Opinions – Page 319 – Prologue Journal

Dick Butkus Was a Creature of Old, Tough Chicago

Wall Street Journal The Hall of Fame Bears linebacker left the city for Hollywood, but the city never left him. https://www.wsj.com/articles/dick-butkus-was-a-creature-of-old-tough-chicago-7c5221d8

Brain Death at the FTC and FCC

Wall Street Journal Net neutrality and Amazon show why Congress needs to kill agencies as well as creating new ones. https://www.wsj.com/articles/brain-death-at-the-ftc-and-fcc-d5d92e7b

Will the World Bank Choose Climate Change Over Poverty?

Wall Street Journal A new G-20 report calls for raising $3 trillion and spending only a fraction of it to help the poor. https://www.wsj.com/articles/will-the-world-bank-choose-climate-change-over-poverty-cb46ef4f

Thomas Sowell on the Trouble With ‘Social Justice’

Wall Street Journal The eminent economist faults intellectuals who expect equal outcomes and treat individuals as if they were mere ‘chess pieces.’ https://www.wsj.com/articles/thomas-sowell-on-the-trouble-with-social-justice-race-economics-black-white-disparities-finance-social-justice-7e2d4a3d

We Need More ‘Warp Speed’ Operations

Wall Street Journal Bureaucracy didn’t block Covid vaccines. Why should it stand in the way of treatments for cancer, diabetes and other diseases? https://www.wsj.com/articles/we-need-more-operation-warp-speed-covid-cancer-diabetes-bureaucracy-fda-ace77028

McCarthy’s Fall Is a Comedy Without Laughs

Wall Street Journal His chief antagonist, Matt Gaetz, is a cartoon villain, a man so small he makes decadence look banal. https://www.wsj.com/articles/mccarthys-fall-is-a-comedy-without-laughs-house-speaker-gaetz-gop-election-ec169034

Welcome Back, Bond Market

Wall Street Journal Skip the shock and horror at rising Treasury rates as traders again price risk. https://www.wsj.com/articles/bond-market-10-year-treasury-yields-rise-federal-reserve-8926812a

Labor Lessons From the Pandemic

Wall Street Journal New research confirms that if you pay people not to work, they won’t. https://www.wsj.com/articles/pandemic-unemployment-benefits-covid-research-michael-strain-harry-holzer-glenn-hubbard-2401380a

Kaiser Permanente’s Single-Payer Portent

Wall Street Journal The largest healthcare strike in U.S. history strands sick patients. https://www.wsj.com/articles/kaiser-permanente-strike-single-payer-healthcare-11ebb77a

The Democrats’ Phony Border War

Wall Street Journal Leaders say they’re tired of the crisis, but they’re afraid of the solution. https://www.wsj.com/articles/eric-adams-brandon-johnson-mexico-border-crisis-migrants-kathy-hochul-biden-administration-abcdec6b