WSJ Opinion: Free Expression Podcast
1) Democrats Make a Startling Comeback on Election Day
Reports of the death of the Democratic party appear to have been greatly exaggerated. The party made big gains across the country in Tuesday’s off-year elections. The races for governor in New Jersey...Show More
2) Are Women to Blame for Wokery?
American society has been transformed in the last half century by the entry into the workforce of large numbers of women. Equal gender opportunity has commanded a large consensus for most of that time...Show More
3) Science, Evidence, and the Existence of God
For most of the last few centuries, advances in scientific understanding have seemed to undermine arguments for the existence of God. Physical phenomena ascribed to a deity have been discovered to hav...Show More
4) A Fractured World
We may be seeing peace break out in the Middle East, but it’s still trade war elsewhere - especially with China. Donald Trump has threatened a 100% tariff on the rival superpower if Beijing goes throu...Show More
5) Colonialism, Reparations, and the Rise of ‘White Guilt’
In America and much of the West, it's become axiomatic to regard colonialism as a stain on human history. The story told in classrooms and popular culture is one of unrelenting exploitation of hapless...Show More
6) An End To Climate Alarmism
Last week at the United Nations, Donald Trump derided the climate change movement, calling it a ‘con job,’ a view that the Republican party signed onto as the president won his second term last year. ...Show More
7) The Woke Revolution and the Populist Backlash
The murder of George Floyd in 2020 and the summer of rage that followed was a seminal event in U.S. politics. It was seized on by progressive ideologues who controlled most of the cultural and politic...Show More
8) Who’s to Blame for Political Violence?
The assassination of Charlie Kirk marked the latest escalation of politically motivated violence, and it may be a breaking point for the country. After the murder of Democratic lawmakers in Minnesota...Show More
9) A Top Banker on the Fed, Tariffs, and the Uncertain Outlook for the U.S. Economy
With Donald Trump’s tariffs heading towards a Supreme Court showdown, his efforts to reshape the Federal Reserve in his own image intensifying, and another Washington battle under way over funding the...Show More
10) Tariffs, Stagflation and the New AI-driven Economy
With emerging signs that Donald Trump's revolutionary tariff regime may be starting to take a toll on U.S. economic prospects, what's the outlook for the immediate future? And how is the latest wave o...Show More