<u+201c>one post-election question is whether democrats plan to treat defeat as an education in the limits of personal destruction as a political tool, and the early evidence isn<u+2019>t promising. witness the chernobyl over steve bannon,<u+201d> writes the editorial board . mr. bannon, named as one of the president-elect<u+2019>s top white house aides, is coming under fierce media assault for incendiary comments published on the breitbart website, where he served as chairman. click here to receive this daily opinion summary via email. can donald trump win over black america? in a stroll around harlem, our columnist jason riley finds no admitted trump voters, but plenty of people willing to give him a chance and hoping he<u+2019>ll succeed. <u+201c>i think things will be different in a good way. he might surprise us . i don<u+2019>t think he<u+2019>s a bad person. it<u+2019>s just the way he talks. he was real and people like that,<u+201d> says the proprietor of a local hair salon . mr. trump won<u+2019>t end alternative energy, but the journal<u+2019>s holman w. jenkins, jr. writes , <u+201c>what a trump election will do is mostly dismantle a green gravy train powered by moral vanity that contributes nothing to the public welfare .<u+201d> carl schramm says the key to faster economic growth is more business creation. he notes that <u+201c>fewer than 500,000 new businesses were started in 2015. that is a disastrous 30% decline from 2008. in eight years more than a million new companies have <u+2018>gone missing<u+2019> from the economy. this absence accounts for an estimated seven to 10 million jobs that, had they existed, could have provided employment for every one of the nation<u+2019>s discouraged workers .<u+201d> <u+201c>portland, oregon is famous for its modish devotion to organic foods and craft beers. now the city is embracing a new trend that could leave local workers with a very bitter aftertaste. it<u+2019>s a fresh tax on business and it could be coming to a city near you,<u+201d> notes a journal editorial . <u+201c>next month portland<u+2019>s city council will vote on a plan to raise income taxes on public companies that pay their ceos a high salary relative to a typical workers<u+2019> pay.<u+201d> an uber in the sky? the supreme court may soon consider whether private pilots can use the internet to find passengers willing to share the costs of plane travel. <u+201c>we<u+2019>ve had differences with securities and exchange commission chair mary jo white, who announced this week that she<u+2019>ll step down in january,<u+201d> writes the editorial board . <u+201c>but anyone who inspires sen. elizabeth warren to demand her demotion is doing something right. and in important ways ms. white has done right by taxpayers during her nearly four years at the sec helm.<u+201d> also today, the journal<u+2019>s william galston writes , <u+201c>for those americans<u+2014>democrats and republicans<u+2014>who cherish america<u+2019>s global role as a beacon of freedom and democracy, a trump presidency presents a clear and present danger.<u+201d>
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