Opinion Journal

Congress and Drug Control

Opinion Journal - Fri, 2024-11-01 11:33
By Charles B. Rangel Rep. Charles Rangel (D., N.Y.) on the drug abuse epidemic of the 1980s that led to enhanced criminal penalties for crack cocaine offenses.


Strassel: The 'Crucify Them' Presidency

Opinion Journal - Fri, 2024-11-01 11:33
Al Armendariz, the EPA official who resigned in disgrace this week, was no outlier among the Obama administration's regulators.


U.S. Weakness in Beijing

Opinion Journal - Fri, 2024-11-01 11:33
America's reputation is now implicated in Chen's fate.


Daniel Doron: The Crony System That Makes Israelis Poorer

Opinion Journal - Fri, 2024-11-01 11:33
Reform-minded Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is stymied by bureaucrats and monopoly tycoons.


Naomi Schaefer Riley: Pastors Call a Truce on 'Sheep-Stealing'

Opinion Journal - Fri, 2024-11-01 11:33
In Charlotte, churches cooperate in an experiment to attract twenty-somethings.


Andrew Biggs: College Grads Need Jobs, Not a Lower Loan Rate

Opinion Journal - Fri, 2024-11-01 11:33
Young workers who enter the labor force in a recession suffer years of lower wages.


Stephen Moore: 'Press 9 for More Options'

Opinion Journal - Fri, 2024-11-01 11:33
Companies claim automated phone-answering systems save them millions. I have my doubts.


Notable & Quotable

Opinion Journal - Fri, 2024-11-01 11:33
James Grant on how to get bankers to take more responsible risks.


John Yoo: Litigating for Terrorists

Opinion Journal - Fri, 2024-11-01 11:33
The Obama administration refused to defend me against the lawsuit filed for José Padilla. Now even the liberal Ninth Circuit agrees the suit was frivolous.


The Tort Bar Bureau

Opinion Journal - Fri, 2024-11-01 11:33
The threat to arbitration in settling financial disputes.


Wisconsin Recall Amnesia

Opinion Journal - Fri, 2024-11-01 11:33
Why aren't Democrats running against Scott Walker's union reforms?


Noonan: The Case for Sending Senator Lugar Back to Washington

Opinion Journal - Fri, 2024-11-01 11:33
We need seasoned statesmen, especially at a time of national crisis.


How the Past Comes Into Play

Opinion Journal - Fri, 2024-11-01 11:33
What is an authentic historical performance? Even in Verdi's time, his tempos were stretched and contracted; embellishments were added.


Best of the Web Today: The Lonely Life of Julia

Opinion Journal - Fri, 2024-11-01 11:33
In Obama's ideal world, men are replaced by bureaucrats.


Après le Débat, Who?

Opinion Journal - Fri, 2024-11-01 11:33
By Matthew Kaminski The one and only French presidential debate is the highlight of their election season, and last night's encounter between Nicolas Sarkozy and François Hollande didn't disappoint.


The Chen Guangcheng Deal

Opinion Journal - Fri, 2024-11-01 11:33
The dissident leaves the U.S. Embassy under murky circumstances.


Fit and Unfit to Publish

Opinion Journal - Fri, 2024-11-01 11:33
The trouble with MPs who want to dictate media ownership.


Henninger: Memo to the Youth Vote

Opinion Journal - Fri, 2024-11-01 11:33
Unless they plan to be union lifers, what's in an Obama vote for young Americans?


Minxin Pei: Communist China's Perilous Phase

Opinion Journal - Fri, 2024-11-01 11:33
Disunity among the ruling elites and the rising defiance of dissidents signal that one-party rule could be nearing its end.


Gunzinger and Krepinevich: The Laser Future of U.S. Missile Defense

Opinion Journal - Fri, 2024-11-01 11:33
Russia and China recognize the low-cost efficiency of lasers. Does the Pentagon?


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