JONATHAN WEIL
The fleecing knows no end.

MARK GILBERT
I sat in the window of a cafe this month in Annapolis, Maryland, a sailing town near Washington, counting parked cars. “Honda, Honda, Nissan, Toyota, Honda, Lexus (made by Toyota), Mazda, and a battered 1970s Cadillac.”

MARGARET CARLSON
Washington is the most hierarchical city. Regardless of which private school the Obamas choose for their children, they will soon learn that any fifth-grader can discern the difference between a deputy secretary versus an assistant secretary of defense, of the gulf between those who have portal-to-portal limos and those officials limited to the at-work pool of subcompacts without cup holders.