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A series of tests in the news
Ira Porter
One way to read the news this morning is to see a series of tests. Scott Peterson writes about security forces patrolling neighborhoods in Tehran, where dissenters are testing the resilience of a regime at war. Henry Gass explores the questions the Supreme Court will consider today in a case testing a bedrock definition of citizenship. Linda Feldmann reports on how conspicuously timed transactions on the stock market are testing norms of honest governance.
And from China, Ann Scott Tyson paints a picture of jubilant port workers who see the promise of great fortune in their country鈥檚 ability to weather economic threats from the United States. 鈥淲e have confidence,鈥� one longshoreman told her. 鈥淭he port is full.鈥�
