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Dictatorship

Elected Leaders Daydream About Being Dictators. They Shouldn't.

"If government is big enough to give you anything, it's big enough to take everything away from you."

John Stossel | 7.13.2022 12:30 AM

4th of July

How Would You Change the Constitution?

I asked scholars, podcasters, and passersby how they'd change the nation's founding charter. Here's what they told me.

John Stossel | 7.6.2022 5:00 PM

Abortion

Two Libertarians Debate Abortion

The answer isn't as straightforward as many assume.

John Stossel | 6.29.2022 12:30 AM

Politics

The Babylon Bee: The Absurdity of Reality 'Makes Our Job Very Difficult'

The Christian satire site has met the ire of fact-checkers for pushing back against left-leaning humor.

John Stossel | 6.22.2022 5:00 PM

Rent control

The Dangers of Rent Control on Display in the Twin Cities

St. Paul has seen a 61 percent decrease in building permits after the city imposed rent control on future housing.

John Stossel | 6.15.2022 1:30 PM

Deficits

Biden Says the Deficit Is Falling. Actually, It's Rising.

Under Biden, Trump, and Obama, government federal spending almost doubled.

John Stossel | 6.8.2022 3:08 PM

Airports

Your Flight Is Delayed. Thank the Feds.

Congress has radically restricted the number of pilots without doing anything to increase safety.

John Stossel | 5.25.2022 4:20 PM

Energy & Environment

No, Gas Prices Didn't Spike Because of 'Corporate Greed'

Corporations were just as greedy when prices fell in 2019 and early 2020.

John Stossel | 5.18.2022 1:15 PM

Regulation

GMOs Are Good for Us

The activists who say otherwise are wrong on the costs and wrong on the science.

John Stossel | 5.11.2022 12:51 PM

Property Rights

The State Took Her Home Because She Missed $900 in Property Taxes

Tawanda Hall's house was worth $286,000 more than her overdue tax bill. There was nothing she could do about it.

John Stossel | 5.4.2022 4:01 PM

ridesharing

The Case for Uber Surge Pricing After a Mass Shooting

In criticizing the move, the New York Post got basic economics wrong.

John Stossel | 4.20.2022 12:30 AM

Social Media

The Media and Big Tech Covered Up These Stories. Where's the Reckoning?

Left-leaning outlets and tech giants tried to label them disinformation—until they no longer could.

John Stossel | 4.6.2022 4:30 PM

Ukraine

Let Ukrainian Refugees In

And don't close the door behind them.

John Stossel | 3.30.2022 1:18 PM

Renewable energy

Fossil Fuels Save Lives

Over the last 100 years, we've seen a 98 percent decrease in climate-related deaths. You can thank fossil fuels.

John Stossel | 3.24.2022 8:00 AM

Politics

'Fear Is the Tool of Totalitarians': Ron Paul on War, Money, and the Libertarian Moment

The former Texas congressman and presidential candidate says his goal was to get people to think about freedom.

John Stossel | 3.16.2022 3:35 PM

Authoritarianism

Trudeau Took a Page From Obama When He Froze Protesters' Bank Accounts

When governments can de-bank you, you are not really free.

John Stossel | 3.10.2022 7:00 AM

War on Drugs

The Stossel State of the Union

"If I do my job right, you should barely know I'm here."

John Stossel | 3.2.2022 2:57 PM

Culture

The American Medical Association Should Help Patients. Instead, It's Policing Language.

Protectionist policies are why the U.S. has few physicians and high prices.

John Stossel | 2.23.2022 2:55 PM

China

China Brings Out the Hypocrisy in Corporate Social Justice Warriors

"I think the Chinese government actually takes a lot of pleasure knowing that they can actually strong-arm individuals and companies into capitulation to its own political ideology."

John Stossel | 2.9.2022 2:30 PM

Inflation

Don't Blame 'Greedy Corporations' for Inflation. Blame the Government.

"Greed is constant. If it's greed, how do we explain prices falling?"

John Stossel | 2.2.2022 1:41 PM

Coronavirus

Florida's COVID Policies Defied the Media's Narrative

Ron DeSantis killed people because Florida didn't impose tougher rules, we're told. But it's not true.

John Stossel | 1.20.2022 7:00 AM

School Choice

Don't Ban Critical Race Theory. Legalize School Choice.

"It's the taxpayers that are funding this."

John Stossel | 1.12.2022 12:30 AM

Politics

Andrew Yang Wants To Break the Two-Party System

"We deserve better than this."

John Stossel | 1.5.2022 5:24 PM

Coronavirus

Rand Paul: Fauci Is Not Beyond Reproach

"Any time you have government dogma saying they are science, or government bureaucrats who claim that 'this is the one and perfect truth'…we should run headlong away."

John Stossel | 12.22.2021 2:08 PM

FDA

The FDA Still Hasn't Approved 2 New Drugs That Could Help End the Pandemic

Bureaucratic foot-dragging is costing lives.

John Stossel | 12.15.2021 1:22 PM

Privatization

New York City's Bryant Park Was a Hot Mess. Then It Was Privatized.

When government does things, most everything costs more and is lower quality.

John Stossel | 12.8.2021 2:05 PM

Social Media

Facebook Fact-Checkers Are Stifling Open Debate

It's true that some users spread lies on social media. But this can’t be solved by partisan “fact-checking."

John Stossel | 12.1.2021 11:48 AM

Property Rights

Private Property Rights Made the First Thanksgiving Possible

Something to be grateful for.

John Stossel | 11.24.2021 4:26 PM

Regulation

This Social Worker Wants To Help Special Needs Kids. Louisiana Says She Has To Prove She's Needed.

The state "wants to limit how many agencies they have to regulate," says Ursula Newell-Davis.

John Stossel | 11.18.2021 7:00 AM

Education

The Virginia Governor's Race Was an Advertisement for School Choice

Children are too important to be entrusted to unions or government monopolies.

John Stossel | 11.11.2021 7:00 AM

Military

Congress Spends More on Defense Than the Next 10 Countries Combined

We can't afford to keep funding defense contractors' cost overruns.

John Stossel | 11.3.2021 12:30 AM

Venezuela

Popular Progressive Policies Helped Ruin Venezuela. They Won't Work Here Either.

The idea that massive government spending, hate speech laws, and gun control will improve America—when they failed horribly elsewhere—is a dangerous myth.

John Stossel | 10.27.2021 3:02 PM

Regulation

There Would Be a Lot More Good News if Government Would Get Out of the Way

"The quality of life we have even during COVID is so much higher than anything humanity experienced, and it's only going to get better."

John Stossel | 10.20.2021 12:16 PM

Coronavirus

We Have Vaccines. We Don't Need Pandemic Restrictions.

Denmark recently lifted all COVID mandates. The U.S. should do the same.

John Stossel | 10.13.2021 12:07 PM

First Amendment

Government Keeps Trying To Censor This Brewery. The Owner Isn't Having It.

"Do you really want to live in a country where government bureaucrats, based on whim and personal preference, can censor whatever they don't like?"

John Stossel | 10.6.2021 11:56 AM

School Choice

School Choice Helped a Homeless Teen Grow Up To Run a Nonprofit. Now She Wants To Help Others.

"If you would have told me when I was 12 years old, I would run this organization, I would have said you were crazy."

John Stossel | 9.22.2021 1:21 PM

Corporate Welfare

Memphis Gave IKEA $9.5 Million While Several Smaller Furniture Stores Went Under

Corporate welfare hurts the people who actually need help.

John Stossel | 9.15.2021 1:08 PM

Racism

Opposing Racism Doesn't Require Promoting Victimhood

The ideas put forward by Robin DiAngelo and Ibram X. Kendi are fundamentally "anti-black."

John Stossel | 9.8.2021 1:47 PM

Vaccines

Vaccines Are Good. Vaccine Mandates From the Government Are Bad.

If you support "my body, my choice," you cannot support vaccine mandates.

John Stossel | 9.1.2021 12:47 PM

Georgia (Country)

Once a Communist Backwater, Georgia Discovered the Benefits of Free Markets. Now It Risks Abandoning Them.

"Government should be very small. It should just regulate the minimum."

John Stossel | 8.25.2021 11:47 AM

Technology

YouTube Has the Right To Shut Down Rand Paul. That Doesn't Mean It Should.

Big tech platforms should encourage debate, not forbid it.

John Stossel | 8.18.2021 1:57 PM

Cuba

To Fight Communism, the U.S. Should Beam Internet Into Cuba

"The Cuban people are not asking for military intervention."

John Stossel | 8.11.2021 2:40 PM

LGBT

Should Trans Women Compete Against Biological Women in Sports?

On Monday, weightlifter Laurel Hubbard became the first openly transgender woman to compete at the Olympics.

John Stossel | 8.4.2021 12:30 AM

Regulation

State Governments Are Creating Their Own Drug Cartels

Much of what government does is tax people to try to fix problems that government caused.

John Stossel | 7.28.2021 12:19 PM

Language

Speech Is Not Violence

"Claiming that kind of victimhood gives them a sense of belonging, of togetherness."

John Stossel | 7.21.2021 12:23 AM

Regulation

Regulation Kills Innovation. So These Entrepreneurs Didn't Ask for Permission.

From SpaceX and Tesla to Uber and Lyft, many of the most successful companies thrived without the government's stamp of approval.

John Stossel | 7.14.2021 2:20 PM

Big Government

How Big Business Uses Big Government To Kill Competition

Corporations can afford robots. Their competitors often cannot.

John Stossel | 7.7.2021 12:39 PM

Guns

A New Case Gives the Supreme Court a Chance To Defend Gun Rights

It's likely that soon, almost all Americans will be legally able to carry guns.

John Stossel | 6.30.2021 11:47 AM

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