Premise:
"You were a former police officer, and yet you got caught setting up and dealing methamphetamine ."
Hypothesis: You were caught dealing meth yet you were a police officer.

yes

Premise:
"But if she could write about fiscal policy, perhaps I can speculate a little about her."
Hypothesis: Even if she could write about fiscal policy, I just can't talk about her.

no

Premise:
"Originally, these holy dances were performed by devadasis, the sacred dancing-girls, who were in fact the temple prosetutes that is, until the Hindu reform movement during the 19th century made it acceptable for girls of respectable families to perform the dances, too."
Hypothesis: Dancing and performing for the public used to be considered a shame to the family name.
it is not possible to tell