12/08/20, p. A3: High Court Hears Cases on Jewish Property

 Germany is defending the 1935 acquisition of the Court Hears Cases on Jewish Property in Nazi Germany, Hungary Welfenschatz or Guelph Treasure, a trove of medieval religious artifacts held by a Berlin museum, while Hungary is opposing claims against the state railway MAV for items seized from Jews transported to death camps.

12/06/20, p. A22: ‘Urgent’ Stimulus Package Isn’t That Urgent

Democrats’ pleas for more money now may reflect a desire to get a couple more trillion dollars of pre-Biden spending out of the way (and blamed on president President Trump), so that there is a clean slate for a real spending surge when Joe Biden is in the White House.