Special to WorldTribune.com By Stephen Moore, August 12, 2025 This is the dawning of the age of school choice. The school bells will start ringing in the days and weeks ahead, but a record number of kids — especially children from low-income families — will be opting out of the traditional public schools. This year […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Stephen Moore, July 23, 2025 Over the last several decades, you could count on your fingers (and maybe a few toes) the number of government programs that have been canceled — no matter how obsolete, inefficient or wasteful they were, and despite the fact that, in some rare cases, their missions […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Stephen Moore, July 9, 2025 Everyone knows that the “Big, Beautiful” tax bill signed into law on the Fourth of July lowers tax burdens for families and businesses. It also averts a $4 trillion tax increase starting next year. That’s enough reason to heartily celebrate. But what isn’t well known is […]
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 […]