WSJ Opinion: Hits and Misses of the Week

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20 September 2026 at 14:03

Journal Editorial Report: The week’s best and worst from Allysia Finley, Jason Riley and Kim Strassel.

WSJ Opinion: Kevin Warsh’s Inflation Fight

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20 September 2026 at 14:02

Journal Editorial Report: Trump blames ‘hostile’ Fed board for interest rate hike.

WSJ Opinion: Calls for an AI Slowdown

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20 September 2026 at 14:01

Journal Editorial Report: Paul Gigot interviews Columnist Holman Jenkins.

WSJ Opinion: The AI Panic Comes to Capitol Hill

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20 September 2026 at 14:00

Journal Editorial Report: Lawmakers scramble to respond to growing voter unease.

WSJ Opinion: The Zero-Risk Society Has Arrived

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18 September 2026 at 23:28

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.

The Houthis Seize a Red Sea Chokepoint / Rep. Salazar's Immigration Warning to Trump

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18 September 2026 at 21:29

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.

The Case Against Mamdani's City-Owned Grocery Stores

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17 September 2026 at 21:47

Mayor Zohran Mamdani has announced plans to build five, city-owned grocery stores. Will they succeed? Emma Camp doesn’t think so.

Mitch Daniels on Life Lessons from Politics and Academia

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17 September 2026 at 20:55

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.”

Phone Cameras and Influencers Are Ruining Travel

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17 September 2026 at 19:32

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.

The Facts on the Ground in Ukraine

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16 September 2026 at 20:27

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?

A Turning Point for Campus Conservatives

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16 September 2026 at 18:52

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.

The AI Panic Comes to Washington

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16 September 2026 at 16:34

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.

WSJ Opinion: AI Promises Doom and Boom and Both at Once

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15 September 2026 at 22:25

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.

Knuckleball Dreams

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15 September 2026 at 21:36

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.

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