Opinion Journal

Best of the Web Today: Wooly Bully

Opinion Journal - Fri, 2024-11-01 13:36
In search of a Romney scandal, the Washington Post reaches back 47 years.


The Tale of the Dragoman

Opinion Journal - Fri, 2024-11-01 13:36
In "Notes on a Century," Middle East historian Bernard Lewis reflects on his time working as a British intelligence officer for M16, his lifelong interest in Islam, and why—contrary to popular perception—he opposed the second Iraq war.


Jonathan Moreno: Robot Soldiers Will Be a Reality---and a Threat

Opinion Journal - Fri, 2024-11-01 13:36
Given the obvious dangers, fully autonomous offensive lethal weapons should never be permitted.


Notable & Quotable

Opinion Journal - Fri, 2024-11-01 13:36
Rudy Giuliani on New York City's "squeegee guys" and the ideas of James Q. Wilson.


Notable & Quotable

Opinion Journal - Fri, 2024-11-01 13:36
French politician Benjamin Constant on the absence of religious liberty in the ancient world.


The Iranian Turning Point

Opinion Journal - Fri, 2024-11-01 13:36
"Patriot of Persia" tells the story of Muhammad Mossadegh, a politician who insisted on Iran's right to control its own destiny.


A Startling Thesis on Islam's Origins

Opinion Journal - Fri, 2024-11-01 13:36
Tom Holland's "In the Shadow of the Sword" challenges the traditional interpretation of some of Islam's founding events. Malise Ruthven reviews.


Five Best: Geoffrey C. Ward

Opinion Journal - Fri, 2024-11-01 13:36
The historian on books that capture the seamy side of long-ago New York, when Five Points was its roughest neighborhood and a famed pickpocket and confidence man might write his memoirs.


Obama's Fuzzy Electoral Math

Opinion Journal - Fri, 2024-11-01 13:36
By James Freeman It's hard to believe that President Obama's new support for gay marriage is animated by deeply held convictions.


Strassel: Trolling for Dirt on the President's List

Opinion Journal - Fri, 2024-11-01 13:36
First a Romney supporter was named on an Obama campaign website. That was followed by the slimy trolling into a citizen's private life.


Carpenter and Knepper: Do Barbers Really Need a License?

Opinion Journal - Fri, 2024-11-01 13:36
Cosmetologists in many states face substantially heavier training requirements than do emergency medical technicians.


David Gelernter: Make It a Summer Without iStuff

Opinion Journal - Fri, 2024-11-01 13:36
Children with computers are little digital Henry VIIIs, sending plates clattering to the palace floor the moment their majesties are displeased.


Henry Miller: ObamaCare's Killer Device Tax

Opinion Journal - Fri, 2024-11-01 13:36
The U.S. leads the world in medical technology. A punitive new excise levy jeopardizes jobs and innovation.


John Murray: The Religious Battle of Vanderbilt

Opinion Journal - Fri, 2024-11-01 13:36
Booting Christian groups from campus—all in the name of 'nondiscrimination.'


David Satter: Awaiting the Next Revolution

Opinion Journal - Fri, 2024-11-01 13:36
Russia is a country in which the population has no respect for the political system, their rulers, or the distribution of property.


Notable & Quotable

Opinion Journal - Fri, 2024-11-01 13:36
Jonah Goldberg on the danger of political appeals to unity and against 'labels.'


The Tax Code Diet

Opinion Journal - Fri, 2024-11-01 13:36
The Institute for Medicine gets political on obesity.


Warren the Barbarian

Opinion Journal - Fri, 2024-11-01 13:36
The Oracle of Omaha finances an unfriendly takeover. World yawns.


A Volcker Leap of 'Faith'

Opinion Journal - Fri, 2024-11-01 13:36
The problem with too much regulatory discretion.


Best of the Web Today: Why Obama Flipped

Opinion Journal - Fri, 2024-11-01 13:36
Victory has a thousand fathers, but defeat has two mommies.


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