Opinion Trump's Immigration ProgressThe Wall Street Journal. - The Editorial BoardPresident Trump campaigned in 2016 as an immigration restrictionist, and most of the time he still is. But this week he made his largest move to date toward a more welcoming view of legal immigration,
Opinion A Metals Tariff ReprieveThe Wall Street Journal. - The Editorial BoardTrade policy is never a straight line with the Trump Administration, and Friday’s agreement among the U.S., Mexico and Canada to lift steel and aluminum tariffs is a good example of two steps forward one
Andrew Cuomo Cuomo vs. New YorkThe Wall Street Journal. - The Editorial BoardGovernor Andrew Cuomo proved again this week that the biggest threat to New York isn’t Donald Trump, but progressive anti-growth policies. Witness his administration’s permit rejection for a 23-mile natural
Hong Kong The Demise of Hong KongThe Wall Street Journal. - The Editorial BoardWhen a Hong Kong Legislative Council meeting ended in a brawl last Saturday with one lawmaker hospitalized, the Hong Kong government denounced the ”unprecedented” fight. But what did it expect? The weekend
Opinion Reclaiming History From Howard ZinnThe Wall Street Journal. - Naomi Schaefer RileyIf you’re old enough to remember the Soviet Union, you’ve probably wondered why so many young people today seem attracted to socialism. One influence is Howard Zinn, who published “A People’s History the
Opinion The Myth of 'Wage Stagnation'The Wall Street Journal. - Phil Gramm, John EarlyPerhaps the most common indictment of America’s legendary prosperity is wage stagnation. Bureau of Labor Statistics data show that average hourly earnings of production and nonsupervisory employees peaked
China If U.S.-China Marriage Can Be Saved, Huawei Is the KeyThe Wall Street Journal. - Holman W. Jenkins, Jr.A lot else was going on when the Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act of 1930 hit a world economy laboring under declining nominal spending thanks to an ill-starred monetary contraction. President Trump’s tariffs China
Opinion Stressed-Out American Parents Could Learn a Lesson From IndiaThe Wall Street Journal. - Erica KomisarAs I waited to board my flight from New York to India, I saw a father and his toddler. The boy was active, obviously tired and overwhelmed. This father started to scream and threaten his son with physical
Opinion Trump's Trade War With China Is Taxing Missouri FarmersThe Wall Street Journal. - Blake Hurst“My family has owned our farm for 116 years,” says Roger Cordes, a farmer in central Missouri’s Pettis County. “I don’t want to be the one to lose it.” Trade wars may be easy to win, but even “easy” wars
Opinion 'Endeavour' Review: The Floating LaboratoryThe Wall Street Journal. - A. Roger EkirchLong after carrying Capt. James Cook to the far side of the world, the naval vessel HM Bark Endeavour continues to inspire adulation, most of all in Great Britain, Australia and New Zealand. In 1768, by
I.M. Pei Remembering I.M. Pei: Farewell to a Modernist MasterThe Wall Street Journal. - Michael J. LewisNo star was less starlike than I.M. Pei, the gentle, self-effacing Chinese-American architect who died Thursday at age 102. Mr. Pei was the last of the great classical modernists, his work notable for
Opinion When Did the Spying Begin?The Wall Street Journal. - James FreemanAmericans are getting closer to learning how the surveillance tools of the U.S. government were turned against the party out of power during the 2016 presidential campaign. This morning the Journal’s Gurman
Opinion Bull Durham at JusticeThe Wall Street Journal. - Kimberley A. StrasselBetter late than never: Attorney General William Barr has tasked U.S. Attorney John Durham to investigate the origins of the Trump-Russia investigation. If the Justice Department had done this two years
Opinion The New and Unimproved SATThe Wall Street Journal. - The Editorial BoardNews of affluent parents scamming to get their kids into top universities has again stoked complaints that college admissions are rigged. To level the socioeconomic field, the College Board now plans assign
Opinion A Pardon for Conrad BlackThe Wall Street Journal. - The Editorial BoardPresident Trump pardoned Conrad Black on Wednesday, and congratulations are in order for both men. Mr. Trump was willing to defy liberal elites to correct an injustice, while Lord Black can live out his
Bill de Blasio The Bill de Blasio AppealThe Wall Street Journal. - The Editorial BoardPolitics these days is a form of entertainment, and for the comedy portion of the Democratic presidential nomination fight we now have New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio. He has no chance of winning, we’ll
Opinion 'Ten Innings at Wrigley' Review: Windy City SlugfestThe Wall Street Journal. - Jonathan EigGeorge Plimpton once argued that when it comes to sports writing, “the smaller the ball, the more formidable the literature.” He acknowledged that there were many wonderful books about sports with no whatsoever,
Opinion Canada's Free-Market Example for the SECThe Wall Street Journal. - Jon Hartsel, Peter St. OngeAre public markets broken? In the 1990s Yahoo held an initial public offering a year after incorporation. Uber, which went public last week, was founded in 2009; Airbnb, whose IPO is expected later this
Opinion A New Take on the Apostle PaulThe Wall Street Journal. - Barton Swaim“For by grace are ye saved through faith,” the Apostle Paul wrote to the Ephesians, “and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: not of works, lest any man should boast.” This and related Pauline
Mitch McConnell Mitch McConnell on Judges and the 'Graveyard'The Wall Street Journal. - Fred BarnesSenate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell refers to himself as “the grim reaper” these days and smiles when he says it. The Green New Deal, Medicare for All, and other proposals with socialist features—they’re
Modi Modi Brings India's Fringe Elements Center StageThe Wall Street Journal. - Sadanand DhumeOn a blazing summer day, 20-year-old Rambali Sonkar plies passersby with fresh mango juice along a highway two hours outside this Hindu holy city. Each time a car stops, Mr. Sonkar steps out from the of
Opinion Don't Give Trump Too Much Credit for the Soaring EconomyThe Wall Street Journal. - Alan S. BlinderIn recent weeks, any number of commentators have taken note of what might be called the “paradox of polling” under President Donald Trump. Specifically, the president gets high marks from the public for
John Wick 'John Wick: Chapter 3---Parabellum': Elegant EscapismThe Wall Street Journal. - Joe MorgensternDuring an uncharacteristically pensive moment in “John Wick: Chapter 3—Parabellum,” the hero seeks out The Director (Anjelica Huston), a mysterious crime boss who helped to raise him and has protected
Idaho The Great Idaho Do-OverThe Wall Street Journal. - James FreemanInaugurated just four months ago, Gov. Brad Little (R., Idaho) has unexpectedly been given the chance of a political lifetime. The state’s legislature has recently given him enormous discretion to reduce
Iran Blaming America First on IranThe Wall Street Journal. - The Editorial BoardWhen the U.S. withdraws its diplomats from a foreign country amid a security threat, the domestic reaction in a previous age would have been to show solidarity against an adversary. But this is Washington
'Did You Bring Your Handcuffs?'The Wall Street Journal. - The Editorial BoardAt least Bill Barr hasn’t lost his sense of humor. At a ceremony Wednesday on Capitol Hill, the Attorney General jokingly asked Speaker Nancy Pelosi, as quoted by two congressional reporters: “Madam Speaker,
Washington's Disaster CynicismThe Wall Street Journal. - The Editorial BoardFew spectacles in Washington are as cynical as disaster relief, but the current debate is even worse than usual. Democrats are portraying Puerto Rico as a victim of Republican bigotry, though the island
Dude, Where's Your Brain?The Wall Street Journal. - Angela Rocco DeCarloI took the chance to let my 16-year-old nephew in on the widely held medical opinion that the prefrontal cortex—the part of the brain involved in making decisions and controlling impulses—isn’t fully until
Back to the Impeachment FutureThe Wall Street Journal. - Kenneth W. StarrIt’s happening again. The Mueller report is leading to cries for impeachment. By virtue of special counsel Robert Mueller’s pivotal judgment to produce a lavishly detailed report plainly designed to find
