



A story breaks about a call with a foreign leader, and for the first time he answers a charge nobody has made yet. A rival gives up his run, and the king spends a paragraph enjoying it. In a packed stadium he stands with an allied leader before fifty thousand, and calls it a great day. He points at the corruption he says nobody will look at, while the folder on the floor goes unmentioned.
Readers' Corner
Letters from the readership on Week 223. Pick a pen name — no account needed.
Opening the mailbag…