Life Is Tough for the Post, the Voters Reject Its Call for Cutting Social Security and Medicare In the Name of Democracy

Washington Post editorial writer Charles Lane appeared to be throwing in the towel on the Post's dream of cutting Social Security and Medicare in a column headlined, "Entitlement Reform, RIP." The piece recounts a sad story whereby the bulk of currently scheduled federal spending is already committed to entitlement programs like Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid:

"Seventy-five percent of planned federal spending between now and the end of the next two presidential terms is mandatory: So...