Political News Items.

8 Items from around the world.

1. Journalism, roughly speaking, is divided into 4 parts: (1) reportage, (2) analysis, (3) commentary, and (4) opinion. You know where to look for each and what to expect when you get there.

Every so often, all four parts come together in song. This past week, the saga of Kevin McCarthy’s “successful” campaign for Speaker of the U.S. House of Representat…