Prologue Journal

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

You Would Pay Harris’s Wealth Tax

Wall Street Journal The selloff caused by a levy on unrealized capital gains would devastate ordinary investors and 401(k)s. https://www.wsj.com/articles/you-would-pay-harriss-wealth-tax-billionaire-minimum-investors-2d93e972

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

Prologue Journal

Category: Opinions

You Would Pay Harris’s Wealth Tax

Foreign Entanglements Are Risky Business

From ‘Man of Letters’ to a Mailbox of Junk

Press Failure Inflates the Debate

Rent Control Is a Great Destroyer

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

The Other Party Isn’t the Enemy

Trump’s Best Idea: Unleashing Elon Musk on Government

How Not to Make Housing Affordable

The High-Tax State Brain Drain