Opinions – Page 143 – Prologue Journal

Brazil Enables the Black Market

Wall Street Journal A case study in how barriers to commerce make smuggling a huge business. https://www.wsj.com/articles/brazil-enables-the-black-market-eedb14c7

An Alzheimer’s Advance, Not a Cure-All

Wall Street Journal Donanemab promises progress. The FDA shouldn’t hold out for perfection. https://www.wsj.com/articles/an-alzheimers-advance-not-a-cure-all-donanemab-drug-fda-24ab4455

The ICC’s Brazen Anti-Israel Bias

Wall Street Journal Prosecutor Karim Khan selects advisers and experts who are openly hostile to the Jewish state. https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-iccs-brazen-anti-israel-bias-69e31511

Notable & Quotable: Rick Perlstein on ‘Genocide Joe’

Wall Street Journal ‘Saying you should vote for [Biden] anyway is a hard argument to make. . . . All the same, my failure is gutting me worse than anything that has happened to me before in my career.’ https://www.wsj.com/articles/notable-quotable-rick-perlstein-on-genocide-joe-16db2594

Who Has Biden’s Ear? All the President’s Donors

Wall Street Journal Appeasing Hollywood, or intervening in private business disputes, may not be illegal. But it stinks. https://www.wsj.com/articles/who-has-bidens-ear-all-the-presidents-donors-some-of-his-policy-stinks-d68c86b5

U.S. Defenses Are Faltering, but Japan Can Help

Wall Street Journal America consolidated too much after the Cold War, making the alliance more important than ever. https://www.wsj.com/articles/u-s-defenses-are-faltering-but-japan-can-help-f31c8872

Should Israeli companies have to hide where they come from?

Jerusalem Post Nas Daily: “Coming out publicly as Israeli may sound easy, but it’s freaking hard.” https://www.jpost.com/business-and-innovation/opinion/article-805494

Biden vs. Reagan at Normandy

Wall Street Journal The scene and rhetoric were similar, but not the power and credibility. https://www.wsj.com/articles/joe-biden-ronald-reagan-d-day-normandy-pointe-du-hoc-speech-95df8b40

Judging Hong Kong’s Foreign Judges

Wall Street Journal Jurists from Britain and elsewhere lend prestige to authoritarian rule. https://www.wsj.com/articles/hong-kong-rule-of-law-foreign-judges-court-of-final-appeal-jonathan-sumption-lawrence-collins-4ea3fd3f

‘Donald von S—InPants’

Wall Street Journal Michael Cohen’s media tour is a good argument to lift Trump’s gag order. https://www.wsj.com/articles/donald-trump-gag-order-juan-merchan-alvin-bragg-michael-cohen-6dc7c699