Category: Opinions
The Trump Protests Fizzle
Wall Street Journal In 2016 they lay down in the street to stop traffic. In 2024 they had cookies and milk. https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-trump-protests-fizzle-election-results-civil-unrest-2016-compared-to-2024-86f87ca1
Read MoreWhere Did Joe Biden’s Voters Go?
Wall Street Journal It turns out Trump didn’t improve his total vote count much from 2020 to 2024. https://www.wsj.com/articles/where-did-joe-bidens-voters-go-trump-didnt-much-improve-total-vote-count-2020-to-2024-10b7392a
Read MoreTrump and Meloni: A Promising Friendship
Wall Street Journal The president-elect has a lot in common with Italy’s leader. https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-and-meloni-a-promising-friendship-president-elect-has-a-lot-in-common-with-italian-leader-af9efa30
Read More‘American, Born Hungary: Kertész, Capa, and the Hungarian American Photographic Legacy’ Review: Capturing a Diaspora at VMFA
Wall Street Journal An exhibition at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts focuses on photographers from the European nation who ended up in the U.S., where many of them forged brilliant careers. https://www.wsj.com/articles/american-born-hungary-kertesz-capa-and-the-hungarian-american-photographic-legacy-review-capturing-a-diaspora-at-vmfa-b6b4c774
Read MoreTrump’s Tariffs Would Smother His Economic Successes
Wall Street Journal A minimum 10% levy on all goods would hike domestic prices, reduce wages and invite foreign retaliation. https://www.wsj.com/articles/tariffs-would-smother-trumps-economic-successes-hike-prices-reduce-wages-invite-retaliation-d1a3dd18
Read MoreElon and Vivek Can Make Government Work Again
Wall Street Journal Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency has a chance to bring accountability to federal regulation. https://www.wsj.com/articles/elon-and-vivek-can-make-government-work-again-trump-efficiency-commission-brings-accountability-6d5d8404
Read More‘The Highest Calling’: Inside the Oval Office
Wall Street Journal Historians rank presidents one way, the public another. A few presidents surprise skeptics and rise to distinction. https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-highest-calling-review-inside-the-oval-office-0ec0799b
Read MoreA Kamala Comeback
Wall Street Journal The path to a political rebound runs through Sacramento. https://www.wsj.com/articles/a-kamala-comeback-90a16bf7
Read MorePentagon Has Two Years to Prevent World War III
Wall Street Journal To prepare,Defense Secretary-designate Pete Hegseth will need to overhaul the bureaucracy and cut waste. https://www.wsj.com/articles/two-years-to-prevent-world-war-iii-trump-sec-def-needs-to-overhaul-bureaucracy-cut-waste-c9a162d8
Read MoreTrump Has Done ‘Stranger Things’ to Politics
Wall Street Journal The major parties have swapped positions on issues ranging from trade and government surveillance to free speech and war. https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-has-done-stranger-things-to-politics-policy-gop-republicans-democrats-e7783ac5
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