“To me, the most beautiful word in the dictionary is tariff,” Donald Trump told business leaders in October. “It’s my favourite word. It needs a public relations firm.” Now, with his election victory, Mr Trump’s words send a shiver through global capitals. Many fear he may pull a ...
To the Journal editor: I was recently at the auto repair shop, I noticed a young man had an “I Voted” sticker on the bill of his cap. I asked him who he voted for and why, he smiled and said Trump because the economy needs a businessman. I smiled and said I voted for Harris because of ...
It’s been a few weeks, but it feels like an eternity. It feels like an eternity because of the immensity of the loss — not just the loss of the election but the seeming loss of America. Not just America, but the apparent loss of the world as we knew it. In reality, we lost by a ...
Although a a fair number of stores opened Thursday afternoon and Thursday night, today is often considered the official start of the Christmas shopping season. It’s called Black Friday and the phrase traces its roots as far back as the early 1960s. Many sources credit — or blame as the ...
Thanksgiving is the most American of holidays. But there is something almost un-American about it. It is a day opposed to striving, to getting more. We stop adding up the numbers on the scorecard of life. We freeze in place and give thanks for whatever is there. The Wall Street Journal once ...
It’s easy to forget one’s blessings and to forgo giving thanks at this, or any, time of the year. If one looks around, especially in the areas of politics and international relations, the news does seem to be unrelentingly bad, doesn’t it? In no particular order then, political ...