Opinions – Page 280 – Prologue Journal

‘Net Zero’ Fails the Cost-Benefit Test

Wall Street Journal As COP28 opens, two new studies show that extravagant climate promises are far more wasteful than useful. https://www.wsj.com/articles/net-zero-fails-the-cost-benefit-test-paris-climate-accord-cop28-748ae52d

Keith Ellison Wants to Run U.S. Energy Policy From Minnesota

Wall Street Journal The Supreme Court should take up an appeal of his case, which belongs in federal, not state, court. https://www.wsj.com/articles/keith-ellison-wants-to-run-energy-policy-from-minnesota-exxon-mobil-koch-industries-75995542

DeSantis vs. Newsom: a Scorecard

Wall Street Journal Here’s a cheat sheet to keep track of Thursday’s debate between the Florida and California governors. https://www.wsj.com/articles/gavin-newsom-ron-desantis-fox-news-debate-florida-california-239e637b

The Distrustful Generation

Wall Street Journal Students discuss the prevalent view that America’s institutions are broken. https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-distrustful-generation-bb8aec11

Evan Gershkovich Is Still in Prison

Wall Street Journal What are the costs for imprisoning American journalists? https://www.wsj.com/articles/evan-gershkovich-prison-russia-biden-administration-alsu-kurmasheva-2d31322b

Who’ll Get Trump Mano a Mano?

Wall Street Journal Nikki Haley and Ron DeSantis each pick up big endorsements. https://www.wsj.com/articles/nikki-haley-afp-action-endorsement-ron-desantis-donald-trump-2024-election-37b87e23

Car Dealers to Biden: EVs Aren’t Selling

Wall Street Journal Some 3,900 sellers ask for a reprieve from his onerous sales mandate. https://www.wsj.com/articles/car-dealers-letter-to-biden-electric-vehicles-fd413d98

How Elon Became an ‘Antisemite’

Wall Street Journal ‘Tristram Shandy’ is the press’s handbook for whipping words to obey a narrative. https://www.wsj.com/articles/how-elon-musk-became-an-antisemite-media-bias-twitter-x-765707c8

Geert Wilders’s Warning for Joe Biden

Wall Street Journal Unchecked migration leads Dutch voters to swing right. The same could happen here. https://www.wsj.com/articles/geert-wilders-warning-for-joe-biden-netherlands-immigration-2024-election-0c9fcf36

Ukraine Aid for Border Security Would Be a Win-Win

Wall Street Journal A modest immigration reform would help both parties overcome their weaknesses with voters. https://www.wsj.com/articles/ukraine-aid-for-border-security-would-be-a-win-win-immigration-reform-asylum-seeker-63a7cf63