Roger Ailes and attempted to have been applied against Justice Thomas. During the impeachment of Bill Clinton the left must been feeling a little bit desperate because they turned on their icon, Thomas Jefferson, for his relationship with his slave/concubine Sally Hennings in order to justify by resort to relativism Clinton's relationship with Monica Lewinsky.

I object to the weaponization of the war between the sexes which we have been waging since Adam and Eve. In this new incarnation we see not only on our college campuses but to a lesser degree in our courtrooms that due process is simply swept away in a spasm of political correctness. Due process, even military due process, has been shoved aside in courts-martial that have grown out of this new twist on misogyny.

One of the worst misogynists in recent times was Lyndon Johnson and his offenses were well-known to the press but got no play. Likewise John F. Kennedy. This is a one-sided standard.

The stuff against Thomas was so airy as to be non-existent. Ailes was a little bit more substantial - the Fox women wear silly outfits that I think are required for hire. They’re seated on weird chairs that show off their legs and thighs in such a way that make it hard for even a woman to keep her mind on the news. It’s stupid and I don’t wonder an employee could start to feel like a piece of meat. Of course, they knew that going in.

There is sex harassment on the job. It happens to young, attractive women more often than men allow and it should be monitored. I just wish we could get back to a time when it really required bad behavior - and not some stupid joke or well-meant compliment - to get an employer in trouble.

The ludicrous Thomas Jefferson/BJ story embarrassed the New York Times and the Democrat party for life. It’ll take an objective historian long after we’re pushing up daisies to explain that sad story. I still giggle at a local lawyer here - Sean Wilentz, I think - who embarrassedly intoned during the impeachment hearings that those who challenged BJ would be cruelly hunted down by historians of the future. Hilariously, he was lecturing Mary Bono, of all people, the way Daniel Webster lectured the Devil.

I am no fan of Jefferson but have no doubt that his relationship with Sally was one of love. She was his wife’s half sister and he had promised Martha on her deathbed that he would not remarry. Sally must have even looked like Martha.

As far as I know Jefferson had no other affairs after Martha died.