Category: Opinions
What Does HUD Have to Show for the Trillions It’s Spent?
Wall Street Journal The U.S. homeownership rate was 64% in 1967, two years after the department opened. Now it’s . . . 64%. https://www.wsj.com/articles/what-does-hud-have-to-show-for-the-trillions-its-spent-homeownership-stagnant-prices-increasing-59c3292f
Read MoreElon’s Real Trump Mission: Protect Growth
Wall Street Journal The next president is sowing a narrative with his cabinet picks. The world situation requires more. https://www.wsj.com/articles/elons-real-trump-mission-protect-growth-department-of-government-efficiency-appointments-cabinet-9e7e62b2
Read MoreYou Won’t Have Kamala to Kick Around Anymore
Wall Street Journal Or will you? Readers consider the Nixon option. https://www.wsj.com/articles/you-wont-have-kamala-to-kick-around-anymore-4386c24a
Read MoreBig Foundations Helped Democrats Lose the Election
Wall Street Journal On inflation, immigration and transgenderism, progressive philanthropies took the party to places voters didn’t want to go. https://www.wsj.com/articles/big-foundations-pushed-democrats-to-the-left-giving-philantrophy-issues-politics-1bec2752
Read MoreHow Inflation Ended Neoliberalism—and Re-Elected Trump
Wall Street Journal In the 1970s, skyrocketing prices spurred free-market reforms that promoted economic stability. In the 2020s, inflated fueled Trump’s comeback. https://www.wsj.com/articles/how-inflation-ended-neoliberalism-history-policy-economics-politics-elections-79a053a4
Read MoreCongress’s Social Security Gift to Government Unions
Wall Street Journal The House passes a bipartisan benefit blowout, though the program is already going broke. https://www.wsj.com/articles/congress-social-security-fairness-act-government-spending-house-republicans-0c1e90b1
Read MoreAntisemitism in America: My Campus Tour
Wall Street Journal When I see the determination of these brave Jewish students standing tall, I feel hope. https://www.wsj.com/articles/antisemitism-in-america-my-campus-tour-israel-zionism-b51da72e
Read MoreTrump Keeps Trolling as the ‘Resistance’ Fades
Wall Street Journal Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth? Attorney General Matt Gaetz? He can’t be serious, can he? Meanwhile, Democrats look for new ways to cope. https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-keeps-trolling-as-the-resistance-fades-appointments-confirmations-cope-a6a8bd40
Read MoreTrump’s Recess-Appointment Scheme
Wall Street Journal To install AG Matt Gaetz this way would be anti-constitutional. https://www.wsj.com/articles/donald-trump-recess-appointments-senate-confirmation-matt-gaetz-ce5f8873
Read MoreHochul’s New York Driving Tax Is Back
Wall Street Journal Her ‘pause’ kept the issue from hurting Democrats in the House. https://www.wsj.com/articles/kathy-hochul-congestion-tax-manhattan-new-york-driving-tolls-37b2a39c
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