Opinions – Page 5 – Prologue Journal

Newsom Has a Permitting Epiphany

Wall Street Journal The Governor waives environmental rules to assist rebuilding from the wildfires. Why not for everyone? https://www.wsj.com/articles/gavin-newsom-california-environmental-regulation-building-housing-49a18450

Pete Hegseth Gets a Senate Pass

Wall Street Journal The Defense secretary nominee said he’ll ‘look under the hood’ if confirmed. https://www.wsj.com/articles/pete-hegseth-senate-hearing-pentagon-defense-secretary-donald-trump-001b4aca

Will Biden Free the Tax-Return Thief?

Wall Street Journal The left wants to release the man who leaked records to ProPublica. https://www.wsj.com/articles/joe-biden-charles-littlejohn-irs-documents-leak-propublica-e86d2cbf

Porn Sites, Age Verification, and the Supreme Court

Wall Street Journal The Justices consider a Texas law telling websites to screen for minors. https://www.wsj.com/articles/texas-law-pornography-sites-age-verification-free-speech-coalition-supreme-court-c9672626

Facebook, ‘Fact Checking’ and Free Speech

Wall Street Journal Students discuss Mark Zuckerberg’s decision on social-media moderation systems. https://www.wsj.com/articles/facebook-fact-checking-and-free-speech-college-students-weigh-in-0fa66326

Democrats and Identity Politics

Wall Street Journal Annoying habits can be hard to break. https://www.wsj.com/articles/democrats-and-identity-politics-856f4340

End of a Climate Delusion

Wall Street Journal Amid California’s fires, voters wake up from the dream that green pork is a solution. https://www.wsj.com/articles/end-of-a-climate-delusion-wildfires-california-policy-failures-7c4478a1

Nippon Steel: Why We’re Suing Biden

Wall Street Journal We believe he blocked our deal over electoral politics, not security. https://www.wsj.com/articles/nippon-steel-and-us-steel-why-were-suing-biden-over-deal-blocking-bb6ed1e1

The Governance Failures That Fed the Los Angeles Wildfires

Wall Street Journal ‘There’s a public-policy failure,’ says a onetime candidate for governor who nearly lost his home. https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-governance-failures-that-fed-the-los-angeles-wildfires-ebfafdf3

North Korean Troops Become Cannon Fodder for Russia

Wall Street Journal A chance for Ukraine and Trump to set Putin back and drive a wedge between Pyongyang and Moscow. https://www.wsj.com/articles/north-korean-troops-become-cannon-fodder-for-russia-shows-weakness-in-autocracy-axis-50c0a832