The old saying “blowing smoke up your skirt” got taken to absurd lengths this week. Canada has lots of company in the smoke blowing department. Biden blew chunks of smoke about the economy and much else. The Justice Department promises that Trumpsmoke means there’s a real fire somewhere, while Target and the rest of corporate America are asking “what is a skirt that someone should blow smoke up anyway?”

So which is which?

Headlines of the week:

Nobody expects. . .

And finally. . .