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WSJ Opinion: Free Expression
Based on his Wall Street Journal Opinion column "Free Expression," Editor-at-Large Gerry Baker speaks every week with some of the world's leading writers, influencers and thinkers about a variety of subjects. Baker will welcome his guests from the worlds of politics, philosophy, and culture for wide...
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Colonialism, Reparations, and the Rise of ‘White Guilt’
In America and much of the West, it's become axiomatic to regard colonialism as a stain on human history. The story told in classrooms and popular cul...
An End To Climate Alarmism
Last week at the United Nations, Donald Trump derided the climate change movement, calling it a ‘con job,’ a view that the Republican party signed ont...
The Woke Revolution and the Populist Backlash
The murder of George Floyd in 2020 and the summer of rage that followed was a seminal event in U.S. politics. It was seized on by progressive ideologu...
Who’s to Blame for Political Violence?
The assassination of Charlie Kirk marked the latest escalation of politically motivated violence, and it may be a breaking point for the country. Aft...
A Top Banker on the Fed, Tariffs, and the Uncertain Outlook for the U.S. Economy
With Donald Trump’s tariffs heading towards a Supreme Court showdown, his efforts to reshape the Federal Reserve in his own image intensifying, and an...
Tariffs, Stagflation and the New AI-driven Economy
With emerging signs that Donald Trump's revolutionary tariff regime may be starting to take a toll on U.S. economic prospects, what's the outlook for...
Democracy on the Brink
Liberal democracy is under siege. Domestically, popular discontent with civic, cultural and political institutions is tempting voters in many democrac...
Can Israel Win its War in Gaza?
While Israel continues to achieve great military successes against Hamas, Hezbollah and most recently Iran in its almost two year campaign, the humani...
The Last Republican Holdout?
Donald Trump’s control of the Republican Party is almost complete. But there are still some members pushing back against the president. Sen. Lisa Murk...
Are the Socialists Taking Over the Democratic Party?
The hottest properties in the Democratic Party at the moment are self-described democratic socialists. Zohran Mamdani won the party’s nomination for...
Trump, the GOP and the ‘One Big, Beautiful Bill'
Donald Trump and the Republicans in Congress set a July 4th deadline to pass a spending package the President and others gave the moniker the “One Big...
Is New York City Ready for a Democratic Socialist Mayor?
A shockwave rippled through New York politics this week as little-known 33-year old assemblyman Zohran Mamdani toppled Andrew Cuomo, whose political l...
A Turning Point in Middle East History
Israel’s air assault on the heart of Iran’s nuclear program has shifted the balance of power in the Middle East. Iran’s bid for regional hegemony and...
Barry Diller on a Life in Hollywood
Few people have lived the entertainment world like Barry Diller. Over 60 years in the business, he has run movie studios and TV networks and most rece...
Can the U.S. Avoid an Oncoming Debt Crisis?
The House of Representatives has passed Donald Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill” and now the Senate is pondering its version. Chief among the concerns for...
Newt Gingrich on Donald Trump’s Not-So-Conservative Triumph
Improbable as it would have once seemed, Donald Trump is the dominant political figure of the first quarter of the 21st century, creating a populist m...
Kelsey Grammer Discusses his Sister’s Tragic Death, its Meaning and the Role of Faith in his Life
Actor Kelsey Grammer is known for his many acting roles, most notably as radio psychiatrist Frasier Crane in the long running TV sitcom “Frasier.” But...
Tariffs, Taxes and ‘The Big, Beautiful Bill’
This week, Donald Trump celebrated a “reset” with China, lowering tariffs and signaling a major thaw in the trade war between the two countries. Mean...
Choosing the Next Pope
The conclave of Cardinals to choose the 267th pope, bishop of Rome and leader of the Catholic Church opened Wednesday at the Vatican. Whoever is chos...
The Economic Outlook: The View from The White House
It’s been a month since Donald Trump celebrated his “Liberation Day,” announcing a wide range of what he called reciprocal tariffs on a number of coun...
The Trump Touch - Is America's Leadership Failing?
President Donald Trump's multi-front attempt to remake America and the world is meeting with mixed success. His administration has ended the crisis at...
Lessons from Nixon for Trump's New World Order
As the breach between the U.S. and its allies widens following President Trump's Oval Office bust-up with Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky and...
Peace in Our Time or Dishonorable Surrender?
During the week that marked the three-year anniversary of the conflict between Russia and Ukraine, Donald Trump met with a flurry of world leaders to...
Donald Trump's Russian Revolution
Has the U.S. flipped sides in the great strategic contest of the last century? With his secretary of state calling for a new "partnership" with Russi...
Are We Facing a Constitutional Crisis?
Donald Trump has been working at a breakneck speed during his first three weeks in office, prompting alarms from his critics that he is plunging the n...
Will Free Expression Thrive Under Trump 2.0?
With Donald Trump making the elimination of diversity, equality, and inclusion programs in the federal government a high priority, there is no doubt t...
The Second Trump Administration Hits the Ground Running
With strong enforcement on immigration, executive orders ending DEI initiatives in the federal government, and confirmations of many members of his ca...
Handling Russia in Donald Trump's Second Term
This week, the second Trump administration began with a flurry of executive orders and comments from the President about how he plans to approach Vlad...
Trump and the Economy - Second Time a Charm?
Donald Trump has big plans for the economy. His Treasury Secretary nominee Scott Bessent has set an ambitious triple goal of 3-3-3 - three percent gro...
Free Expression Encore: The Best of 2024
Free Expression's final episode of 2024 features some of Wall Street Journal editor at large Gerry Baker's best interviews of the year, including conv...
The Year 2024: Donald Trump’s Comeback and a Realignment for the World
Donald Trump’s political comeback, the decline and fall of Joe Biden’s presidency, Kamala Harris’ big defeat and continuing geopolitical earthquakes i...
Pardons, Lawfare, and How to Reform the Justice Department
Has the law become the ultimate political weapon to be wielded by Republicans and Democrats? To the surprise of almost no one, Joe Biden issued a pard...
The Economy in A Second Trump Term
Donald Trump has been quickly filling his cabinet and senior administration positions with a flurry of nominations to his cabinet. The key members of...
Donald Trump’s Plan to Shake up America’s Military
President - Elect Trump is rapidly rolling out his team for his second administration. Controversy swirls around some of his picks, most notably his...
Donald Trump’s Triumphant Return to the White House
In one of the greatest comebacks in political history, Donald Trump won the 2024 presidential election, winning all seven battleground states and seem...
The Final Stretch - or is it?
With less than a week before polls close, the presidential race seems as close as ever and the contest for control of Congress is also on a knife edge...
Is Donald Trump Closing In on Victory?
With less than two weeks left to Election Day, the polling in the battleground states suggest the contest between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump is a...
The Economy At and After the Election
The economy, stupid? Or maybe not? As Americans cast their votes for President they will be in part both passing judgment on the economic record of th...
Peace Through Strength? Foreign Policy in a Second Trump Term
What will a second Trump term's foreign policy look like? How will it differ from the first term?
On this episode of the...
Debates, October Surprises and the Coin-Flip Election
JD Vance and Tim Walz took to the debate stage for a substance-heavy debate that was in contrast, not only to the highly personalized debate between D...