Running his line: Andrew Cuomo, the disgraced ex-governor of New York state, thought he'd test his credibility and appeal himself at -- where else? -- a small Black church in Brooklyn yesterday. God isn't finished with him yet, he told congregants about why he left office. A trial might refresh his memory.

Inasmuch as President Joe Biden and his administration are trying to square the ledgers on what Russia owes to European states for war-related damages, should U.S. communities targteted by violent acts of government consider doing the same?