Opinions – Page 430 – Prologue Journal

Decriminalizing Drugs in Seattle

Wall Street Journal The City Council thwarts prosecutions of public drug use. https://www.wsj.com/articles/seattle-city-council-decriminalizes-drugs-ann-davison-kshama-sawant-4086777a

Save the Confederate Memorial at Arlington

Wall Street Journal A commission will tear down this monument to national healing by year’s end if we don’t act. https://www.wsj.com/articles/save-the-confederate-memorial-at-arlington-art-history-preservation-civil-war-64464979

Peter Huntsman Is a CEO Who Doesn’t Equivocate About Climate

Wall Street Journal Why do so many corporate leaders accept the false premises of global warming catastrophism? https://www.wsj.com/articles/a-ceo-who-doesnt-equivocate-about-climate-global-warming-net-zero-emissions-ceo-corporate-e21a5d40

Culling the Republican Presidential Herd

Wall Street Journal The only way to give Donald Trump a real challenge is to consolidate the field early. https://www.wsj.com/articles/donald-trump-republican-presidential-debate-gop-primary-2024-ron-desantis-tim-scott-chris-christie-nikki-haley-a146883f

The State Covid Medicaid Scam

Wall Street Journal The Biden Administration quietly admits that the scare over lost post-pandemic insurance coverage was phony. https://www.wsj.com/articles/biden-administration-health-and-human-services-medicaid-insurance-coverage-pandemic-emergency-f1d170b8

A Transgender Victory for Parents in North Carolina

Wall Street Journal The Legislature overrides the Governor’s veto of three bills protecting minors and parental consent. https://www.wsj.com/articles/north-carolina-transgender-parental-consent-bill-veto-override-roy-cooper-a8970a1a

Katherine Tai Wakes Up on GMO Corn Protectionism

Wall Street Journal The U.S. trade rep finally calls out Mexico for violating the USMCA trade deal. https://www.wsj.com/articles/mexico-trade-protectionism-usmca-gmo-corn-amlo-katherine-tai-167ff02

Foreign Aid Isn’t Charity

Wall Street Journal Its purpose is to support the national interest, not to make Americans feel good about themselves. https://www.wsj.com/articles/conservative-foreign-aid-deficit-budget-debt-corruption-terrorism-misuse-abortion-progressive-73ea8a27

The EPA Defies the Supreme Court

Wall Street Journal The agency imposes a ‘suite’ of climate policies and doesn’t even try to hide its own lawlessness. https://www.wsj.com/articles/epa-environmental-protection-supreme-court-regulation-unconstitutional-climate-change-administrative-state-biden-42f31ce3

J.D. Vance: Meet the New IRS, Same as the Old IRS

Wall Street Journal Even with $80 billion in new funding and 87,000 new agents, the agency is as dysfunctional as ever. https://www.wsj.com/articles/irs-new-funding-covid-pandemic-federal-policy-law-ppp-werfel-erc-employee-retention-credit-3eef45b2