'Some of the delay is needless'

'Can Kamala Harris cut red tape on construction?' William A. Galston at The Wall Street Journal Construction delays "often result in higher costs on labor, materials and financing," says William A. Galston.

On "private projects, it hurts businesses. On public projects, it hurts taxpayers." The "flow of infrastructure funds, for example, could be made contingent on expedited reviews at all levels.

" Government trust is "near a record low, partly because officials make promises on which they fail to deliver." Reforms that "restore our country's capacity to build quickly would help restore trust — and accelerate economic growth." Read more 'The beauty of being alone' Meghan Keane at Time While loneliness is a "serious health problem, what gets lost in these conversations is that not all alone time is the same," says Meghan Keane.

There's "chronic loneliness — and there's solitude. One is a dangerous epidemic. The other is a skill we must nurture.

" People "do so many activities alone that don't come with the stigmas or dangers of chronic loneliness." This "kind of alone time is healing and important." Read more 'Does Melania Trump really think her pro-choice messaging will fool us?' Moira Donegan at The Guardian Melania Trump making pro-choice statements "does not mean that her choice to make them now, at a moment when they are maximally politically beneficial to her husband, is not cynical," says Moira Donegan.

These "gestures do not reflect a sincere change of Republican pol.