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By: The Editorial Board – wsj.com – January 18, 2021 This feature is powered by text-to-speech technology. Want to see it on more articles?Give your feedback below or email audiofeedback@wsj.com. As the Trump Presidency ends in the disgrace of the Capitol riot, an effort is already underway to erase everything in the last four years as disgraceful too. That’s a…

What if a massive moral outcry emerges from the American People?

Former President Donald Trump was obsessed with the U.S. trade deficit when he entered the White House. In his mind a trade deficit meant a country was “losing” economically—and perhaps politically—and a trade surplus meant a country was “winning.” Most economists disagree.

On Wednesday, the FBI arrested a man in Florida on a conspiracy charge, punishable by up to ten years’ imprisonment, for the “crime” of peddling disinformation about voting on social-media platforms.

By: The Editorial Board – wsj.com – January 27, 2021 Democratic governors of the latter states shut down indoor dining (and outdoors in California), so not surprisingly nearly all of their job losses were in leisure and hospitality. Yet most states added jobs across industries, especially trade and transportation, and some including Georgia and Texas even added thousands in leisure and…

Another day, another set of parents who discovered at the last minute that the planned reopening of their kids’ long-shuttered elementary schools was being thwarted by a politically powerful teachers union.

President Biden wasted no time releasing a flurry of executive orders and legislative proposals. Some of them may be helpful in addressing the economic challenges imposed by the coronavirus pandemic. But others would almost certainly “cancel” his effort to create jobs, grow the economy and promote equity.

The top official in the European Union’s executive branch spoke out this week against Twitter’s decision to permanently ban former President Donald Trump’s account and called for increased international regulation of major tech firms.

This year the March for Life is going virtual, with only a small number of pro-life leaders attending a physical march in Washington D.C. One of the speakers this year is husband, father, passionate pro-life activist and retired NFL player Benjamin Watson, who will be speaking with his wife Kirsten.

President Joe Biden is launching his sweeping assault on climate change with a much larger army of allies than Barack Obama had 12 years ago — a coalition that ranges from labor unions, anti-fracking activists and racial justice advocates to leaders of Wall Street, the auto industry and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.

Last year, the World Economic Forum (“Davos”) announced that it was launching what it modestly referred to as the “Great Reset” initiative: