new york attorney general eric schneiderman<u+2019>s latest misuse of his authority is an assault on the donald j. trump foundation. mr. schneiderman, who sits on the new york <u+201c>leadership council<u+201d> for the clinton campaign, has targeted the trump nonprofit for a paperwork violation while ignoring problems elsewhere . <u+201c>a september scripps news investigation found that <u+2018>year after year the [clinton foundation and clinton health access initiative] have ignored new york law and related instructions<u+2019> when it comes to revealing foreign donors,<u+201d> notes the editorial board . click here to receive this daily opinion summary via email. lawrence lindsey presents a fair way to judge the president<u+2019>s economic policies: compare the results with the forecasts from his own administration . mr. lindsey notes that team obama<u+2019>s forecasts have been overestimating growth by about 70% . <u+201c>if the administration<u+2019>s growth projections were accurate, the gdp would be about $1.8 trillion larger . that<u+2019>s roughly $6,000 for every man, woman and child in the u.s.<u+201d> mr. lindsey adds that <u+201c>to continue the same failing policies for another four years while expecting a different result is simply insane.<u+201d> the journal<u+2019>s william mcgurn writes that democratic vice presidential candidate tim kaine is <u+201c>best understood as the byproduct of a decadeslong effort by liberal catholicism to make the world safe for pro-choice catholic democrats.<u+201d> being <u+201c>personally opposed<u+201d> to abortion is no obstacle to a slot on the democratic national ticket, writes mr. mcgurn , because, <u+201c>much like barack obama <u+2019>s original claim that he believed marriage was between a man and a woman, everyone understands that has no meaning .<u+201d> bret stephens devotes this week<u+2019>s column to publishing <u+201c>a draft of a speech donald trump is scheduled to deliver tuesday, oct. 4 in prescott valley, ariz. we haven<u+2019>t confirmed its authenticity because, like the rest of the corrupt media, we<u+2019>re totally dishonest .<u+201d> <u+201c>there are no permanent victories in politics, but the u.s. supreme court came as close as we<u+2019>ll get monday by rejecting the request by wisconsin prosecutors to resurrect their abusive, secret campaign against governor scott walker<u+2019>s political allies,<u+201d> notes a journal editorial . and more good news in a separate editorial : <u+201c>colombians stunned their government, the world and maybe even themselves sunday when they voted to reject a government-negotiated peace settlement with the left-wing insurgency known as the revolutionary armed forces of colombia (farc).<u+201d> also today, monsanto <u+2019>s robert fraley notes that a two-year review by the national academies of sciences, engineering, and medicine finds no increased health risks from eating genetically engineered crops .
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