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Today: @jamesbmeigs applauds flying cars; Lisa Sheley takes Colorado to court; @AMBS_Kernan praises Brewers manager Pat Murphy; and @emmma_camp_ watches “You Can See Everything.” Plus, @MattHennessey dunks on British economic delusion. wsj.com/opinion/free-express…
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Colorado has excluded my family from its “universal” preschool program for one simple reason: We send our children to Catholic school, and Colorado treats our faith as disqualifying, writes Lisa Sheley on.wsj.com/3UIApku
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Free Expression retweeted
All this, plus your occasional reminder (from me) that the U.S. isn't actually a terrible place to live.
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Every few weeks I get a social-media reminder of a shocking factual reality: The U.K. is poorer than every American state. Think about that. It’s extraordinary, writes @MattHennessey on.wsj.com/3VTfvzz
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Dublin said it would publish a framework to foster Jewish life. It hasn’t, nor has it done anything to implement the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance’s definition of antisemitism, writes Alan Shatter on.wsj.com/3WEVm0f
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Three years after Oct. 7, 2023, antisemitism is clearly on the rise. Anti-Zionist policies are ascendant in the Democratic Party. American Jews may finally be making the long, hard walk from the political left to the political right, writes @zach_kessel on.wsj.com/4zECrRB
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Bold, intrepid movies are fine. “One Battle After Another” and “Digger,” ideologically, are anything but. They exist to affirm liberal pieties, which is why they failed with the masses, writes Peter Tonguette on.wsj.com/4jzBSns
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Sally Rooney accuses Israel of “genocide,” but she is a novelist who is paid to make stuff up. The reality is that Palestine Action is dedicated to attacking companies, institutions and people who do business with Israel, writes @DrDominicGreen on.wsj.com/4yAV1t4
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The modern revolutionary is driven not by hunger but by inchoate emotions like resentment, envy, rivalry, bitterness and contempt. If only this were simply a conflict over bread, writes @Louise_m_perry on.wsj.com/4zOz36T
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I was standing in the lobby of the Javits Center at New York Comic Con 2026, accompanying a teen family member dressed as Gwen Stacy. I felt dizzy and overwhelmed. Naturally my thoughts turned to democratic socialism, writes @rkylesmith on.wsj.com/4hVzfv0
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Politics is full of brazen liars who find brazen ways to ride scandals out. That’s not news. What’s news is that nobody can expect to get away with a lie anymore, writes @MattHennessey on.wsj.com/4zHbAV5
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An Irish hotel denying available facilities for a conference on combating antisemitism is a stark example of the prejudice the delegates had come to Ireland to address, writes Alan Shatter on.wsj.com/4ig3rQh
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Do Americans really need a fast-food company to validate their identities? Some are still bizarrely demanding this of Chick-fil-A, years after the company suspended its donations to groups its critics viewed as “anti-LGBT,” writes @brad_polumbo on.wsj.com/3VTllkp
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Beware those in politics who can't take a joke. My latest in @WSJFreeEx:
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Aacap’s message is clear: The academy would rather circle the wagons around child gender transition than hold an open debate on whether this is good clinical practice, writes @drkaliebe and Kurt Miceli on.wsj.com/4i0EREk
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Amid concern about young families being priced out of the housing market, the city is working on making their purchases less affordable. That’s because as far as the city’s tax system is concerned, they’re buying mansions, writes Howard Husock on.wsj.com/4BiPBFx
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