Wall Street Journal

Five Best: Elliot Perlman

Opinion Journal - Thu, 2024-05-02 12:42
The novelist on Holocaust memoirs that bear witness to the nightmare of the death camps, the Warsaw ghetto and the slaughter at Babi Yar.


Model Citizen, Heartland-Born

Opinion Journal - Thu, 2024-05-02 12:42
Peter Collier's "Political Woman" chronicles the life of Jeane Kirkpatrick, from her Oklahoma childhood to her national prominence as a Reagan-era U.N. ambassador and scourge of totalitarianism. Carl Gershman reviews.


Facebook Fluctuates

Opinion Journal - Thu, 2024-05-02 12:42
The IPO looks to be a blunder, not a crime.


Our Man in Pakistan

Opinion Journal - Thu, 2024-05-02 12:42
Why didn't the U.S. help get Shakil Afridi out of trouble?


Deus ex Eurobonds

Opinion Journal - Thu, 2024-05-02 12:42
Europeans are taking Alexander Hamilton's name in vain.


Vulture Capitalism? Try Obama's Version

Opinion Journal - Thu, 2024-05-02 12:42
A profit-driven economy is preferable to one run by political favoritism.


Stephen Prothero: Memorial Day and the American Bible

Opinion Journal - Thu, 2024-05-02 12:42
Americans disagree, but we share a collection of core texts that 'we the people' regard as authoritative.


Hillman and Lobel: The Art of the Ask for Afghanistan

Opinion Journal - Thu, 2024-05-02 12:42
We need more help with the financial burden. Here's how to get it.


Michael W. McConnell: The Liberal Legal Meltdown Over ObamaCare

Opinion Journal - Thu, 2024-05-02 12:42
If supporters of mandatory insurance were as confident of its merits as they claim to be, they would offer legal arguments, not moral accusations.


Tom Manion: Why They Serve---'If Not Me, Then Who?'

Opinion Journal - Thu, 2024-05-02 12:42
After more than a decade of war, remarkable men and women are still stepping forward.


Notable & Quotable

Opinion Journal - Thu, 2024-05-02 12:42
James Pethokoukis imagines what politics would look like if Steve Jobs were the Republican presidential nominee.


At the End of the Night

Opinion Journal - Thu, 2024-05-02 12:42
"People Who Eat Darkness" tells the true story of a young Englishwoman gruesomely murdered in Japan 11 years ago. Melanie Kirkpatrick reviews.


Noonan: Mitt Romney's Moment

Opinion Journal - Thu, 2024-05-02 12:42
The GOP nominee explains why he thinks America is at an 'inflection point.'


Best of the Web Today: The Ultimate Dark Horse

Opinion Journal - Thu, 2024-05-02 12:42
Nobody is challenging Obama in the primaries--and doing surprisingly well.


Patrick Fitzgerald's Chicago Way

Opinion Journal - Thu, 2024-05-02 12:42
By Collin Levy The U.S. attorney made his name abusing the legal process for the sake of high-production value political trials.


Romney on Vouchers

Opinion Journal - Thu, 2024-05-02 12:42
The Republican endorses the D.C. scholarship program.


The Competition Versus Google

Opinion Journal - Thu, 2024-05-02 12:42
Making rival search companies happy, at users' expense.


Paul Rubin: A Tutorial for the President on 'Profit Maximization'

Opinion Journal - Thu, 2024-05-02 12:42
Profits provide the incentive for firms to do what consumers want.


Tom Perkins: Prostate Testing and the Death Panel

Opinion Journal - Thu, 2024-05-02 12:42
A free economy leads to life-saving innovations. A highly taxed and overregulated economy leads to government agencies that discourage their use.


Ben Wattenberg: America's 21st-Century Population Edge

Opinion Journal - Thu, 2024-05-02 12:42
Birth rates are dropping all over the world, often below replacement rates. But not in the U.S.


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