OPINION: LAWMAKERS AND CHARITIES

Citizens must pay more attention to lawmakers’ involvement with charitable organizations, urges The Washington Post in an editorial. The opinion piece highlights heavy fund-raising expenses at a Philadelphia charity founded by Sen. Rick Santorum, Republican of Pennsylvania. “These groups may do good works, but they also present opportunities for misuse—to bolster members’ political operations, for example, or to underwrite swank parties at political conventions,” the newspaper writes.