Special to WorldTribune.com By Stephen Moore, January 24, 2024 For the past 30 years or so, the Left has invented a narrative that there are two Americas: a group of very super-rich people (the one-percenters) who have prospered over the past several decades, and everyone else who has gotten poorer. It’s a fairy-tale narrative because […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Stephen Moore, January 10, 2024 The latest Census Bureau data on population changes in America should have been a wake-up call to lawmakers in blue states and cities. The Census data provide even further evidence that “soak the rich” tax policies have incited a blue-state meltdown. California, New York and Illinois […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Stephen Moore, December 19, 2023 Repeat after me, class: Growth does NOT cause inflation. Write it on the blackboard 100 times. For decades, the economics profession has been trying to tell us all just the opposite. They keep shoveling out the dumbest economic concept of all time: the Phillips Curve. This […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Stephen Moore, December 6, 2023 The late, great humorist P.J. O’Rourke used to quip that everyone wants to save the world, but no one wants to wash the dishes. Well, now that can be said for traditional environmental groups that seem to have lost their way. Green groups are supposed to […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Stephen Moore, November 29, 2023 There’s a political cartoon going around that shows John F. Kennedy and Robert F. Kennedy sitting on a couch watching a speech by Robert F. Kennedy Jr. The two hold their palms to their heads and moan that their legacy is being twisted and ruined. This […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Stephen Moore, November 22, 2023 Let’s face it. Anyone who works in, or just visits, the Wall Street area of Manhattan can’t deny the aura of power and money isn’t what it was 20, 30 or 50 years ago. The vibrancy, the financial dominance, the gusto seems to have gone missing […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Stephen Moore, November 1, 2023 One of the textbook marketing flops of all time was the Ford Edsel sedan, which was heralded as the hot new car in the late 1950s. All the automotive experts and Ford executives said it was a can’t-miss. Henry Ford (the car was named after his […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Stephen Moore, October 26, 2023 After spending $6 trillion on social welfare and a Green New Deal spending spree and running our national debt up to $33 trillion, President Joe Biden is asking to whip out the federal credit card yet again for $100 billion more in military assistance for Ukraine […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Stephen Moore, October 10, 2023 When I was growing up and attending Catholic schools, I was taught that the pope is infallible. But then I read Pope Francis’ updated encyclical letter last week, and now I can only conclude that at least this pope is fallible. In fact, the declaration is […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Stephen Moore, September 26, 2023 House Republicans are in another titanic battle with President Joe Biden on how to balance the budget. Actually, it’s a lopsided debate because Democrats have no interest at all in reducing the deficit. They are operating under the delusional idea paradigm of “Modern Monetary Theory,” which […]
