<u+201c> obamacare has suddenly been injected back into the 2016 election debate, on the news of the law<u+2019>s 25%-plus average premium increase for 2017,<u+201d> notes a journal editorial . with only two weeks to go, this is a moment <u+201c>to hold accountable the democrats who imposed this debacle on the country over voter objections .<u+201d> ...one of those democrats is indiana<u+2019>s evan bayh. the journal<u+2019>s allysia finley follows the candidate as he tries to reclaim a senate seat . another editorial asks : <u+201c>did president obama mislead the public about what he knew about hillary clinton <u+2019>s use of a private email server? that sounds possible based on the latest batch of wikileaks released tuesday .<u+201d> click here to receive this daily opinion summary via email. <u+201c>as always in big media deals, this week<u+2019>s proposed merger of at&t and time warner is eliciting opposition that is ferocious, idiotic and almost contentless,<u+201d> writes our columnist holman w. jenkins, jr. <u+201c>it will be the first test of the libertarian-optimist theory that technology is more powerful than a bloody-minded bureaucrat .<u+201d> <u+201c> the future of the internet could be at stake at a conference beginning this week in tunisia, where diplomats from more than 100 countries will debate united nations jurisdiction over the web,<u+201d> warn robert mcdowell and gordon goldstein . <u+201c>countries like russia, iran and saudi arabia are all pursuing a grand strategy to use international organizations, particularly the u.n., to control the digital future .<u+201d> sometimes it<u+2019>s hard for voters to decipher the meaning of state ballot initiatives, especially when unions are involved in drafting them. a journal editorial notes that in washington state, the service employees international union (seiu) is funding a ballot measure that advertises itself as the seniors and vulnerable individuals<u+2019> safety and financial crimes prevention act. <u+201c>what the ballot measure would really do is prevent home-care workers from being informed that they have the right to opt out of the union,<u+201d> notes the editorial board . jason riley writes that some black conservatives see the election as a choice between donald trump <u+2019>s <u+201c>indifference<u+201d> and hillary clinton<u+2019>s <u+201c>self-serving benevolence.<u+201d> mr. riley notes how much better blacks did in an earlier era of indifference: <u+201c>between 1930 and 1970, the number of black white-collar workers quadrupled. earnings for black males rose 75% in the 1940s and another 45% in the 1950s. in the era of affirmative action, the black middle class has continued to expand, but at a slower rate than it was growing before.<u+201d> william galston writes today that in response to anti-trade sentiment, policy makers must come up with <u+201c> responsible alternatives to both hyperglobalization and the populism it spawns . it may mean adopting policies that corporations oppose in order to broaden public support for an international market economy.<u+201d>
will obamacare<u+2019>s enablers be held accountable? - wsj
james freeman