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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

Capitalism

What People Get Wrong About Capitalism

"We went from agricultural poverty to a country characterized by middle-class prosperity."

John Stossel | 6.23.2021 12:30 AM

Capitalism

People Love To Criticize Capitalism. Here's Why They're Wrong.

In capitalist societies, the poor get richer.

John Stossel | 6.16.2021 8:53 AM

Housing Policy

A Town in New Jersey Tried To Seize This Property To Block a Housing Development, Which Has Still Not Been Built

If politicians want lower housing prices, they need to let people build more housing.

John Stossel | 5.26.2021 6:10 AM

Unemployment

The U.S. Doesn't Have a Labor Shortage. It Has an Incentive Shortage.

The government's coronavirus-related unemployment benefits are encouraging some to stay unemployed.

John Stossel | 5.19.2021 10:00 AM

Corporate Welfare

Corporations Are Getting Rich off Government Aid

"I don't understand why money is leaving my pocket and going into the pocket of somebody who is wealthy."

John Stossel | 5.12.2021 9:50 AM

College Debt

Canceling Student Debt Would Be an Insult to Trade Workers

"The push for college came at the expense of every other form of education," says Mike Rowe.

John Stossel | 5.5.2021 12:30 AM

Libertarianism

Society Is Richer and More Accepting, Thanks to Libertarian Ideas

And yet neither Democrats nor Republicans represent those principles.

John Stossel | 4.28.2021 2:36 AM

Nuclear Power

Climate Change Activists Need To Get Serious About Nuclear Power

It would significantly reduce carbon emissions, but onerous regulation stands in the way.

John Stossel | 4.21.2021 10:18 AM

California

Biden Wants To 'Make America California.' Here's Why That's a Terrible Idea.

So many people are leaving the state that it will soon lose a congressional seat.

John Stossel | 4.7.2021 12:20 PM

Education

Getting Rid of the SAT Won't Diversify Higher Ed. Expanding School Choice Will.

Giving kids more educational options would help produce the long-term change activists want.

John Stossel | 3.31.2021 4:17 AM

Property Rights

A California Law Allows Union Organizers To Invade Farms Without Permission. This Lawsuit Wants To Change That.

The Supreme Court will decide if the rule violates property rights.

John Stossel | 3.24.2021 6:00 AM

Coronavirus

The Government Has Botched the Vaccine Rollout at Every Step

Burdensome regulations have likely cost lives.

John Stossel | 3.10.2021 1:28 AM

Coronavirus

Every Worker Is an Essential Worker

A great deal of COVID-19 policy assumed otherwise.

John Stossel | 3.3.2021 12:30 AM

Environmentalism

Conservationists Pushed Ban on Non-Fatal Rhino Horn Harvesting. Poaching Skyrocketed.

Environmental activists should use the market to their advantage.

John Stossel | 2.24.2021 2:27 AM

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