Opinions – Page 323 – Prologue Journal

James Gwartney Made Economics Accessible

Wall Street Journal He helped popularize free-market ideas and even brought them to post-Soviet Russia. https://www.wsj.com/articles/james-gwartney-made-economics-accessible-died-age-83-842cabe4

The Most Spoken Words in Glasgow

Wall Street Journal When someone says, ‘Would anyone like a cup of tea,’ he isn’t offering the best-tasting thing one’s ever had. But that isn’t the point. https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-most-spoken-words-in-glasgow-the-point-of-tea-isnt-the-taste-631aebec

A Modified, Limited Good Jobs Report

Wall Street Journal Government is adding jobs at a fast clip, as federal spending continues to climb. https://www.wsj.com/articles/jobs-report-economy-president-biden-government-spending-5b91fc7b

The Supreme Court’s Road to El Dorado

Wall Street Journal In a major Fifth Amendment case, the Justices consider whether governments can use building permits to extort property owners. https://www.wsj.com/articles/george-sheetz-v-county-of-el-dorado-property-rights-fifth-amendment-69ebc4c9

Crime Takes a Dip in New York

Wall Street Journal But progressives want to curb the police stops that made it possible. https://www.wsj.com/articles/new-york-city-crime-police-neighborhood-safety-teams-eric-adams-a1746390

‘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