Prologue Journal

Understanding current events through the lenses of the past and future.

Foreign Entanglements Are Risky Business

Wall Street Journal If you have ties to U.S. adversaries, consider Ford’s World War II predicament. https://www.wsj.com/articles/foreign-entanglements-are-risky-business-cold-war-186c905b

From ‘Man of Letters’ to a Mailbox of Junk

Wall Street Journal Correspondence used to be an art form. Email extinguished it through convenience. https://www.wsj.com/articles/from-man-of-letters-to-a-mailbox-of-junk-inbox-email-104c1177

Press Failure Inflates the Debate

Wall Street Journal Coverage of the Harris campaign is biased. Worse than that, it’s malpractice. https://www.wsj.com/articles/press-failure-inflates-the-debate-bias-lack-of-coverage-of-harris-2024-election-d0373566

Rent Control Is a Great Destroyer

Wall Street Journal The Democrats’ proposal would wreak havoc. For proof, look at Argentina. https://www.wsj.com/articles/rent-control-is-a-great-destroyer-79336c82

Kamala Harris’s Ode to Joy on Her Road to Nowhere

Wall Street Journal An aggressive marketing rollout and a disastrous few weeks for Trump, and the presidential race is still tied. https://www.wsj.com/articles/kamalas-ode-to-joy-on-her-road-to-nowhere-2024-presidential-election-is-still-tied-a91a6d4c

The Other Party Isn’t the Enemy

Wall Street Journal I support Donald Trump, but I’m an American before I’m a Republican. https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-other-party-isnt-the-enemy-rep-don-bacon-american-before-republican-8104de0f

Trump’s Best Idea: Unleashing Elon Musk on Government

Wall Street Journal The entrepreneur wants to run a commission on government efficiency. https://www.wsj.com/articles/trumps-best-idea-unleashing-elon-musk-on-government-reform-707cf218

How Not to Make Housing Affordable

Wall Street Journal Kamala Harris could learn from New York City’s failed example. https://www.wsj.com/articles/how-not-to-make-housing-affordable-new-york-rent-1d544605

The High-Tax State Brain Drain

Wall Street Journal A new study shows which states are losing their young and wealthy. https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-high-tax-state-brain-drain-income-moving-ff80d185

An Outbreak of Tax Sense in Japan (Unlike Washington)

Wall Street Journal Politicians in Tokyo realize capital-gains tax hikes are no fix for fiscal ills. https://www.wsj.com/articles/japan-capital-gains-tax-debate-fumio-kishida-shigeru-ishiba-d3ee1cf7