The Wall Street Journal.2 hours agoA Report to Our ReadersThe Wall Street Journal.At The Wall Street Journal and Dow Jones, we remain undeterred from our mission: To provide the world’s most trusted journalism, data and analysis to help people make decisions. As he prepares to leave his post, it was only natural for me to check in with Amb. Roger Carstens. After all, the Special …
The Wall Street Journal.2 hours agoSALT in Tax Reform’s WoundsThe Wall Street Journal. - The Editorial BoardRaising the $10,000 cap on the state and local deduction is bad tax policy and could be bad politics too. House Republican snowbirds from New York and New Jersey flew south to Mar-a-Lago over the weekend to seek a favor at the rest of the country’s expense. They want President Trump to increase a …
The Wall Street Journal.2 hours agoTulsi Gabbard’s Confirmation Conversion on Section 702The Wall Street Journal. - The Editorial BoardShe flips on the crucial intelligence-collection tool to win Senate GOP support. Is she believable? Does Tulsi Gabbard suddenly believe in gathering intelligence against America’s enemies? That’s presumably what she wants the U.S. Senate to believe with her come-lately conversion to support Section …
The Wall Street Journal.2 hours agoTrump Speaks Truth to Wind PowerThe Wall Street Journal. - The Editorial BoardHe says wind farms only work because of subsidies. He’s right. Every once in a while Donald Trump says something that shocks Washington with its blunt truth. So it was during last week’s discursive press conference when he observed that wind power isn’t economic without subsidies. Wind farms “only …
The Wall Street Journal.3 hours agoBeijing’s Espionage Campaign Against the WestThe Wall Street Journal. - Mike PompeoThe recent Treasury Department breach is the latest example of China’s strategic plan to destabilize the free world. When a state-sponsored Chinese hacker breached the Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control, it allowed the Communist Party to access sensitive information with …
The Wall Street Journal.3 hours agoBiden, Trump and the Meaning of StupidityThe Wall Street Journal. - Barton SwaimIn politics as in life, the stupid person causes others to lose and gains nothing for himself. Any student of politics is bound, sooner or later, to contemplate the mystery of stupidity. What is it? Does it correlate with education? Why does it so often show up in people who seem to be …
