Editorials

'Exterminate the Foreigners'

Opinion Journal - Fri, 2024-11-29 02:53
A peasant army, incensed by the large Western presence in China, descended on Beijing and laid siege to the foreign quarter. Howard W. French reviews "The Boxer Rebellion and the Great Game in China" by David J. Silbey.


Best of the Web Today: Will the High Court Vindicate Vinson?

Opinion Journal - Fri, 2024-11-29 02:53
Justice Kennedy sounds surprisingly like the judge who struck down ObamaCare in toto.


Zeleny's Revenge?

Opinion Journal - Fri, 2024-11-29 02:53
By James Freeman New York Times reporter Jeff Zeleny has co-authored a piece suggesting that it's time for Mr. Santorum to quit the race.


Juan Williams: The Trayvon Martin Tragedies

Opinion Journal - Fri, 2024-11-29 02:53
The recent killing of Trayvon Martin needs more investigation. But where's the outrage over the daily scourge of black-on-black crime?


A Constitutional Awakening

Opinion Journal - Fri, 2024-11-29 02:53
A bad day for unlimited government at the High Court.


Mr. Perez Works the Phones

Opinion Journal - Fri, 2024-11-29 02:53
A top Justice official interferes with a Supreme Court case.


The Open-Mic Second Term

Opinion Journal - Fri, 2024-11-29 02:53
Parsing President Obama's private chat with Dmitry Medvedev.


Jenkins: Insurers and the Supremes

Opinion Journal - Fri, 2024-11-29 02:53
The industry's role comes with risks—namely congressional underfunding—but stop calling it insurance.


Rubin and Weber: The Ex-Im Bank Keeps Americans in Business

Opinion Journal - Fri, 2024-11-29 02:53
A government agency that increases U.S. jobs and earns money for the Treasury deserves bipartisan support.


Lawrence Goodman: Demand for U.S. Debt Is Not Limitless

Opinion Journal - Fri, 2024-11-29 02:53
In 2011, the Fed purchased a stunning 61% of Treasury issuance. That can't last.


Roger Kimball: Hilton Kramer and the 'Correction of Taste'

Opinion Journal - Fri, 2024-11-29 02:53
The late critic knew his job was to tell the truth, however unfashionable.


Notable & Quotable

Opinion Journal - Fri, 2024-11-29 02:53
Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito asks whether, under the logic of ObamaCare, the government could compel Americans to buy burial services.


Brooks, Feulner and Kristol: Ryan's Budget Protects Defense

Opinion Journal - Fri, 2024-11-29 02:53
Within a plan to reduce outlays by $6.2 trillion over the next decade, Paul Ryan has found a way to replace $214 billion of the $487 billion in military spending cuts in Obama's budget.


Echoes of the Big Bang

Opinion Journal - Fri, 2024-11-29 02:53
Imagining the universe's origin isn't easy 13.75 billion years later. Manjit Kumar reviews "How It Began."


Ann Curry: Corporate America's Military Opportunity

Opinion Journal - Fri, 2024-11-29 02:53
Veterans offer companies the grit and skills needed to succeed.


William Happer: Global Warming Models Are Wrong Again

Opinion Journal - Fri, 2024-11-29 02:53
The observed response of the climate to more CO2 is not in good agreement with predictions.


Monti Pulls a Thatcher

Opinion Journal - Fri, 2024-11-29 02:53
The Italian PM's labor market reform shows political courage.


Mark Helprin: Obama's Europa Complex

Opinion Journal - Fri, 2024-11-29 02:53
Why emulate countries with high budget deficits, high unemployment, low birthrates, and weak defense?


Notable & Quotable

Opinion Journal - Fri, 2024-11-29 02:53
Josh Kraushaar on gay marriage and black voters' support for President Obama.


Yukon Huang: In the Middle Kingdom's Shadow

Opinion Journal - Fri, 2024-11-29 02:53
Americans worry about competition from China. So do some of its Asian neighbors.


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