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. Stephen Macaulay comments from the right. 

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Also in this column …

•David Iwinski 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 quick-take 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.