North Carolina hailed as model state for tax reform

North Carolina hailed as model state for tax reform

by WorldTribune Staff, July 20, 2017 Since taking control of the state government in 2010 and building a super-majority, Republicans have transformed North Carolina from one of the nation’s worst tax climates to one of the best. “North Carolina, more than any other state in recent years, has provided a model for what pro-growth tax […]

‘Take it to the bank’: Kamala Harris ‘absolutely’ running for president in 2020

‘Take it to the bank’: Kamala Harris ‘absolutely’ running for president in 2020

by WorldTribune Staff, July 19, 2017 The competition for the Democratic Party presidential nomination for 2020 is already buzzing. Sen. Kamala Harris, seen as a fresh face in a field that includes several septuagenarians, is playing both camps from the 2016 Democratic Party contest – having made the rounds with wealthy Hillary Clinton donors while […]

Columnist: Enough with the ‘nation of immigrants’ mantra

Columnist: Enough with the ‘nation of immigrants’ mantra

by WorldTribune Staff, July 20, 2017 Democrats should stop using the mantra that the U.S. is a “nation of immigrants” to justify the importing of people from places such as Syria, Somalia, Afghanistan and Libya, author Richard F. Miniter wrote in a July 19 column for American Thinker. “An American immigrant is not someone supported […]

U.S. weighs sanctions against Venezuela amid Maduro’s pursuit of ‘full dictatorship’

U.S. weighs sanctions against Venezuela amid Maduro’s pursuit of ‘full dictatorship’

by WorldTribune Staff, July 19, 2017 The Trump administration is considering sanctions against Venezuela amid Nicolas Maduro’s push for the so-called Constituent Assembly, which Washington says would grant the socialist president a “full dictatorship.” Polls show Venezuela’s ruling Socialists would be thrashed in any conventional election. A majority of people oppose the Constituent Assembly, which […]

Stop the presses: Snopes says Trump is victim of news media lies

Stop the presses: Snopes says Trump is victim of news media lies

by WorldTribune Staff, July 18, 2017 Snopes.com has published an article that it says “is intended as a neutral, reliable analysis of the lies, false allegations and misleading claims made about and against Donald Trump since his inauguration in January 2017.” The favorable report from the fact-checking website, which many conservatives say leans far to the left, […]

Watchdog group calls for criminal inquiry of IRS for Obama-era abuses

Watchdog group calls for criminal inquiry of IRS for Obama-era abuses

by WorldTribune Staff, July 19, 2017 Government watchdog group Judicial Watch, citing a new report from the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration, said the Obama-era IRS’s practice of “losing” or “destroying” documents demands a criminal investigation. House Republicans in April called on the Justice Department to reopen the investigation into Lois Lerner and the […]

Buchanan’s warning: Unchecked power of the Mainstream Media endangering America

Buchanan’s warning: Unchecked power of the Mainstream Media endangering America

by WorldTribune Staff, July 18, 2017 Nearly daily leaks are pouring out of the investigative and security arms of the government, a reality that “underscores a truth of our time,” according to columnist Patrick Buchanan. “The mutual agendas of the deep-state leakers and the mainstream media mesh perfectly. “In the 19th century, power meant control […]

Skewed world: Geographers say too many straight white men in their ranks

Skewed world: Geographers say too many straight white men in their ranks

by WorldTribune Staff, July 18, 2017 Apparently, there is too much “white heteromasculinism” in geography these days. Those who thought geography mainly dealt with maps should know that there is a great deal of scholarship on the subject that is done by people. A pair of geographers have published a study arguing that papers should […]

Governor unconcerned about financial obligations of GreenTech firm he founded

Governor unconcerned about financial obligations of GreenTech firm he founded

by WorldTribune Staff, July 17, 2017 Officials in Mississippi are demanding that an electric car company founded by current Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe repay more than $6 million in public funds. In a report released on July 12, the office of Mississippi State Auditor Stacey Pickering said GreenTech Automotive did not come close to creating the […]

Columnist: Al Gore got rich by scaring ‘little kids witless’

Columnist: Al Gore got rich by scaring ‘little kids witless’

by WorldTribune Staff, July 17, 2017 None of Al Gore’s many apocalyptic climate scenarios have materialized, yet the former U.S. vice president has become a very rich man via that very scaremongering, a columnist for The Daily Telegraph wrote. “Any normal person with such a woeful record of accuracy as Gore would be ashamed to […]