 Site Highlights
NEW!
The Deal Journal Blog: Updated throughout the market day with exclusive commentary, news flashes, profiles, data and more, The Deal Journal provides you with the up-to-the-minute take on deals and deal-makers. Visit Now >> Advertiser Links
|
| ||||||||||
In his landmark 1938 study of political corruption, "The Politicos," Matthew Josephson recalled for his readers the final moments of the Republican 43rd Congress, meeting in a lame-duck session in early 1875. Although the party had just been defeated at the polls in what Josephson called "a great popular mandate for currency expansion," its leaders proceeded to pass a measure designed to contract the money supply. It is in moments of defeat rather than those of triumph that politicians "show their real hand," Josephson observed. Masks are dropped in the stampede; brutal essence shoves aside compassionate appearance. FULL STORY  BUSINESS WORLD By HOLMAN W. JENKINS, JR. More Bailouts, Please! 
If it means keeping regulations at a minimum, then let's have another.
MAIN STREET By WILLIAM MCGURN The U.S. Keeps Its Global Commitments Et tu, France?
GLOBAL VIEW By BRET STEPHENS Obama's Nixon Reprise 
The presumptive Democratic nominee continues to "refine" his strategy for withdrawal from Iraq.
INFORMATION AGE By L. GORDON CROVITZ Unloading Information Overload Are we losing our ability to think deeply?
THE AMERICAS By MARY ANASTASIA O'GRADY FARC's 'Human Rights' Friends 
It's no surprise the rebels bought the helicopter story.
DECLARATIONS By PEGGY NOONAN A Day at the Beach How Ensign John Whitehead helped liberate Europe.
|
advertisement
|
|||||||||
Columnists - WSJ.com
WSJ Digital Network:
Customer Service:
|
 |
||||||||||
