After America spent $100 billion growing the climate change industry, emissions spiked

After America spent $100 billion growing the climate change industry, emissions spiked

Special to WorldTribune.com By Stephen Moore, March 7, 2023 For at least the last 20 years, politicians in Washington, at the behest of green energy groups, have spent some $100 billion of taxpayer money to fight climate change and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. How is that going for us so far? A recent Associated Press […]

Greatest American presidents were the big spenders, say leftist historians; Who asked them?

Greatest American presidents were the big spenders, say leftist historians; Who asked them?

Special to WorldTribune.com By Stephen Moore, March 2, 2023 Before President Joe Biden entered the White House, he consulted with several prominent historians about how to be a great commander in chief. Their answer: Grow government. Spend, spend, spend. Don’t worry about blowing up the debt. It was the worst possible advice, and that meeting […]

Educational child abuse is rampant in U.S. public schools

Educational child abuse is rampant in U.S. public schools

Special to WorldTribune.com By Stephen Moore February 24, 2023 This story could bring tears to your eyes. In Baltimore, Maryland, there are 23 schools in which not one single student tested “proficient in math.” Can we all agree these are schools that aren’t proficient in teaching math — or just about any course, for that matter? […]

Proposed airline merger would bring more competition and lower fares

Proposed airline merger would bring more competition and lower fares

Special to WorldTribune.com By Stephen Moore, February 3, 2023 If you want to see a classic case of how President Joe Biden’s regulatory tendencies are strangling the U.S. economy and raising prices, look no further than the latest Justice Department efforts to kill an airline merger that is pro-consumer. JetBlue has its sights on merging […]

The numbers are in: Trump’s tax cuts created revenues bonanza like under Reagan, JFK

The numbers are in: Trump’s tax cuts created revenues bonanza like under Reagan, JFK

Special to WorldTribune.com By Stephen Moore How many times have you heard President Joe Biden or Sens. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and Bernie Sanders (I-VT) berate the Trump tax cuts as “a giveaway to the rich”? Biden and congressional Democrats now want to let expire major planks of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017, […]

‘Buy American’? U.S. auto companies commit to making cars people don’t want

‘Buy American’? U.S. auto companies commit to making cars people don’t want

Special to WorldTribune.com By Stephen Moore, January 10, 2022 I grew up in a household with parents who were of the Greatest Generation. They lived and shouldered through the Great Depression, and then their lives and families were thrown into turmoil on Dec. 7, 1941. My grandfather worked for the War Department in Washington, D.C., […]

Lights out in Europe’s ‘City of Lights’?

Lights out in Europe’s ‘City of Lights’?

Special to WorldTribune.com By Stephen Moore Politico Europe, a publication marinated in green politics, has named Russian President Vladimir Putin as one of its “power players of the year” — for, in the publication’s words, “advancing Europe’s green agenda.” “By invading Ukraine and manipulating energy supplies to undermine European support for Kyiv, Putin has achieved […]

America was built on now-clean coal energy; Biden ban not heeded by China, Europe

America was built on now-clean coal energy; Biden ban not heeded by China, Europe

Special to WorldTribune.com By Stephen Moore The one promise that President Joe Biden has faithfully kept is his pledge to “close down” fossil fuels. We get two-thirds of our energy in America from fossil fuels, and almost one-third of our power comes from coal. That’s quadruple the amount of energy we get from wind and […]

Those responsible for disastrous lockdown policies are praying voters have amnesia

Those responsible for disastrous lockdown policies are praying voters have amnesia

Special to WorldTribune.com By Stephen Moore A big issue that has emerged in the final days of the midterm election campaigns is the lockdowns of our schools and businesses during the COVID-19 pandemic. The public saw with the abysmal test scores of our children the severe and lasting damage done. Voters are angry, and they […]