In his heroically doomed 48-year campaign to promote The Washington Monthly, Charles Peters hit upon one especially apt (if un-catchy) slogan: “If you’re not afraid of being right too soon.” Peters founded his little magazine in 1969. From the start, he needled mainstream liberals about issues that weren’t getting enough attention at the time: income inequality, entrepreneurship, Wall Street’s …

  A victory for liberal candidate Moon Jae-in, the favourite in Tuesday’s presidential elections in South Korea, would end nine years of conservative rule, and may energize what Mirae Asset Daewoo Co.’s investment strategist Peter Kim calls the “Occupy chaebol” movement. For shareholders of Samsung Electronics Co., the shifting political winds could mean more dividends and share buybacks. Popular angst …

  Energy Secretary Rick Perry is right to say the U.S. needs a long-term solution to its massive nuclear waste problem. It also makes sense for Perry and some members of Congress to see Yucca Mountain as part of that solution — though many Nevadans promise to make sure it won’t be. But even if Yucca can survive the political …