Opinions – Page 394 – Prologue Journal

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

America Still Has a Worker Shortage

Wall Street Journal The NFIB employer survey finds more small firms with openings in September. https://www.wsj.com/articles/america-still-has-a-worker-shortage-d0c65166

Democrats Try to Knock Out No Labels

Wall Street Journal They want to engineer a Biden-Trump rematch by killing an alternative. https://www.wsj.com/articles/no-labels-citizens-to-save-our-republic-donald-trump-joe-biden-third-party-dick-gephardt-b683094c

Matt Rosendale’s Daily Democratic Devotional

Wall Street Journal The Montanan who voted against Kevin McCarthy told donors he was ‘praying each evening for a small majority’ of House Republicans. https://www.wsj.com/articles/matt-rosendale-house-gop-majority-kevin-mccarthy-c122cb89

Republicans Against U.S. Weapons

Wall Street Journal GOP hostility to Ukraine is hurting American arms production. https://www.wsj.com/articles/ukraine-funding-u-s-weapons-backfill-republicans-1e78dfb1

The Progressive State Pandemic Hangover

Wall Street Journal Income growth was swamped by falling federal Covid payments. https://www.wsj.com/articles/personal-income-california-illinois-new-york-covid-transfer-payments-6df59fe