Steve Forbes: What's Ahead

When it comes to producing a sustainable and plentiful energy supply, the U.S. has a vast and underappreciated advantage over other nations. Are mineral rights in America our secret weapon for clean energy abundance? Steve Forbes on the benefits of mineral rights exploration in the U.S. and how the lack of this freedom in other countries is a costly hindrance. Steve Forbes shares his What’s Ahead Spotlights each Tuesday, Thursday and Friday.

California still refuses to face reality when it comes to gas-powered cars, creating a looming environmental catastrophe. Steve Forbes on the state’s proposed ban on sales of new gas-powered cars by 2035 and why this plan is absurd, and on the renewable energy challenges the future will bring. Steve Forbes shares his What’s Ahead Spotlights each Tuesday, Thursday and Friday.

The Federal Reserve is raising interest rates in a belated response to inflation that a year ago it told us was transitory and nothing to worry about. But brace yourself, as the Fed is putting us on the road to an unnecessary recession. Steve Forbes on the two types of inflation and how each requires a different response, and on why the Fed's gimmicks have us headed for a crash landing. Steve Forbes shares his What’s Ahead Spotlights each Tuesday, Thursday and Friday.

A very serious byproduct of the Covid-19 pandemic is the loss of trust in public health agencies. Can trust in public health be saved? Steve Forbes on the continued bad behavior of public health officials in the aftermath of Covid-19 and why the future consequences could be deadly. Steve Forbes shares his What’s Ahead Spotlights each Tuesday, Thursday and Friday.

After failing to seize Kyiv and quickly occupy all of Ukraine, Russia is changing its strategy. It is now preparing a massive offensive in eastern and southern Ukraine. Steve Forbes on the most significant battle yet to come in the Russia-Ukraine war and why the moment of truth is at hand. Steve Forbes shares his What’s Ahead Spotlights each Tuesday, Thursday and Friday.

The early results in the French presidential election have exposed seismic shifts in the political culture of France, shifts that are good news for Putin but a wake-up call for those leaders who don't get what it takes to get an economy to grow. Steve Forbes on the first-round results in France's election and why these results should sound alarms and be a warning to all Democratic nations. Steve Forbes shares his What’s Ahead Spotlights each Tuesday, Thursday and Friday.

Two grave shortcomings in Biden’s thinking regarding energy were on display this week, as telling statements by Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg revealed just how flawed the Administration’s thinking is. Steve Forbes on how the Biden Administration sees the energy world and why the consequences of that are serious and, in one case, possibly deadly. Steve Forbes shares his What’s Ahead Spotlights each Tuesday, Thursday and Friday.

In the upcoming elections Republicans will campaign on such critical and predictable issues as inflation. But they should also emphasize taxes and the need to cut them. Steve Forbes on the House GOP’s 2022 priorities and on why those must include a tax cut plan. Steve Forbes shares his What’s Ahead Spotlights each Tuesday, Thursday and Friday.

Administration regulators have tightened water-use rules, pushed for energy-efficiency standards and its war on fossil fuels continues. All these unnecessary rules from Washington are making life less pleasant, more irritating and more expensive! Steve Forbes on how Biden's regulatory blunders are crushing American ingenuity and on why government interference is only making things worse. Steve Forbes shares his What’s Ahead Spotlights each Tuesday, Thursday and Friday.

President Biden recently unveiled his proposed budget for the 2023 fiscal year. What’s stunning is how utterly unrelated it is to the real needs of the domestic economy and how reckless it is for our defense necessities. Steve Forbes on what Biden’s proposed budget ignores and on why it’s a dangerous bust we should watch out for. Steve Forbes shares his What’s Ahead Spotlights each Tuesday, Thursday and Friday.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is making exasperated pleas for more weapons, particularly tanks and fighter jets. Yet President Biden and NATO are not responding with genuine urgency. Why won’t President Biden let Ukraine win this war? Steve Forbes on the continued Russia-Ukraine conflict and on how a clear-cut Ukrainian victory would be a victory for all who treasure liberty. Steve Forbes shares his What’s Ahead Spotlights each Tuesday, Thursday and Friday.

The White House announced the administration would be proposing a new minimum tax of 20% on households worth more than $100 million. Investors take note: President Biden’s new minimum tax on billionaires is just another economy-killing tax. Steve Forbes on how no country has ever taxed its way to prosperity and on why enforcing such a tax would be an administrative nightmare. Steve Forbes shares his What’s Ahead Spotlights each Tuesday, Thursday and Friday.

At a Business Roundtable meeting this week President Biden said, “There’s going to be a new world order out there, and we’ve got to lead it. We’ve got to unite the rest of the Free World in doing it.” Steve Forbes on the weight of Biden’s words and on what America needs if the President is serious about the U.S. leading positively for a better world. Steve Forbes shares his What’s Ahead Spotlights each Tuesday, Thursday and Friday.

The SEC is readying a new climate change disclosure rule that will vastly—and illegally—extend the powers of this agency over the operations of public companies and private entities. Steve Forbes on how the SEC's scheme is a gross and destructive overreach of power and on why investors should beware, as this move will hurt stocks and injure the economy and must be stopped. Steve Forbes shares his What’s Ahead Spotlights each Tuesday, Thursday and Friday.

From the start of Russia’s unprovoked invasion of Ukraine, the White House has habitually been obsessed with not overly upsetting the Monster of Moscow, Vladimir Putin. And with no immediate end in sight, will the weak-willed Biden Administration start pressuring Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky to cut a deal with Russia? Steve Forbes on how the Biden team's craven attitude could leave Ukraine battered, divided, and vulnerable to Putin's proclamation of a victory. This unnecessary outcome would be a disaster not only for Ukraine but for the Free World. Steve Forbes shares his What’s Ahead Spotlights each Tuesday, Thursday and Friday.