Opinions – Page 421 – Prologue Journal

Bakhmut and the Battle of Moscow

Wall Street Journal Putin’s elites have stopped caring if the West knows the wheels are coming off. https://www.wsj.com/articles/bakhmut-and-the-battle-of-moscow-putin-wagner-defeat-elites-ukraine-war-b6dacd72

These Aren’t Tommy Lasorda’s Dodgers

Wall Street Journal Why would the team honor a group that mocks Catholics? https://www.wsj.com/articles/these-arent-tommy-lasordas-dodgers-catholic-church-pride-baseball-sisters-of-perpetual-indulgence-cce786ad

Make Welfare Reform Part of the Debt-Ceiling Deal

Wall Street Journal The Clinton-era law added work requirements, but politicians since have chipped away at them. https://www.wsj.com/articles/make-welfare-reform-part-of-the-debt-ceiling-deal-mccarthy-biden-1996-98bf6afb

ESG Defenders Pose as ‘Free Market’ Disciples

Wall Street Journal Activists and bureaucrats seek to deny capital to companies and whole industries via blacklists. https://www.wsj.com/articles/esg-defenders-hide-behind-free-market-principles-un-climate-alliances-2aa2fd65

Inflation Has Peaked—Get Ready for Deflation

Wall Street Journal Price increases would have eased without the Fed’s tightening, which we will soon see was overkill. https://www.wsj.com/articles/get-ready-for-deflation-fed-powell-tightening-money-supply-contraction-36ce5530

The Trouble With Medicaid Work Requirements

Wall Street Journal At best they’re a half-measure that won’t solve the gathering crisis of federal debt. https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-trouble-with-medicaid-work-mandates-democrats-republicans-budget-negotiations-medicaid-medicare-3bd3bf0d

Why Cancer Drugs Are Being Rationed

Wall Street Journal The government squeeze on generic profits is leading to shortages. https://www.wsj.com/articles/drug-shortages-price-controls-government-fda-white-house-cancer-treatments-b2d08ba4

The NAACP Expels Florida From the Union

Wall Street Journal The group’s ‘travel advisory’ distorts the state’s record to take a shot at Ron DeSantis. https://www.wsj.com/articles/naacp-florida-travel-advisory-ron-desantis-6be473c9

Tim Scott’s Pitch for American Revival

Wall Street Journal The Senator is betting in his presidential campaign that Republicans want a politics of optimism. https://www.wsj.com/articles/tim-scott-presidential-run-announcement-america-republicans-donald-trump-ron-desantis-f1b395d3

AMLO Says What’s Yours Can Be His in Mexico

Wall Street Journal The President ignores the law to expropriate property when it suits his political purposes. https://www.wsj.com/articles/andres-manuel-lopez-obrador-grupo-mexico-property-supreme-court-6a779389