For my part, after almost a year of living this war and feeling it in my bones every day, even from afar, I still cannot come to terms with the deaths of people I knew, the ripping pain of dislocation, the horror my country has wrought on a nation more closely related to Russia than almost any other.

Step one, watch what Herschel Walker does. Step two, do the opposite.

The crypto markets crashed amid a sobering string of scandals, crimes and the growing evidence that much of this wealth was basically made-up money. Amid so much suffering, calls have been growing in Washington to impose government oversight on the industry.

In years past, when journalism was trusted by consumers much more than it is today, The New York Post might have been nominated for a Pulitzer Prize for its reporting about Hunter Biden’s laptop.

Conceivably, the Chinese systems are offensive weapons: Trojan horses with intercontinental power. The Chinese Communist Party could use these pseudo-civilian systems to launch a cyber-Pearl Harbor attack on an adversary possessing them. The attack could damage the adversary’s economy (e.g., shut down banking). If executed quickly and pervasively, the sneak attack could disrupt military communications channels and disable high-tech sensors.

These former intelligence officials knew what they were doing, traded on their public service for a tawdry political purpose, and have by and large demonstrated no remorse.

In changing the nominating process for president, Democrats are becoming more democratic. They are also growing smarter and may reclaim many voters they lost.

The idea of “checks and balances” was drilled into those of us who took civics in high school. Now, an emboldened Supreme Court of the United States may be about to end those very checks and balances that keep our system in, well, balance.