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You would think by now that, informed by so many examples from history, we would be familiar with the stages of a policy disaster in the making. Calamitous wars and foreign-policy misadventures; economic, fiscal and regulatory blunders, costly social policy initiatives—almost all seem to follow the same pattern. First denial, the refusal to accept the mounting evidence that we are on the wrong track. Next, complacency: Even when the inconvenient facts are reluctantly acknowledged, a misplaced confidence that a small adjustment is all that is needed to snatch victory from the jaws of defeat. When that fails, the policy maker...

The unhinged reaction from the left to Kyle Rittenhouse’s acquittal last week is easily dismissed as a glimpse into the rancid minds and rabid hearts of the ideological brigands of modern progressivism. But it may offer clarity about the real threat posed by the Democratic Party and its fellow travelers to the values and institutions that have made America the most successful democratic republic in history. With varying degrees of apoplexy, from President Biden on down, the party’s leaders and its allies emphasized their dismay with or rage at the decision by 12 of Mr. Rittenhouse’s peers, after due deliberation,...

The Kavanaugh controversy has united Republicans as never before behind a president once viewed with deep suspicion. Whom the gods would destroy, they first make mad, we are told by the ancients. Donald Trump is no one’s idea of a god but his ability to reduce his opponents to wailing, gibbering husks, like demented characters in a Greek tragedy, seems increasingly Olympian in its reach. Last weekend, as Brett Kavanaugh, the president’s Supreme Court nominee, was finally being confirmed in the Senate, the Furies were unleashed and the Republicans’ foes took flight from the asylum... The past few weeks have...

Wall Street Journal editor in chief Gerard Baker told his reporters Monday the paper would not abandon objectivity in its coverage of President Donald Trump, and directed them to find work somewhere else if they want to adopt a more oppositional tone. “It’s a little irritating when I read that we have been soft on Donald Trump,” he told his reporters and editors, a source at the newsroom meeting told The New York Times. Baker held the meeting ostensibly to have a casual conversation on the editorial direction of the paper, but it was held on the heels of reports...

A historical first? Tonight's debates on Fox Business should be notable for a number of reasons: -snip- And finally there's this bit of trivia: To the best of my knowledge, tonight will mark the first time a Brit has moderated a GOP presidential debate. The Brit in question is Gerard Baker. I suspect that a lot of people who know Baker from his role as editor of the Wall Street Journal will be surprised when they hear his accent tonight. I've known Gerry since he first started writing for THE WEEKLY STANDARD and two things occur to me about his...

Tonight's presidential debate moderators are under just as much scrutiny as the candidates themselves after last month's embarrassing CNBC free-for-all. -snip- Her co-moderator Neil Cavuto said his goal is to make himself "invisible." He will have a lot easier time achieving that than Bartiromo will. The other member of the panel is Wall Street Journal Editor In Chief Gerard Baker.

The fourth Republican debate ahead of the 2016 presidential election is scheduled to kick off Tuesday evening at 9 p.m. Eastern. Fox Business Network and the Wall Street Journal will co-host the debate, which will take place at the Milwaukee Theatre in Milwaukee. On the bill of moderators alongside Fox Business Network host Maria Bartiromo and Fox News' head business correspondent Neil Cavuto is Gerard Baker, editor-in-chief of the Wall Street Journal. Here's everything to know about Baker ahead of the debate: Appointed editor-in-chief of the Wall Street Journal in 2013, Baker has had a long, distinguished career as a...

How Long Has Gerard Baker Been 'Wall Street Journal' Editor-In-Chief? The GOP Debate Moderator Was Promoted During A Shake-Up. The fourth Republican presidential debate airs Tuesday at 9 p.m. ET on Fox Business and will be moderated by some of financial news' heavy hitters. The Wall Street Journal editor-in-chief Gerard Baker will be joining the Fox Business personalities Maria Bartiromo and Neil Cavuto as a moderator. Baker has been the editor-in-chief at The Wall Street Journal since 2013. He has been at the paper a bit longer, though: He made his move to the WSJ in 2009; he started off...

Despite all the Republican griping over CNBC's presidential debate, Maria Bartiromo says any question will be ‘fair game’ in Milwaukee on Tuesday. -snip- Bartiromo will share moderating duties with Fox Business and Fox News anchor/executive Neil Cavuto and Journal editor-in-chief Gerard Baker-will ostensibly focus on the economy, jobs, and business, but will also touch on the news of the day, such as whether or not Dr. Carson has misrepresented aspects of his youth (knife fights? West Point scholarship?) in the stories he likes to tell about his coming of age.

In interviews, moderators Neil Cavuto and Maria Bartiromo vow to stay out of the action. Fox Business Network, the host of Tuesday's GOP debate, has its claws out - not for the candidates, as its moderators vow to stick closely to the issues, but for its more famous competitor CNBC. -snip- At FBN, Bartiromo and Cavuto will be joined as questioners by Wall Street Journal editor-in-chief Gerard Baker, whom the Journal did not make available for an interview.

When is the next Republican presidential debate? The fourth Republican presidential debate will be Tuesday, November 10th, live from the Milwaukee Theatre in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. -snip- Who will moderate the debate? There will be three moderators: FBN anchors Maria Bartiromo and Neil Cavuto and Wall Street Journal editor-in-chief Gerard Baker. Before Cavuto was a Fox News staple (he hosts a show every afternoon at 4 PM), he interned in Jimmy Carter’s White House.

Fox News has announced the fourth GOP debate criteria, rules, and who the moderators will be. The debate, which will take place Tuesday, Nov. 10, will be moderated by Fox Business Managing Editor Neil Cavuto, Fox News Global Markets editor Maria Bartiromo, and Wall Street Journal editor-in-chief Gerard Baker, according to Politico. Who is moderator Gerard Baker of Wall Street Journal? He has a strong track record as an economics writer, so he will definitely call the candidates out on economic plans that don't add up. Fox News announced that there will be two debates, a main debate and an...

Maria Bartiromo sees her role in moderating the next Republican presidential debate as getting specifics, not generating entertainment. "This is a serious election," said the Fox Business Network anchor. "Many people feel we're still in a recession. They see the rich getting richer. The issues are most important. What is it these people [the candidates] have to say about it? Why are we in a stagnant position and how will they change it?" Bartiromo will be one of three debate moderators at 9 p.m. Tuesday on Fox Business. She will be joined in Milwaukee by fellow Fox Business anchor Neil...

Fox Business Network is hosting the next Republican presidential debate, and today the network sent out information to the candidates about the format. The New York Times obtained the memo, and right off the bat FBN is doing away with opening statements. -snip- FBN will have an undercard debate as well––moderated by Trish Regan, Sandra Smith, and Wall Street Journal Washington Bureau Chief Gerald Seib––before the big 9 pm primetime debate on November 10th, moderated by Maria Bartiromo, Neil Cavuto, and WSJ Editor-in-Chief Gerard Baker.

The fourth GOP primary debate, on Nov. 10, will feature an undercard debate, Fox Business Network announced Tuesday. -snip- The main-stage debate will be moderated by Fox Business Managing Editor Neil Cavuto and Global Markets editor Maria Bartiromo, along with Wall Street Journal editor-in-chief Gerard Baker.

Fox News thinks it can do a better job hosting a presidential debate than CNBC. Staffers for Fox News and its sibling channel Fox Business openly criticized the way CNBC handled Wednesday night's Republican debate on Twitter. Fox Business is hosting the next GOP debate on Nov. 10. Fox Business anchor Neil Cavuto sent out this tweet as the CNBC debate was winding down.

Fox Business Network's Neil Cavuto and Maria Bartiromo will moderate the primetime GOP debate in Milwaukee on Nov. 10, along with Wall Street Journal editor-in-chief Gerard Baker. Fox announced Tuesday that the debate, to be held at the Milwaukee Theatre, will start at 8 p.m. and feature candidates earning 2.5% support or higher, as determined by four recent national polls. It will run two hours.

Video of 11/10 Fox GOP debate moderator Gerard Baker. Obama (The Messiah) by Gerard Baker (The Times Of London)

Among the fiercest critics of CNBC's debate telecast on Wednesday night were its rivals at Fox News. Fox is hosting the next GOP debate, on November 10, on its smaller sister channel Fox Business. -snip- Cavuto, Maria Bartiromo, and Journal editor in chief Gerard Baker will moderate the prime time debate.

... [U]nder Mr. Murdoch’s leadership, the [WSJ] is no longer anchored by those deep dives into the boardrooms of American business with quaint stippled portraits, opting instead for a much broader template of breaking general interest news articles with a particular interest in politics and big splashy photos. [...] But there are growing indications that Mr. Murdoch, a lifelong conservative, doesn’t just want to cover politics, he wants to play them as well. A little over a year ago, Robert Thomson, The Journal’s top editor, picked Gerard Baker, a columnist for The Times of London, as his deputy managing editor....