Special to WorldTribune.com By Stephen Moore, May 27, 2025 Here’s an economics lesson that belongs in the textbooks. Student loan debt soared to more than $1.5 trillion during the Biden presidency, and the response by Washington was to “forgive” hundreds of billions of these unpaid loans by deadbeat borrowers and let the taxpayers pick up […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Stephen Moore, May 13, 2025 As the late senator from Washington state, Warren Magnuson, who served for more than 30 years in Congress, once said, “All that each industry seeks is a fair advantage over its rivals.” Wilt Chamberlain had a fair advantage on the basketball court because he stood 7-foot-1. […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Stephen Moore, May 6, 2025 Situated on the outskirts of Sacramento is California’s largest master-planned community, McClellan Park. It has homes, offices, restaurants, a hotel and even a 2-mile-long runway that serves jets. But 30 years ago, the location was a starkly different story: an Air Force base that had just […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Stephen Moore, April 22, 2025 Anyone remember back in 2008 when the housing market collapsed and the stock market crashed, with many tens of millions of Americans seeing their lifetime savings nearly wiped out? Apparently the politicians in Washington are suffering amnesia — even though it was the worst crash since […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Stephen Moore, April 3, 2025 If you haven’t watched the Bret Baier interviews on Fox News with Elon Musk and the other executives who have given their time and expertise to exposing the rampant fraud and inefficiency of our federal government, I urge you to do so. It will infuriate you […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Stephen Moore, March 11, 2025 Republicans are searching for ways to “pay for” their tax cuts. Democrats want the rich to pay more tax. Here’s a solution that should make everyone happy. House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith is suggesting a tax on the $840 billion college endowments. These […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Stephen Moore, February 5, 2025 Just how much longer will American parents, their kids, business leaders and the political class tolerate the dreadful performance of our public schools? It’s arguably the greatest threat to our nation’s economic health and our national security. The latest Nation’s Report Card test scores are dismal […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Stephen Moore, January 11, 2025 Shortly before Milton Friedman’s death in 2006, I had the privilege of interviewing him over dinner in San Francisco. The last question I asked him was: What are the three things we have to do to make America more prosperous? His answer I have never forgotten: […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Stephen Moore, December 17, 2024 One of the highest priorities for the incoming Trump administration should be to end the Democrats’ weaponization of powerful government agencies against taxpayers and businesses they don’t like. Nowhere has this mission been more pernicious than the party-line vote to fund the IRS with nearly $80 […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Stephen Moore, November 16, 2024 A few days before last week’s election, Bernie Sanders issued a dire warning to voters: “If Donald Trump is elected, the struggle against climate change is over.” He had that right. Climate change fanaticism was effectively on the ballot last week. The green energy agenda was […]
