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1 week ago |
wsj.com | Matthew Hennessey
As economically illiterate as any leftist Democrat, he even imagines the word is spelled with a capital M. Even with a few minutes to think about it, most people couldn’t come up with a good definition of “the market.” The concept is slippery. Depending on who you talk to, a market could be anything from a collection of fruit stands to a stock exchange. It could be an efficient way to increase prosperity or an arbitrary implement of economic oppression.
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3 weeks ago |
wsj.com | Matthew Hennessey
Pay attention, do your job, and let the future take care of itself. Nobody’s ever asked me to give a commencement address, but I have a lot to say. The standard advice for young people is to be careful what you wish for, because you might get it. A wise old owl once remixed it for me: Be careful what you wish for because you will get it. Dreams come true every day. Copyright ©2025 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8Subscribe NowAlready a subscriber? Sign In
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1 month ago |
wsj.com | Matthew Hennessey
The president is pushing austerity while some liberals talk about abundance. Outrageous claims are the gasoline that makes Donald Trump’s political career go. Without a steady flow of shocking statements the motor would stall. But engines also require air. If you get the mixture wrong, the engine floods and the car won’t start. Mr. Trump got the mixture wrong last week.
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1 month ago |
wsj.com | Matthew Hennessey
From politics and podcasts to sports and TV, everybody’s taking the low road. I’ll bet it’s been a while since you heard someone in public life described as “classy.” The word, and what it represents, has gone AWOL. The culture has time only for outrageous characters—F-bombers, exhibitionists, interrupters, slobs. The sublime has given way to the garish, the sacred to the profane.
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1 month ago |
wsj.com | Matthew Hennessey
He found himself outmatched by the curia, as the Vatican bureaucracy is known. The media will lionize Pope Francis as a reformer, but that isn’t right. To make lasting change in an institution, you need institutional skills. Francis’ disposition was pastoral, not administrative. In the Catholic Church, political power is concentrated in the Roman curia—the practically invisible coterie of busybodies, many of them high-ranking clergy, who administer the vast Vatican bureaucracy.
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Wild spread on Leo XIV in the Sunday NYT. 1. Phew! He’s not one of the bad Americans. 2. His family was a little racist for leaving the South Side for the suburbs. 3. The bad Americans are going to give him trouble. 4. The current owners of the suburban house are cashing in. https://t.co/jDZYhpQfh5
“Bob, this could be proposed to you,” he said. “I hope you will think about it.” https://t.co/0SfJVjxVbd
RT @JoeBinder: Pope Leo XIV made the broadcast while at Game 1 of the 2005 World Series https://t.co/VGSqkRFsSB
