Unruly Republic: The U.S. achieved dominance by taking big chances. But where has that ethos gone, asks columnist Barton Swaim? Yesterday it was the Omicron variant; today, data centers and the AI apocalypse.
Iranian proxies send oil prices up again, as the Houthis threaten Red Sea shipping, while an Iraqi militia strikes Saudi Arabia's East-West pipeline. Plus, a GOP congresswoman in Florida tells Trump in a TV ad that Hispanic supporters feel betrayed.
Paul Gigot speaks with former Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels about the future of the Republican party, the changes he made while president of Purdue University, and his new book, “Impatience Is a Virtue.”
There is a special horror that comes when some lovely thing you treasure goes viral. Whatever the thing it is and wherever it may be, the minute influencers post about it, their followers rush in, writes Meghan Cox Gurdon.
Kate Odell speaks with Jillian Melchior from Lviv about Russia's new jet-powered drones and how Ukraine is using real-time battlefield pictures to hold the line on the front. Plus, can a bill moving through the U.S. House of Representatives this week put more economic pressure on Vladimir Putin?
Even at universities with overwhelmingly progressive student bodies, leaders of Republican clubs report growing attendance for speaker events and strong numbers of freshmen sign-ups this semester, writes Mary Julia Koch.
Fears about artificial intelligence explode, but how worried should humans be? Kim Strassel speaks with Wall Street Journal columnist Andy Kessler about what's driving the worry, the political response, and how the AI debate will unfold in coming years.
An Editor at Large: Anthropic, OpenAI and SpaceX calls for artificial intelligence regulation may be self-dealing, says columnist Gerard Baker, but that doesn’t make them wrong.
We all help our kids follow their dreams—when they’re not far-fetched. So what was I to do with a son who throws baseball’s rarest pitch, the knuckleball? writes Brian Gaffney.