Opinion roundup: New chief of staff; Scaramucci’s language; John McCain; Trump’s bullying

A roundup of Monday's editorials include a look at President Donald Trump's new chief of staff, White House communications manager Anthony Scaramucci, and Sen. John McCain, (R-Arizona).

Here are some opinions from the Right and from the Left.

Opinions from the Right

1. Trump's troubles are far from over with Kelly as new chief of staff. They might even get worse

President Trump’s announcement Friday via Twitter that he is replacing White House Chief of Staff Reince Priebus with retired Marine Corps General John F. Kelly could bring more drawbacks than benefits.

2. Scaramucci Breaks a Window

Broken windows encourage social chaos, or so the theory goes. The aim of broken-windows policing is not to beautify neighborhoods, but some reduction of their ugliness may be necessary if their safety and functionality are ever to increase beyond a certain threshold.

3. From the Wall Street Journal

American Action Forum President Doug Holtz-Eakin speaks on proposed corporate rate cuts and middle-class tax relief.

4. I’m a conservative – and I now see voting Republican is a waste of time

What would you conclude if you voted for a candidate or a party because of a promise to repeal or change a law that you strongly felt was harmful and unjust, but once in office the party refused to do it? You might conclude, rightly, that those politicians didn’t really work for you, and the party didn’t care what you thought.

Opinions from the Left

5. Hobbling along with a bully president

Where is first lady Melania Trump’s anti-cyberbullying campaign when Jeff Sessions needs it?  That question came to mind as her husband used Twitter last week to beat his attorney general like a Zulu drum.

6. McCain revives his maverick label

It was John McCain playing the Jimmy Stewart role in "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington" on the Senate floor early Friday morning, as he rejected his Republican Party's scheme to repeal Obamacare. In casting the deciding vote against its totally irresponsible bill to emasculate the health insurance...