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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

Privacy

'That System Is Being Used Against You': Edward Snowden Makes the Case for Internet Privacy. Is He Right?

Online companies might not be as nefarious as you think.

John Stossel | 2.17.2021 12:30 AM

Socialism

Socialism Doesn't Work

Only capitalism creates real wealth.

John Stossel | 2.10.2021 12:30 AM

Socialism

The Ugly Reality of Socialism

Central planning delivers misery.

John Stossel | 2.3.2021 12:30 AM

Coronavirus

Hypocritical Politicians Violate Their Own Coronavirus Restrictions

The rules should not just apply to the little people.

John Stossel | 1.27.2021 12:30 AM

Coronavirus

Ignore the Teachers Unions and Open the Schools

“Keep the schools open,” said Anthony Fauci.

John Stossel | 1.13.2021 12:30 AM

Liberalism

Spreading Enlightenment Ideas Beyond Borders

An interview with Faisal Saeed Al Mutar

John Stossel | 1.6.2021 12:01 AM

Economics

2020 Did Bring Some Good News

"Be a little bit grateful for what we have."

John Stossel | 12.30.2020 12:30 AM

Surveillance

Edward Snowden: Hero or Traitor?

An interview with the famous whistleblower

John Stossel | 12.16.2020 12:30 AM

Environmentalism

Don't Believe the Hype About 'Socially Responsible' Investing

Want to make money and help the world, too? Wall Street says you can!

John Stossel | 12.9.2020 12:30 AM

Charity/Philanthropy

Private Charity Beats One-Size-Fits-All Government

Charities are free to help people who truly need help.

John Stossel | 12.2.2020 12:30 AM

Economics

Be Grateful for Capitalism This Thanksgiving

If government controlled the production of turkeys and toilet paper, this would be a very unhappy holiday.

John Stossel | 11.25.2020 12:30 AM

Education

How Elite Colleges Rip Off Taxpayers

Yale University gets government handouts while paying little in property taxes.

John Stossel | 11.11.2020 12:30 AM

Election 2020

Don't Freak Out About the Election

The most important parts of life happen outside of politics.

John Stossel | 10.28.2020 12:31 AM

Election 2020

Will Trump Beat the Odds? Are You Willing to Bet on It?

Betting sites have a better record of predicting election outcomes than most polls and pundits.

John Stossel | 10.21.2020 12:30 AM

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