Pull up a chair. Today’s coffee chat is about claims, counterclaims, court rulings, primary upsets, and why truth usually needs more time than the news cycle is willing to give it. Some political stories are born complicated. Election stories are usually born complicated, raised by suspicion, sent to school in campaign season, and then shoved into a headline before they have even found their shoes. That is not a criticism of reporters trying to make sense of a loud public squ

Lincoln promised a government “of the people.” So why does it feel like everyone but the people is driving it now?