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US top court should draw line on gerrymanders

What former Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart once said about pornography is also true of gerrymandering: You may not be able to define it, but you know it when you see it. This week the justices will be presented with an opportunity to define and thereby limit gerrymandering, the practice of drawing election districts for partisan advantage. They should seize ...

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Google invites competitors. But they’re a no-show

Last week, Google complied with the European Commission ruling that hit it with a 2.42 billion euro ($2.85 billion) fine and ordered it to share real estate on its search pages with rival comparison shopping services. From a customer’s point of view, nothing has changed. The historic EU decision punished Google for abusing its search dominance to push its own ...

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The cure for healthcare law is bipartisan

In grade school, a teacher made kids who got in trouble go to the blackboard and write multiple times: “I will not …. ” It was my introduction to chalk. Here’s a repeat reference to a lesson taught two decades ago by a Republican pollster, the late Bob Teeter: The party that owns health care is a loser. Today, it’s ...

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