Elections & Public Integrity
Media ‘colludes’ in a coverup
Holman Jenkins writes for the Wall Street Journal that major media outlets have shown disinterest in a major piece of the story of the 2016 presidential election. The two biggest…
Holman W. Jenkins Jr.
American journalist
Budget, Taxation & Economy
Is CEO activism inevitable?
Our recent Shaftesbury speaker, Duke professor Aaron Chatterji, says more companies will choose or be compelled to take sides in political debates. Holman Jenkins finds the prospect horrific and adds,…
Energy
Iran, Saudi Arabia are nearly at war. So why are our gas prices still barely above $2/gal.?
One word: Fracking. Holman Jenkins in The Wall Street Journal explains: To belabor what was once obvious, instability in the Middle East typically has been bullish for oil prices, as…
Liberty
An amazing “defense” of the minimum wage
Those of us who oppose coercive governmental tampering with the price system (including minimum wage laws) repeatedly note that they have adverse effects, often hurting the people they’re supposed to…
Liberty
“forcing millions of Americans to buy more expensive insurance than they need or want”
Writing in the Wall Street Journal, Holman Jenkins discusses the real-life stories of ObamaCare’s devastating impact on millions of Americans. The press stinks at covering abstractions, which the health-care debate…
Liberty
How to soak ratepayers: play favorites on electricity sources and shield big utilities from risk
View in your browser. The importance of affordable electricity used to be obvious and nonpartisan. It has been subsumed by the perceived importance (also nonpartisan) to politicians of currying favor…
Liberty
Sizzling sarcasm
Saturday’s Wall Street Journal featured a column by Holman Jenkins, Jr. that was a delight to read for its sizzling sarcasm — directed at those who won’t face reality with…
Budget, Taxation & Economy
Best comment yet on Bin Laden
by Don Boudreaux at Hayek Cafe here. I disagree with Holman Jenkins’s thesis – expressed in today’s Wall Street Journal – that the killing of Osama bin Laden “vindicates” American…
Liberty
An odd couple
Each Wednesday, the Wall Street Journal features columns by Holman Jenkins,Jr. and Thomas Frank. That makes for a jarring juxtaposition. There on the same page are pieces by one writer…
Liberty
Rethinking the Bailout
That’s the title of Holman Jenkins’ WSJ column today and it’s essential reading. He observes that moral hazard created by federal policies, such as “the two giant S&Ls called Fannie…
Liberty
WellPoint the latest target of White House political operation
Wellpoint was the latest victim, of the Chicago-style union between the executive branch and the Democratic National Committee. Yes, one reason insurance companies want a stronger individual mandate with harsh…
Liberty
Unions are so good for the economy
In his WSJ column today, Holman Jenkins writes about the decision by Toyota to close its plant in California called “NUMMI” (New United Motor Manufacturing Inc.). NUMMI was, Jenkins explains,…