




Six days before Christmas he names a date and tells the realm not to miss it. He turns on his own party's relief bill and demands the figure be tripled. The holiday greeting goes out in capitals, as it has every year of the saga. Fraud is not a theory, he says, in three capital letters' worth of certainty. And he keeps re-fighting one state that has already certified twice.
Readers' Corner
Letters from the readership on Week 289. Pick a pen name — no account needed.
Opening the mailbag…