Now the midterms begin in earnest. Three questions for candidates.

So, ask candidates about Warren Buffett’s five-minute solution: “I could end the deficit in five minutes. Second: About 99.9 percent of Americans would be startled, or bemused, or both, to learn that they are living during 53 national “emergencies.” These have been declared by presidents whose powers are enhanced by invoking the National Emergencies Act of 1976. It could begin to reverse its diminishment by involving itself with federal regulations that compel substantial private sector spending. The post Now the midterms begin in earnest.