Googling antitrust: The Department of Justice has a strong case against Google’s monopoly power

We like Google, and on some days we love it. It’s a tremendously powerful tool for finding news and getting all kinds of answers on the internet — for sorting wheat from chaff at a time when millions of people are subsisting on all-chaff information diets. But in federal court in Washington, a trial is now underway to determine whether the geniuses who built the industry-leading search engine have abused their dominant market position. The government is arguing yes, and the case is credible. The key question is whether Google’s...