Here are the latest reports from The Wall Street Journals ‘Opinion Pages’.
Privileged? Check
Let me count the ways—without embarrassment.
A Monument for Those Who Died Saving Others
Displays of heroic self-sacrifice by everyday Americans merit more than a passing news item.
Now Can We Get a New Designer for U.S. Currency?
Adding Harriet Tubman is a good idea. Other planned changes are awful and will make our money look even worse than it already does.
The Religious Heart of Bach’s Music
His work offers many aesthetic pleasures, but it was written to speak to the faithful.
The FDA’s Vaporous Thinking About E-Cigs
The new rules won’t benefit public health and will force thousands of small businesses to shut down.
Trump Was a Spark, Not the Fire
The establishments, both media and conservative, failed to anticipate how they’d be consumed.
Hillary Gets Guccifered
If an unemployed taxi driver from Romania knew about Hillary’s server, so did China.
Minimum Trump
The primary is over, and the Republican is changing his mind.
Speechless on Campus
John McAdams sues to keep his tenured position at Marquette.
Obama’s Got Flint’s Back
Good question: Why is government failing at so many levels?
Notable & Quotable: Martin Amis on Hillary Clinton
‘She can make jokes. But we don’t want her sounding like a flake. Every joke, therefore, must wear a joke badge.’
Joke and Dagger
Hillary boosters fret that Trump may mishandle secrets.
Advice to Trump: Bring Melania on the Road
Plus, university faculty are still attacking Scalia.
What Donald Trump Needs Now
To stand a chance, he must tone it down, hire a fact-checker and open his wallet.
Labour’s Radical ‘Moderate’
The party’s mayoral candidate in London gladly shared a stage
Britain Can Still Be Master of Its Fate Within the EU
Rules from Brussels can border on the absurd, but what hurts the U.K. most are the policies its own politicians enact.
Veterans With Job Skills America Needs
Hiring vets and military spouses is good business, which is why dozens of firms are stepping up.
The Posthumous Attacks on Scalia Begin
Naming a law school after this major Supreme Court figure is obviously justified. But many colleagues at my university are in revolt.
Charles Koch’s Warning
What he knows could prevent Donald Trump from being just a fringe candidate like Ross Perot or George Wallace.
A Cruz Postmortem
How the Texan made Trump possible and sunk his own candidacy.
The Trump Reality
He may be the highest variable nominee in American history.
The Upset in Indiana
A timely reminder of Mrs. Clinton’s weakness.
Trump Wins
Plus, Jason Riley gets disinvited to speak on campus.
How Obama’s Economy Spawned Trump
The president had no second act, as millions of Americans are all too painfully aware.
Death of a Word Man
An appreciation of the author of ‘Robert Hartwell Fiske’s Dictionary of Unendurable English.’
Blocking the NFL Concussion Settlement
Meritless appeals could prevent thousands of former players from receiving benefits.
‘Mirror Imaging’ and America’s Dangerous Middle East Illusions
Tehran and Riyadh don’t operate under Western assumptions: Religion is their political ideology.
China’s Commodities Bubble
The debt-fueled buying frenzy has global consequences.
Trump Declares War on Mexico
Arguably, he’s not an unsubtle politician but he would be nowhere without his wall.
I Was Disinvited on Campus
The anti-free speech takeover is so complete that now the fear of stirring a protest can determine what ideas students will hear.
Hillary’s Appalachian Trial
She tries to mollify the coal miners she said she’d put out of work.
The Quickening
Why is Justice suing one of the nation’s most careful FHA lenders?
Indiana Trump
The GOP’s presumptive nominee must now unify the party.
No More Mr. Nice Guy
How Trump became the unlikely conservative champion.
The Problem of ‘Out-of-Control’ Government
Plus, why conservatives should not mount a third-party challenge.
Elderly, Ailing—and Treated at Home
A pilot program that is good for patients and for taxpayers merits extension by Congress.
The Bobby Knight Primary
What Hoosiers can tell America about turning around a struggling economy.
The GOP Gets What It Deserves
‘America First’ is the inevitable outcome of the Republican descent into populism.
Ending America’s Slow-Growth Tailspin
The U.S. economy needs a dramatic legal and regulatory simplification.
Puerto Rico’s Debt Portent
The refugee exodus builds and will add to the U.S. dole.
Rocky Mountain Sense
A fracking decision in Colorado is a win for good public policy.
The Third-Party Temptation
A conservative challenge to Trump could cost the GOP the House.
Who Lost 2016?
Recriminations for Trump’s defeat are already under way.
Protesters Helping Trump
Plus the slow war against ISIS.
Notable & Quotable: Women, Men and College Degrees
‘Maybe it’s time to stop taxpayer funding of hundreds of women’s centers’—gender equity in higher education was achieved 30 years ago.
Notable & Quotable: Will Rogers in Soviet Russia
‘The whole idea of Communism’ is ‘based on propaganda and blood.’
Uber Hits a Buenos Aires Pothole
Taxi owners and union bosses fight to stop the company in a nation hungry for growth.
How to Kill the Internet
Steve Case reminds us that AOL flourished with Web freedom—the sort now in danger.
The Union War on Charter-School Philanthropists
The wealthy are giving millions to fix education, but their gifts draw fire from a predictable source.
They’re Coming for Your Bonus
New limits on incentive pay—such as a seven-year claw back—will dampen risk-taking and growth.
Accountability in Kunduz
The Taliban is the real culprit in the mistaken hospital bombing.
Protesters for Trump
The Mexican flag-wavers might as well be voting for the man.
Obama’s Gradual Iraq War
New chaos in Baghdad shows the perils of his anti-ISIS strategy.
Notable & Quotable: Good-for-Nothing Gender
‘For all of Facebook’s 71-genders-and-counting, the experience of self cannot be all that different.’
After Death, the Wonderful World Moves On
Grieving for a loved one can take months. But life races forward—as it will, someday, without us, too.
Alaska’s Folly: Politicians Contemplate a State Income Tax
Republicans in Juneau would sock the state economy rather than tap a $51 billion reserve fund.
How Tom Wheeler Made Cable King
Netflix and Charter’s gaming of a cable merger shows how net neutrality puts lobbyists in charge.
The Uberization of Banking
The fintech entrepreneur behind SoFi wants to move lending away from the big banks and onto your smartphone.
The GOP Convention Blockers
A campaign to stop business funding for the Cleveland conclave.
Harry Wu’s Legacy
A former political prisoner exposed the abuses of China’s gulag.
The Climate Police Escalate
A subpoena hits a think tank that resists progressive orthodoxy.
Prince’s Legacy, and Trump’s
What’s in a name? A huge tax bill.
Britain’s Retail Assassins
Government is an accomplice in the BHS whodunit.
How George McGovern Made Donald Trump Possible
Republicans adopted the 1970 nominating reforms that even Democrats have long since modified.
U.S. Air Power Needs an F-22 Upgrade
Congress should consider resurrecting the jet or finding a suitable replacement.
Praying by Doing, Classroom Edition
Emerson saw prayer ‘in all action.’ At graduation time, my students get prayerful.
A Supreme Court Challenge for Democrats
Ending ugly confirmation battles would be good for the high court. But a truce cannot be one-sided.
The Blame-Thy-Neighbor Economic Excuse
Faced with stagnation, the big economies cite vague ‘headwinds’ and play a devaluation tit-for-tat.
Simple Patriotism Trumps Ideology
After 16 years, Americans have grown tired of both conservative and liberal abstractions.
The Agony of a Trump Delegate
Rules may say they’re bound to The Donald, but many are thinking through their options.
Make America Grow Again
The economy barely dodges recession, and Washington yawns.
Mental Dystrophy at the FDA
How the bureaucracy denies a new drug for a deadly disease.
The Opposite of Reagan
Obama says he can’t communicate his successes.
Clinton Attacks the Obama Economy
And the U.S. Government abandons a CIA agent.
An Uneasy View Across the English Channel
Britain decides whether to stay in a political union meant to solve historical problems it doesn’t have.
In Defense of Federal Food Aid
Alleviating food insecurity is not only a moral imperative; it also makes good economic sense.
Unity Won’t Come Easy for Either Party
Many voters already are preparing to flee if Donald and Hillary become the nominees.
Encryption Without Tears
Data security and compliance with the justice system don’t have to be mutually exclusive.
How to Bring the ‘Internet of Things’ to Life
Today a smart home nearly requires an IT specialist. What if wireless carriers managed those gadgets?
Homicide’s Role in the Racial Life-Expectancy Gap
To narrow the black-white difference even more than we already have, treat violence like it’s a disease.
America’s Coming Tax Increase
With the deficit projected to hit 5% of GDP in only a decade, the choice is either spending cuts or tax hikes.
The Clinton Pivot Begins
You’re about to meet the second coming of Franklin Roosevelt and Bill Clinton.
A U.S. Spy Left to Hang
Washington has abandoned a CIA agent facing jail in Europe.
The Cruz-Fiorina Ticket
The Texan throws a Hail Mary to try to win Indiana next week.
A Trump-First Foreign Policy
The candidate critiques Obama but also shares some of his views.
Trump Shatters the Glass Ceiling
But will the “woman card” do him in?
Will Justices Criminalize the Clinton Foundation?
Plus, the IRS conducts warrantless email searches.
Submarines Down Under
Australia rejects a Japanese bid after Chinese pressure.
Buying Yahoo Without Coming Off as One
The company’s core business isn’t thriving, but suitors are reportedly offering as much as $8 billion.
How Trump Killed Reaganism
There have been three GOP revolutions since World War II. No telling what’s next.
Can I Get That With Extra GMO?
A Vermont labeling law will burden industry and encourage baseless fears about scientific progress.
The Auto Emissions Crackup
One more example of what an analyst calls ‘sophisticated state failure.’
Hillary’s Debt to Sanders and Trump
Next to her rivals’ gloomy rhetoric about America the bleak, she almost looks like a beacon of hope.
Trump’s Eastern Sweep
The New Yorker’s opponents are running out of states to stop him.
You’ve Got Mail and Uncle Sam Read It
Congress moves to protect your email from federal snoops.
Politics Is Not a Crime
If Bob McDonnell is guilty of corruption, then so is Hillary Clinton.
Smug Alert
Some conservatives are starting to sound like liberals.
Austria’s Refugee Warning
The migrant crisis revives the far-right Freedom Party.
Jakarta’s Tax Experiment
A flat tax would spur growth and bring more revenue for Indonesia.
What’s Really Killing India’s Smokers
Misinformation about e-cigarettes and vaping presents a growing threat to public health.
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