Opinions – Page 438 – Prologue Journal

Joseph Ladapo Bucks the Covid Vaccine Orthodoxy

Wall Street Journal The Florida surgeon general’s critics ignore the science and resort to personal attacks. https://www.wsj.com/articles/joseph-ladapo-bucks-the-covid-vaccine-orthodoxy-politico-sensitivity-analysis-myocarditis-43201b8b

Politico Aims at Gorsuch and Misses

Wall Street Journal Another ‘ethics’ hit on a conservative justice turns to dust when you dig into the specifics. https://www.wsj.com/articles/politico-aims-at-gorsuch-and-misses-disclosure-colorado-ethics-reform-durbin-87a4fc50

The Blue State Exodus Accelerates

Wall Street Journal New IRS data for 2021 shows voters fleeing Illinois, among others. https://www.wsj.com/articles/illinois-j-b-pritzker-taxes-states-irs-ec3da356

How Staff Can Help Biden Negotiate

Wall Street Journal Use the successful press relations model for congressional relations. https://www.wsj.com/articles/how-staff-can-help-biden-negotiate-67c31c05

Congress Gave $80 Billion to a Lawless IRS

Wall Street Journal It intends to use some of the money to enforce regulations that the courts have struck down. https://www.wsj.com/articles/congress-gave-80-billion-to-a-lawless-irs-listed-transaction-apa-regulation-penalty-f91a5c90

Forget AI: The Administrative State Is a Bad Algorithm

Wall Street Journal Microsoft trustbusters and EPA regulators show chatbots aren’t the only ones who ‘hallucinate.’ https://www.wsj.com/articles/forget-ai-the-administrative-state-is-a-bad-algorithm-microsoft-ftc-ethylene-oxide-chicago-355dc0a4

Artificial Intelligence Needs Guardrails and Global Cooperation

Wall Street Journal Risks abound when the internet becomes a playpen for thousands, perhaps millions, of artificial intelligence systems. https://www.wsj.com/articles/ai-needs-guardrails-and-global-cooperation-chatbot-megasystem-intelligence-f7be3a3c

‘Economic hell’: High prices push Israelis to poverty, exile – opinion

Jerusalem Post Unlike the US or Canada, where there is abundant affordable property for rentals, Israel is overcrowded and expensive. Over the last 15 years, the price of homes in Israel went up by 8% annually. https://www.jpost.com/business-and-innovation/opinion/article-741377

Justice Samuel Alito: ‘This Made Us Targets of Assassination’

Wall Street Journal The author of the Dobbs abortion ruling answers attacks on the court’s ‘legitimacy.’ He says he thinks he knows who leaked the draft and is certain about the motive. https://www.wsj.com/articles/justice-samuel-alito-this-made-us-targets-of-assassination-dobbs-leak-abortion-court-74624ef9

Medicaid Expansion Won’t Stop Rural Hospital Closures

Wall Street Journal But it has disastrous consequences for state budgets and fosters high levels of dependency. https://www.wsj.com/articles/medicaid-expansion-wont-save-rural-hospitals-obama-care-fraud-dependency-e9ad20c7