Category: Opinions
‘Leon’ by Leon Bridges Review: A Search for Soul
Wall Street Journal The singer’s fourth album finds him drawing on retro sounds, evoking such legends as Sam Cooke and Al Green, but he struggles to delve beneath the music’s slick surface. https://www.wsj.com/articles/leon-by-leon-bridges-review-a-search-for-soul-1eb64457
Read More‘Returning to Babylon’ Review: Discovery Amid Destruction
Wall Street Journal Focused on Mosul, Iraq, which occupies the site of the ancient city of Nineveh, this episode of ‘Secrets of the Dead’ on PBS explores the restorations and revelations that have followed its ransacking by ISIS in 2014. https://www.wsj.com/articles/returning-to-babylon-review-secrets-of-the-dead-mosul-iraq-pbs-59a5c4df
Read MoreBiden’s Longshoreman Strike
Wall Street Journal He wanted Big Labor to have more power. He’s got it—as the union shuts down East and Gulf Coast ports. https://www.wsj.com/articles/international-longshoremens-association-strike-ports-labor-union-president-biden-a586363d
Read MoreAre Dockworkers Price Gouging?
Wall Street Journal Plus, an update on America’s least-stolen vehicles. https://www.wsj.com/articles/are-dockworkers-price-gouging-6383ec84
Read MoreRemembering Kris Kristofferson, a Cowboy Poet Who Crossed Categories
Wall Street Journal The musician and actor, who died on Saturday at age 88, was a soulful country songwriter with a voice ‘like a bullfrog’ who became a smart, sensitive movie star of the 1970s. https://www.wsj.com/articles/remembering-kris-kristofferson-a-cowboy-poet-who-crossed-categories-205f4c28
Read MoreA Left-Wing Israeli Congratulates Netanyahu
Wall Street Journal Gilad Kariv founded the Two-State Solution caucus and still believes in that ideal. https://www.wsj.com/articles/a-left-wing-israeli-congratulates-netanyahu-killed-hezbollah-leader-hassan-nasrallah-3684ac70
Read MoreHow to Exploit Israel’s Success
Wall Street Journal With Hezbollah weak, and Iran worried, now is the time for the U.S. to add pressure. https://www.wsj.com/articles/israel-hezbollah-lebanon-biden-u-s-europe-middle-east-a0ae7b93
Read MoreHappy 100th Birthday, President Carter
Wall Street Journal The 39th President is the first to pass the century milestone. https://www.wsj.com/articles/jimmy-carter-100th-birthday-deregulation-economy-ted-kennedy-611f276c
Read MoreA Medicare Election Bribe for Seniors
Wall Street Journal CMS stretches the law to raise subsidies for insurers to reduce Part D premiums before Nov. 5. https://www.wsj.com/articles/cms-medicare-part-d-premiums-subsidies-insurers-biden-administration-ebb0daa5
Read MoreBiden, Chevron’s Oil, and Venezuela
Wall Street Journal The White House is letting Maduro keep his oil-revenue lifeline. https://www.wsj.com/articles/joe-biden-venezuela-election-nicolas-maduro-edmundo-gonzalez-urrutia-dick-durbin-oil-sanctions-bb4041ac
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