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                            November 27, 2024Yes Nukes! By Stephen Moore
One thing Hollywood is very good at is scaring the bejesus out of Americans -- even when they're merely spreading false fears.

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                            November 20, 2024Breaking Up Google Will Be a Great American Catastrophe By Stephen Moore
Earlier this year, in one of the most absurd court rulings in modern times, federal judge Amit Mehta ruled that Google violated U.S. antitrust law by gaining a monopoly in the search engine markets.
November 12, 2024Climate Change Was the Big Election Loser By Stephen Moore
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."

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                            November 5, 2024Thank God for the Electoral College By Stephen Moore
It seems that as more and more time goes by, my appreciation for the ingeniousness of our Founding Fathers elevates.

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                            October 29, 2024Dead Wrong Again -- Nobel Economists Put Partisanship Over Economic Common Sense By Stephen Moore
You may have heard that last week 24 Nobel economists wrote that Vice President Kamala Harris' economic plan would be better for America than the Trump agenda. The joint letter was spearheaded by the hyperpolitical Joseph Stiglitz. Yes, the same Joe Stiglitz who infamously flew to Caracas to endorse Hugo Chavez's economic policies in 2007.

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                            October 22, 2024Will Blacks and Hispanics Vote Their Pocketbooks? Trump Should Hope So! By Stephen Moore
In the one debate between Donald Trump and Kamala Harris, the vice president attacked Trump for having a racist record, citing his statements in response to the protests In Charlottesville back in 2017.

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                            October 15, 2024Kamala Harris Wants America to Have the World's Highest Death Tax By Stephen Moore
Here is something no one in the media is reporting as Vice President Kamala Harris continues to duck and weave like Muhammad Ali in the ring to avoid any questions about her economic plan.

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                            October 1, 2024Can We All Get Along? Yes, By Letting the States Decide. By Stephen Moore
At the time of this writing, the outcome of the presidential race is pretty close to being a coin flip. So what I write is not in any way influenced by who will win in November, since that is unknowable.

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                            September 24, 2024Is Washington Distorting the Numbers? By Stephen Moore
We all know that math scores have been scandalously trending downward for many years, but the folks in the government should at least be able to count.

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                            September 10, 2024Hey Kamala, Where Are Your Spending Cuts? By Stephen Moore
In 1982 the federal budget deficit rose above $100 billion for the first time (those were the good old days!), and then-President Ronald Reagan agreed to an infamous budget deal with then-House Speaker Tip O'Neill. Democrats would agree to $3 of spending cuts for every $1 of tax increases. Reagan foolishly agreed to the deal. The taxes went up. The spending cuts never materialized.

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                            September 3, 2024Hey, Washington: Keep Your Hands Off the Internet By Stephen Moore
   Everyone these days -- on both sides of the political spectrum -- seems to want the feds to regulate internet access, prices and online content. They want the Federal Communications Commission to be the referee in terms of who gets connected to the internet and what can and can't be said.

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                            August 27, 2024Goodbye, JFK Democrats By Stephen Moore
   Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s exit from the Democratic Party (or was he booted out?) is only the latest sign that there are no more JFK Democrats left in positions of power in the Democratic Party.

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                            August 13, 2024Natural Gas Is Now Cheaper Than Water By Stephen Moore
   Among the great mythologies of recent years, one stands out above the rest, is that the world is in a "great energy transition." Actually, the world IS in a dramatic energy transition. But it isn't the one the Left wants it to be.

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                            August 7, 2024Just Who Is the Real Middle-Class President? By Stephen Moore
President Joe Biden talked incessantly about his "from the middle class out" economic strategy. Given his record, it would have been more accurate to call it the "middle class down and out" plan. Inflation has eroded away any income gains under Biden's presidency.

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                            July 30, 2024Biden's Rent Control Schemes Will Backfire on Renters -- They Always Do By Stephen Moore
It's clear why President Joe Biden desperately wants to bring down housing prices and rent. With mortgage interest rates double what they were when former President Donald Trump took office, mortgage payments have roughly doubled since 2020, and rents are up in many cities by more than 30%.

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                            July 23, 2024Where Does Joe Biden Rank Among America's Worst Presidents? By Stephen Moore
President Joe Biden's time in the White House is mercifully coming to an end. He's now officially a lame duck with six months to go.

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                            July 9, 2024The Case for Draining the Swamp Is Stronger Than Ever By Stephen Moore
   The latest official employment report finds once again that the federal government and state-local hiring spree is still in full gear. Over the past year, health care and government hiring has outpaced every private sector industry. It isn't just the IRS bringing on thousands of new workers. The bloat is everywhere.

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                            July 2, 2024Save the Cows By Stephen Moore
   Enjoy your cheeseburgers and steaks when you fire up the grill this Fourth of July weekend, because they may not be available much longer.

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                            June 26, 2024Climate Change Movement Goes to Court -- Will Judges Ban Fossil Fuels? By Stephen Moore
   Things aren't going well at all for the global warming crusaders. Despite hundreds of billions of tax dollars spent on green energy over the past decade, the world and America used more fossil fuels than ever before in history last year.

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                            June 18, 2024Some 40 Years Later: A Nation STILL at Risk By Stephen Moore
   School's out for the summer, so now it is time to examine the state of our education system.