Gasoline, eggs and groceries have become everyday measures of economic confidence. With Election Day next week, their political power comes from how often Americans see those prices, not from how completely those prices explain the economy.

Mel Robbins calls the silent treatment manipulative, but psychological research offers a more complicated explanation. Sometimes withdrawing from conflict is an attempt to regulate emotions. Other times, silence becomes a way to punish, control or avoid accountability. Understanding the difference matters.

Mike Rogers says his attacks on Abdul El-Sayed are about judgment and national security. Wednesday's debate showed they're about something else.