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Today: @continetti on why the Strait of Hormuz must open eventually; @MJ_Koch on what motivates violent extremists; and @jackbutler4815 on a sub-2-hour marathon. Plus: @matthennessey on what parenthood and the Grand Canyon have in common. on.wsj.com/4t4zZjx

It’s a quirk of American political thought that we revere rich athletes and entertainers. Yet when it comes to billionaires, whose skills are often exercised in invisible ways, many of us grow wary, writes @rkylesmith on.wsj.com/4tWHg6w

Jews in London, New York, Dublin and Tokyo have the right not to be stabbed or blown up no matter what Israel does in pursuit of its security, writes @matthennessey on.wsj.com/4eUu39q

Today: @rkylesmith on why we should revere billionaires; @SamuelAbramsAEI on “faculty brats”; and @MJ_Koch on why the best concerts are phone-free. Plus: @matthennessey on Boy George standing up for Jews. on.wsj.com/42L2Rmd

To run a two-hour marathon, you need in spades one of the best attributes of the human race: an unconquerable drive to prove that what others think is impossible, isn’t, writes @jackbutler4815 on.wsj.com/4dhpDIm

The idea that the people in power are the “oppressors,” and that violence wielded by the “oppressed” amounts to justice, can serve as an upside-down moral compass for those who lack one to begin with, writes @MJ_Koch  on.wsj.com/4tdgRjj

There’s a lot of hogwash being peddled about how this is the worst and most expensive time in history to try to raise a family. Don’t believe any of it, writes @matthennessey on.wsj.com/3OXf5or

President Trump is right to play hardball with Iran, but it’s time to open up the Strait of Hormuz, writes @continetti on.wsj.com/4ukKxft

Perhaps only King Charles—an innocuous old man with no partisan political power—could preach so effectively, and to warm bipartisan response, a distilled defense of our founding values. writes @NicoleReneeAult  on.wsj.com/4umG5gq

There are two Britains. One is the Britain of Magna Carta, the first Bill of Rights, and the cucumber sandwich. The other is the Britain that most of King Charles III’s subjects actually live in, writes @DrDominicGreen on.wsj.com/4t6xRIc

This wave of violence didn’t come out of nowhere. It trickled down from our elite culture, writes @jamesbmeigs on.wsj.com/4tJa2Hk

For 30 years, internet culture has steadily corroded our sense of right and wrong. We used to understand that it was wrong to steal, even from those who had more than they needed, writes @matthennessey on.wsj.com/4dhU94X

While 20th-century radicals mounted resistance to “Vietnam, Saran-Wrap, diet pills, the Bomb,” 21st-century ones make similar gestures at protesting Israel, plastic cups, Ozempic, Amazon, writes @emmma_camp on.wsj.com/48BlH2z

We may boo and want to kill the umpires on occasion, but can we at least agree that they’re human? asks Jonathan Shapiro on.wsj.com/42HgrHe

In condemning the people who built their society, a faction of the left has turned away from the anthropological norm of ancestor worship and instead embraced its opposite: ancestor annihilation, writes @Louise_m_perry on.wsj.com/4t7e7UC

Barack Obama is a master of the art of presenting momentary partisan advantage as some kind of higher calling, writes Jack Butler @jackbutler4815 on.wsj.com/4vTLtsO

Learning to differentiate between mediocre gunk and real artistry means honing the ear and the eyes through regular exposure to sublime things and to the loveliest products of the human soul, writes @SpencerKlavan on.wsj.com/4ueKdPd

The aim for the luxury belief class is both to excuse their misconduct and to enhance their status. If the action can be framed as political, it gains a kind of moral sheen, writes @robkhenderson  on.wsj.com/4sWVjaR

If you share an opinion online with strangers, you won’t find out who you are. But you will certainly find out who they are, writes @MeghanGurdon on.wsj.com/4tGNLKq

Golden State Warriors head coach Steve Kerr says he’s sorry for insulting the president. But his expression of regret is nothing more than a fast-break toward pay day writes @matthennessey on.wsj.com/422W7Qp

A hobby shouldn’t simply be a flex. A hobby is pursued out of genuine enjoyment, and provides the quiet satisfaction of progress over time. The goal isn’t to become an expert, but to make life a bit fuller, writes @MJ_Koch on.wsj.com/4u6FRtt