Special to WorldTribune.com By John J. Metzler We knew it was coming. We planned for it. But then we calmly dozed off again. The rude jolt of the alarm followed the news of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Our second thought followed; What about our energy supplies? Western Europe, including our NATO allies, have become dangerously […]
Special to WorldTribune.com SWAMP WATCH By Stephen Moore With $30 trillion of debt — which has grown by $5 trillion in just the last two years, with another $2 trillion of red ink expected to get spilled this year — you might have expected Congress at least to pretend it will temper its reckless spending […]
by WorldTribune Staff, March 16, 2022 Washington observers often say Democrats no longer advance real policy solutions, but rely on ad hominem attacks to expand their power. On March 8, Joe Biden was asked what Americans can expect on gas prices. “They’re going to go up,” he said. Asked to offer solutions, he shrugged, and […]
by WorldTribune Staff, March 14, 2022 The average price of a gallon of gas in the U.S. has shot up 79 cents in two weeks to $4.43 as of March 14. In February, the government reported a year-over-year inflation rate of 7.9 percent, the highest since 1982. Hardest hit are working Americans, many of whom […]
by WorldTribune Staff, March 8, 2022 In announcing the U.S. would halt its imports of Russian oil, Joe Biden on Tuesday said he had “strong” bipartisan support, as well as the support of the American public. Biden’s announcement came as the average price of a gallon of gas in the U.S. hit a record high […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Stephen Moore We live in a strange world. John D. Rockefeller, the founder of Standard Oil, helped provide the energy that powered the American century beginning in the early 1900s. Today, his grandchildren spend the billions of dollars that he donated to the Rockefeller Foundation to attack the same oil and […]
Analysis by WorldTribune Staff, March 7, 2022 As average gas prices in the U.S. topped $4 per gallon on Monday, Team Biden continued to laugh off increasing domestic production and instead is urgently looking to tap into the oil supplies of rogue states. The political dilemma is as stark as its resolution is simple. Does […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Stephen Moore To quote a screaming John McEnroe: You cannot be serious! Last week, the Biden administration requested another $30 billion for COVID relief programs. Yes, I know that these days, $30 billion is a rounding error in the $6 trillion federal budget. But isn’t that precisely the problem? But, as […]
Analysis by WorldTribune Staff, February 25, 2022 The leftists running the show for Team Biden are dead set on freezing new oil and gas drilling leases, even after a court ruled they couldn’t. An injunction issued by U.S. District Judge James Cain of the Western District of Louisiana prevented the Biden administration from using the […]
Special to WorldTribune, February 15, 2022 MARKET Watch by Romulus at Grok Trade NATO deploys advanced weapons in Eastern Europe. Russia responds with troop movements and threatening military drills. Diplomats are withdrawn and high-level negotiations seemingly break down. Global markets buckle under the growing risk of war. The above scenario could easily describe the current Vladimir […]