Category: Opinions
What’s Thwarting Philadelphia’s Crime Cleanup
Wall Street Journal The new mayor’s work is being undermined by District Attorney Larry Krasner. https://www.wsj.com/articles/philadelphia-mayor-cherelle-parker-crime-kensington-larry-krasner-1b36dd07
Read MoreInslee’s Last Tax Insult to Washington
Wall Street Journal The departing Governor now wants a wealth tax as his deficit balloons. https://www.wsj.com/articles/jay-inslee-washington-wealth-tax-progressives-nick-hanauer-298c89d1
Read MoreA U.N. Reform Plan for Trump and Stefanik
Wall Street Journal The new administration should reject mandatory ‘assessments’ and fund only programs that work. https://www.wsj.com/articles/a-u-n-reform-plan-for-trump-and-stefanik-united-nations-foreign-policy-funding-71817f3c
Read MoreThe AI Boom May Be Too Good to Be True
Wall Street Journal Pending copyright-infringement lawsuits could derail the industry’s economic potential. https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-ai-boom-may-be-too-good-to-be-true-copyright-ip-lawsuits-could-derail-econ-potential-fd514ea3
Read MoreI See Through Your Calls for ‘Transparency’
Wall Street Journal Like all other vogue words, it will gradually lose its appeal and fall out of common use. https://www.wsj.com/articles/i-see-through-your-calls-for-transparency-language-words-political-rhetoric-7ff4b77d
Read MoreMake Hanukkah Bright, but Do It Right
Wall Street Journal It isn’t about the gifts but about ‘publicizing the miracle,’ the light God gave the Jews. https://www.wsj.com/articles/make-hanukkah-bright-but-do-it-right-monotheism-rabbinic-talmud-221b3a02
Read MoreNotable & Quotable: Clemency
Wall Street Journal ‘In 1907 I was appointed to prosecute a man for one of the foulest cases of wife murder that I ever knew . . . yet this man is walking the streets to-day a free man.’ https://www.wsj.com/articles/notable-quotable-the-anti-death-penalty-case-against-clemency-thomas-r-marshall-9fcedf5e
Read MoreTrump’s Tariffs Will Refill the Swamp
Wall Street Journal Levies on imported goods produce more business for lobbyists and interest groups. https://www.wsj.com/articles/tariffs-will-refill-the-swamp-lobbyists-elites-interest-groups-trump-second-term-5ad7ad25
Read MoreWhy We Still Need to Talk About Liz Truss
Wall Street Journal Though her tenure was brief, the falsehoods around it are proving a lasting economic problem. https://www.wsj.com/articles/why-we-still-need-to-talk-about-liz-truss-bureaucrats-bank-of-england-570f999e
Read MoreThe Failures of Medicine Without Markets
Wall Street Journal Even in rich countries, government management destroys patient care. https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-failures-of-medicine-without-markets-87248475
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