Opinion Journal

Egypt's Chaotic Elections

Opinion Journal - Fri, 2024-11-01 07:17
A would-be Arab democracy stumbles toward the finish line.


Democrats for Keystone

Opinion Journal - Fri, 2024-11-01 07:17
Obama is losing support for his pipeline obstructionism.


Greetings From the New Africa

Opinion Journal - Fri, 2024-11-01 07:17
The huge African continent contains both horrendous disasters and extraordinary successes. Richard Dowden on two new books that make the case for optimism, "Africa's Moment" and "Season of Rains."


In Economists We Trust

Opinion Journal - Fri, 2024-11-01 07:17
"What Money Can't Buy" argues that though the free market has made our lives more efficient and comfortable, we are the poorer for it. Jonathan Last reviews.


Women's War on Women

Opinion Journal - Fri, 2024-11-01 07:17
"The Conflict" argues that the rise of attachment parenting has hurt mothers and driven families apart. Molly Guinness reviews.


Obama's Misplaced Sympathies

Opinion Journal - Fri, 2024-11-01 07:17
By Jason L. Riley Why are the political left's sympathies with the criminals instead of with the victims?


Wendy Long: Financial Regulation Is Hurting New York

Opinion Journal - Fri, 2024-11-01 07:17
The state deserves a senator committed to preserving its leadership in world markets.


Strassel: The Democratic War on One Woman

Opinion Journal - Fri, 2024-11-01 07:17
Politics trumps civility for Senators Boxer, Lautenberg and Reid.


Gregory Wolfe: Art in a Fallen World

Opinion Journal - Fri, 2024-11-01 07:17
What drove the massive popularity of the late artist Thomas Kinkade?


Alan Blinder: Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Insurance

Opinion Journal - Fri, 2024-11-01 07:17
Rights are nice, but someone has to pay the bills. Elected officials, not the Supreme Court, should decide who.


Theodore Dalrymple: The Ugly Brutishness of Modern Britain

Opinion Journal - Fri, 2024-11-01 07:17
A demotic egalitariansim, allied with multiculturalism, has rendered civility passé.


Notable & Quotable

Opinion Journal - Fri, 2024-11-01 07:17
Walter Russell Mead on how the college admissions process shows young Americans that they're surrounded by hypocritical weasels.


Mark Spitznagel: How the Fed Favors The 1%

Opinion Journal - Fri, 2024-11-01 07:17
The Fed doesn't expand the money supply by dropping cash from helicopters. It does so through capital transfers to the largest banks.


The EPA's Fracking Miracle

Opinion Journal - Fri, 2024-11-01 07:17
Behold, the agency shows restraint on shale gas regulation.


France's Fairy-Tale Election

Opinion Journal - Fri, 2024-11-01 07:17
The candidates are debating everything but the real problems.


Noonan: America's Crisis of Character

Opinion Journal - Fri, 2024-11-01 07:17
The nation seems to be on the wrong track, and not just economically.


Best of the Web Today: 'There Was a Language Gap'

Opinion Journal - Fri, 2024-11-01 07:17
The Secret Service scandal brings a new twist to an old joke.


To Russia, With Love

Opinion Journal - Fri, 2024-11-01 07:17
A vast amount of evidence confirms Hiss's guilt. So why does a belief in his innocence remain a hardy perennial in academic culture? Harvey Klehr reviews "Alger Hiss."


GOP Eyes Giffords Seat

Opinion Journal - Fri, 2024-11-01 07:17
By Matthew Payne The race to fill the seat vacated by Rep. Gabrielle Giffords began in earnest Tuesday.


Bipartisan Tax Gimmickry

Opinion Journal - Fri, 2024-11-01 07:17
Republicans stumble over another temporary tax cut.


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