Stephen Moore

Dear Vice President Harris: Where are your spending cuts?

In 1982, the federal budget deficit rose above $100 billion for the first time (those were the good old days), and President Ronald Reagan agreed to an infamous budget deal with House Speaker Thomas P. "Tip" O'Neill. Published September 11, 2024

Hey, FCC, keep your hands off the internet

These days, people on both sides of the political spectrum seem to want the federal government to regulate internet access, prices and online content. Published September 3, 2024

Goodbye, Kennedy Democrats

Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s exit from the Democratic Party (or was he booted out?) is only the latest sign that there are no Kennedy Democrats left in positions of power in the Democratic Party. Published August 28, 2024

Biden, Harris have sixth sense our economy is in trouble

Democrats and the media are in a quandary about why Americans don't appreciate all that President Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris have done for the economy -- or should I say to the economy. Published August 26, 2024

Natural gas is the energy of the future

The world is in a dramatic energy transition. But it isn't the one progressives want it to be. The real energy transition is toward natural gas. Published August 14, 2024

Who is the real middle-class president?

President Biden talks incessantly about his "middle class out" economic strategy. Given his record, it would have been more accurate to call it the "middle class down and out" plan. Published August 7, 2024

Biden’s rent control plans will backfire on tenants, as they always do

It's pretty clear why President Biden wants to bring down housing prices and rents. Published July 30, 2024

Population bomb to explode — well, never mind

We're lectured daily that you're an intellectual lightweight if you dare question the wisdom of "settled science." Published July 18, 2024

The case for draining the swamp is stronger than ever

The latest official employment report finds once again that the federal government and state-local hiring spree is still in full gear. Published July 9, 2024

Save the cows: Cleaning up the planet by banning burgers

Enjoy your burgers and steaks when you fire up the grill this Fourth of July weekend, as they may not be available much longer. Published July 4, 2024

Will judges ban fossil fuels?

Things aren't going well for the climate changescrusaders. Despite hundreds of billions of tax dollars spent on green energy over the past decade, the United States and the world used more fossil fuels than ever before in history last year. Published July 2, 2024

Some 40 years later, our educational system still puts our nation at risk

School's out for the summer, so now it is time to examine the state of our educational system. Published June 25, 2024

Biden housing scheme could ignite another mortgage collapse

Politicians in Washington have very short memories, so they make the same mistakes repeatedly. Published June 12, 2024

Hey, Joe: Where are all the EV charging stations?

The Biden administration has spent tens of billions of dollars on green energy, yet last year, the U.S. and the world used a record amount of fossil fuels. Published June 4, 2024

Five reasons to make the Trump tax cuts permanent

Nothing defines the diametrically opposite economic philosophies of President Biden and former President Donald Trump better than their positions on the Trump tax cuts. Published June 3, 2024

Are money managers playing politics with your pension?

Are you paying attention to what the money managers you've entrusted with your lifetime savings are doing with your money? Published May 27, 2024

‘Bidenomics 2.0’: Be afraid, be very afraid

Could a second Biden term be more injurious to our economy than his first? Published May 15, 2024

Is Biden taking U.S. economy back to the age of Jimmy Carter?

Everything happening in our fractured nation today seems so worrisomely reminiscent of America's last lost decade -- the 1970s. Published May 8, 2024

Four radical reforms to shrink our federal budget

It was exactly 50 years ago that the liberal post-Watergate Congress, dominated by Democratic big spenders, passed a new set of budget rules called the Budget Reform and Impoundment Control Act. Published May 2, 2024

Biden on the economy: ‘I don’t feel your pain’

In 1992, Democratic presidential nominee Bill Clinton famously told American voters who were hurting because of a lousy economy, "I feel your pain." Published April 15, 2024