Frank Lane, a baseball general manager during the 1950s and 1960s, is a minor legend for the multiple trades he pulled off. In 1960 he masterminded a 1-for-1 swap, the American League home run champion (Rocky Colavito) for the batting champion (Harvey Kuenn). At other times he went for big numbers, with dozens of players changing uniforms. He was said to have three teams: One coming, one going, and one on the field.

The vision thing: Clintonites in 1992 danced to the strains of "Don't Stop Thinking About Tomorrow" and savaged George Bush for his inability to talk about where the United States should be in 10 or 20 years. Reality check: Intelligence officials whose job it is to think about tomorrow warn that the United States is an easy target for nuclear missile attacks that could come from Iran, North Korea, or other hostile powers as early as five years from now.

Last week, as Washington scandals deepened, I wrote of Cincinnati Reds manager Jack McKeon's explanation of why he told his pitchers to throw the ball across the plate to Mark McGwire: "I'm going to do something good for the country. I'll pitch to him. See if we can't help with the healing process." Remember Mr. McGwire's response: "Wouldn't it be great if that's all it came down to?"

Our Mailbag pages this week include a representative sample of the many letters we received in response to our Aug. 22 Y2K special issue. Christians have often been slow in responding to cultural trends, but this is one area in which many have more awareness than most non-Christians.

With all the turmoil on Wall Street, there is reason to celebrate one economic development: Since federal welfare reform legislation was signed into law two years ago, several million people formerly on welfare have gained new jobs and new hope.

A generation ago, when Art Linkletter on his television program Kids Say the Darnedest Things asked a child to identify the president of the United States, one chuckle-producing response was, "Uncle Sam." Today, Bill Cosby has a similar show, but the answers sometimes are sadder: One little boy, asked the name of our current president, replied, "Oh, I can't think of his name. You know--that guy who cheats on his wife."

Editor’s note: See “Unfit for Power: It’s time for Donald Trump to step aside and make room for another candidate​,” where Marvin Olasky and the editors at WORLD write, “The standards we applied to Bill Clinton in 1998 are relevant to Donald Trump in 2016.”

Last week, as Bill Clinton was testifying and talking to the nation, his pastor at Foundry United Methodist Church in Washington was equating the president with King David, because both leaders were involved in sexual immorality.