Opinions – Page 253 – Prologue Journal

‘Shrapnel Struck Garrett in the Head’

Wall Street Journal Army pilot Garrett Illerbrunn, badly wounded by a proxy militia of Iran, is a casualty of failed U.S. deterrence. https://www.wsj.com/articles/garrett-illerbrunn-army-pilot-injured-erbil-iraq-8f295dff

Alan Sokal’s Joke Is on Us as Postmoderism Comes to Science

Wall Street Journal Articles in hard-science journals increasingly read like the 1996 hoax, and dissenters are suppressed. https://www.wsj.com/articles/alan-sokals-joke-is-on-us-as-postmoderism-comes-to-science-23a9383c

Looking Beyond Harvard and the Border

Wall Street Journal Most immigrants, like most of our colleges and universities, are still a net plus for American life. https://www.wsj.com/articles/looking-beyond-harvard-and-the-border-hamas-ivy-league-immigration-6e1a87f9

Trump Summons the Furies in Iowa

Wall Street Journal The former president knows his enemies’ lunacy makes his fans love him. So he encourages those enemies, who may end up re-electing him. https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-summons-the-furies-in-iowa-caucus-primary-desantis-2024-bias-indictment-6cb3750a

Russia, China and the Threat to the North Pole

Wall Street Journal The U.S. needs more icebreakers and other Arctic defenses. https://www.wsj.com/articles/russia-china-and-the-threat-to-the-north-pole-icebreaker-appropriations-arctic-74489e23

Chaos Straight Outta Compton

Wall Street Journal The looting of a Los Angeles-area bakery is a case study in the reason there are ‘food deserts’ in U.S. cities. https://www.wsj.com/articles/rubens-bakery-and-mexican-food-compton-crime-looting-los-angeles-cd035ebd

Claudine Gay and America’s Institutions

Wall Street Journal The former Harvard president’s defense reveals why elite educators have lost so much public respect. https://www.wsj.com/articles/harvard-president-claudine-gay-resignation-higher-education-ec838e3d

Your Aid Dollars for Palestinian Terrorists

Wall Street Journal Biden’s preferred rulers of Gaza still pay monthly stipends to murderers. https://www.wsj.com/articles/palestinian-authority-hamas-terrorists-payments-israel-gaza-oct-7-898c5a4b

The Price Germany Pays for Net Zero

Wall Street Journal The cost keeps rising and rising: an estimated $1.9 trillion by 2030. https://www.wsj.com/articles/germany-cost-of-net-zero-green-energy-e671cc91

What America Can Learn From the Tokyo Crash

Wall Street Journal The Japanese are ‘less individualist and more consensual.’ That helps when lives are on the line. https://www.wsj.com/articles/what-america-can-learn-from-the-tokyo-crash-individualism-cultural-decay-0af7e038