Editorials

Economides, Ioannides, Petrakis, Pissarides and Stengos: What's at Stake in the Greek Vote

Opinion Journal - Tue, 2024-11-26 14:37
If a Greek exit from the euro zone looks close to certain after Sunday's election, we will see a full-fledged bank run.


David Skeel: Clerical Privilege and the Law

Opinion Journal - Tue, 2024-11-26 14:37
Should criminal confessions offered in religious settings be excluded from trial?


Harvey Golub: A Simple Tax Code Is a Fair Tax Code

Opinion Journal - Tue, 2024-11-26 14:37
The top 1% pays more in federal income taxes than the bottom 90%. But the system is biased toward the powerful in other ways.


Walter Borneman: When the U.S. Declared War on Britain

Opinion Journal - Tue, 2024-11-26 14:37
The political fallout from the War of 1812 helps explain why Congress has never again so vigorously exercised the power over war entrenched in the legislative branch.


Notable & Quotable

Opinion Journal - Tue, 2024-11-26 14:37
Rich Karlgaard on Lance Armstrong, secular Jesus.


Juan Ramón Rallo: A 'Bail-In' Could Save Spain's Banks

Opinion Journal - Tue, 2024-11-26 14:37
Let's convert debt to equity, so investors bear the cost of their own mistakes.


An Infamous Crime Revisited

Opinion Journal - Tue, 2024-11-26 14:37
Bruno Hauptmann was the only person arrested (and convicted) in the Lindbergh baby kidnapping, but investigators were certain that he didn't act alone. In "Cemetery John," Robert Zorn says he knows who the mastermind was. Edward Kosner reviews.


Best of the Web Today: Obama and the Time Machine

Opinion Journal - Tue, 2024-11-26 14:37
It's still 2012. Is it 2012 already?


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