I guess today is all about politics. Here's John Cassidy with a reasoned, non-hysterical view of the decision by the Associated Press to declare Hillary Clinton the "presumptive" nominee before today's primaries. It would have been better if they'd waited…but if you go by the literal definition of "presumptive nominee," she's probably been that for several weeks now.
In other news: William Saletan lists a lot of the excuses that prominent Republicans who've endorsed Trump are now using when someone asks them about his alleged racism. Sounds like it's going to be a long election season of Trump backers saying, "I wish he hadn't said that but I still support him."