12//27/17 p. A15: In the Mideast, Trump Gives Reality a Chance

Westerners have not dealt with this well, since it defies the top-down approach inherit in diplomacy—and also because fundamentalists terrify them.

12/26/17 p. A14: The Uncharitable Charities

...cutting the top marginal tax rate could reduce charitable giving from $4.9 billion and $13.1 billion, or by 1.7% to 4.6%.

12/4/17 p. A3: Trump Finds Ways Around Kelly's Curbs

The president on occasion has called White House aides to the private residence in the evening, where he makes assignments and asks them not tell Mr. Kelly about the plans...

12/4/17 p. A17: Anti-Israel Activists Subvert a Scholarly Group

Those, who hid their support, won.

12/4/17 p. A16: Put a Spike Through the CFPB's Heart Now

Ezekiel Emanuel, one of IPAB's creators, suggests limiting treatment for patients who are age 75 and older to palliative carey--

11/28/17 p. A13: Mick Mulvaney Is the True Pope

A year ago, a three-judge panel of the D.C. Circuit Court of Appealsthrew out provisions that insulated the CFPB director from presidential accountability and said the CFPB would do its job “as an executive agency akin to other executive agencies.” 

11/28/17 p. A14: An Income Tax by Any Other Name

Seattle’s City Council openly ignored the state of Washington’s law and constitution when it voted unanimously in July to levy a 2.25% tax its wealthy residents. [...]

Above all it’s a victory for the rule law.