Up next; Our left column on whether the Build Back Better plan compromises will leave anyone satisfied by $1.75 trillion worth of social programs. Jim McCraw comments from the left. 

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Also in this column ….

•David Amaya on the future of nation building by the U.S. government.

•Our flash debate on the Pandora Papers released by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists. 

•Our flash debate on the controversy surrounding Gen. Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff regarding his portrayal in the book Peril, by Bob Woodward and Robert Costa.