Monday, July 25, 2016

The Clinton standard

Standard and Poor’s 
“Hillary Clinton ‘felt sad’ watching a Republican National Convention that was mostly about ‘criticizing me,’ she said [in] an interview aired Sunday night on CBS’ ‘60 Minutes,’ ” CNN reports:
[Mrs.] Clinton complained of a “Hillary standard”—suggesting that she faces more scrutiny than other top-level politicians.
“I often feel like there’s the Hillary standard and then there’s the standard for everybody else,” she said.
You know, we’ve noticed the same thing.

Illegal weapons survive strict gun laws

Fox Butterfield, Is That You?
  • “Even as Trump Triumphs Elites and the Press Fail To Grasp What He’s Done”—headline, New York Sun, July 22
  • “Germany Has Some of the World’s Strictest Gun Laws, but Illegal Weapons Remain a Threat”—headline, Washington Post, July 24