Journal Writers Look Ahead to Trump 47
Our hopes, fears and expectations for the first nonconsecutive White House term in 132 years.
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Nebraska Will Fight the Radical Campaign for Electric Trucks
Unelected regulators and oligopolists try to force a change that will leave rural Americans high and dry.
Trump Is a Realist on Greenland
In fact, stability depends on the U.S. being ready to act in places the president-elect keeps talking about.
'The Köln Concert' at 50: Keith Jarrett's Solo Flow
The landmark recording—which came from a concert in Cologne, West Germany, that almost didn’t happen—is a work of gorgeous, stream-of-consciousness pianism.
'Somewhere to Roost' Review: Domestic Bliss With a Feathered Twist
At the American Folk Art Museum, notions of home are explored through objects that, at their best, create an intimate bond across centuries between visitors and the people who once owned them.
Swamp Creatures Scurry
Unelected policy makers realize they shouldn’t have been making policy.
16 Books We Read This Week
The transformation of Anne Frank, the early days of the Federal Reserve, why matter still mystifies and more.
The Limits of 'Running Government Like a Business'
After a long and successful private-sector career, I came to Washington—and it made me more humble.
What's Trump Trying to Say? Ask a Doctor
‘Differential diagnosis’ can help make sense of the president-elect’s ambiguous words.
New Democratic Governor Calls for Efficiency
Bipartisan DOGE vibes show that voters hate bureaucracy.
A Tale of Two State Insurance Markets
Florida fixed its market with reforms. California didn’t. See the results.
MAGA Cashiers a Check on Tulsi Gabbard as DNI
Speaker Johnson bows to Mar-a-Lago in ousting Intel Chair Mike Turner.
Mike Pence's Truth Bomb in Hong Kong
On a visit to the territory, he calls for China to release imprisoned publisher Jimmy Lai
Biden Offers a Bitter Last Word
His farewell speech was like his Presidency: needlessly divisive.
A Nod to Freedom at the American Economic Association
But the awards at its annual meeting reflect woke orthodoxy.
You Never Forget a Fire
The suffering residents of the Golden State may now force a reorientation of its ways of governance.
The Left's Mangled Guardrails
They’ve spent eight years trying to kill democracy in the name of saving it.
Sister Clare Crockett, a Prospective Saint for the Digital Age
The nun, who died in 2016 at 33, brought Christ to the young generation.
Jack Smith's Half-True Report
Publishing it makes a mockery of America’s adversarial system of criminal justice.
Trump Can Make Russia Pay to Rebuild Ukraine
The West has frozen $300 billion of Moscow’s assets, but Europe has stood in the way of using them.
