About That Obama Enemie...

Alec MacGillis, The New Republic One of the rewards of being a loyal Wall Street Journal subscriber is that one gets to read things one might not see anywhere else. For instance, in Wednesday's paper there was a chilling front-page scoop about the fact that it was an...

The Future Is More Than...

Rich Karlgaard, Wall Street Journal In March 1986, Microsoft ended its first day as a public company with a market capitalization of $780 million. Its value grew more than 700 times that over the next 13 years and made Bill Gates, in 1999, the richest man ever with a net worth of $101...

Mitt’s Simplistic...

Greg Sargent, Washington Post Mitt Romney released a new Web video today attacking Obama on the economy that’s generating a lot of discussion. “Millions of Americans are struggling under the Obama economy,” the video’s narrator says. “Here...

The Big Danger With Big...

Tom Frost, Wall Street Journal In the early 1950s, when I was a young college graduate and a new employee of the Frost Bank, my great-Uncle Joe Frost, then CEO, told me that the very first goal we had was to return the deposits we received from customers. Our obligation was to take care...

"Taxmaggedon"...

John Snow, Wall Street Journal Nine years ago this month Congress passed President George W. Bush's Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act. That bill's lower rates on capital, as well as the continuity in tax policy it established, have helped make our economy far more...

Communist China’s...

Minxin Pei, Wall Street Journal Nowadays Chinese leaders seem too busy putting out fires to think about their regime's long-term survival. Last month, they had to dispatch Politburo member Bo Xilai in a messy power struggle on the eve of a leadership transition. This past week, the...

Election Offers a Choic...

Pete DuPont, Wall Street Journal As the presidential election is just over six months away and both parties have chosen their candidates, the campaign is now fully with us. We are in a very serious and close presidential race; Barack Obama and Mitt Romney have very different viewpoints,...

To the Victors Go the F...

Richard Haass, Project Syndicate Invalid email address or password. Valid and registered email required.Your account has been locked. Please contact digital@prosyn.org for support. Please enter your email address and click on the 'reset password' button. You will receive an...

Rubio Echoes Obama on F...

Indira Lakshmanan, Bloomberg Shawn Thew/EPA/LandovSen. Marco Rubio, left, with Independent Senator from Connecticut Joseph Lieberman at the Brookings Institute in Washington on April 25, 2012.Sen. Marco Rubio, left, with Independent Senator from Connecticut Joseph Lieberman at the...

Barack Obama’s En...

Kimberley Strassel, Wall Street Journal Try this thought experiment: You decide to donate money to Mitt Romney. You want change in the Oval Office, so you engage in your democratic right to send a check. Several days later, President Barack Obama, the most powerful man on the planet,...