Flooded With Good Intentions
Sen. John Kennedy is upset because Sen. Rand Paul wants to limit federal flood insurance. But Paul is right. In my new video,...
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Makers Versus Takers
Are you a MAKER or a TAKER? Politicians are often takers. They take our money (and freedom) in the name of achieving goals...
Not-so-scary Truth About Climate Change
United States Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry says it will take trillions of dollars to “solve” climate change. Then he says,...
How Private Is Private?
The Fourth Amendment secures our right to be secure against unreasonable searches, right? Not anymore, explains Naomi Brockwell on her popular YouTube channel....
Smearing Capitalism
You must be lonely. The media say loneliness is everywhere in America. A Los Angeles Times columnist says, “There’s a mass loneliness crisis...
You Can’t Say That
My first Stossel TV Fellow, Trevor Kraus, initiated this column. Our video version is called “Freshly Cooked Censorship: Why You Can’t Put ‘Low...
Government Deceit
“Experts” were confident that they knew what America should do about Covid. They were wrong about so much. Officials pushed masks, including useless...
Canceling Cancel Culture
“I was not genuine in my own beliefs,” says 23-year-old Rikki Schlott in my new video. “I self-censored.” Why? What did this college...
The Food Insecurity Lie
President Joe Biden says 24 million Americans “suffer from food insecurity!” News anchors were shocked that there is “food insecurity in the richest...
Covid Deception
Remember when Sen. Rand Paul accused Dr. Anthony Fauci of funding China’s Wuhan virus lab? Fauci replied, “Sen. Paul, you do not know...
Shut It Down!
This week Republicans and Democrats got together to avert a government shutdown. Too bad. There’s so much that ought to be shut down....
“Emergency” Spending
Did you survive the budget cuts from the last debt ceiling fight? President Joe Biden called them “draconian,” while Republicans praised the deal’s...
Soda Tax
Want a soda? You'll pay more for one in Philadelphia, because five years ago, local politicians decided to tax it. ...
Control Versus Choice
COVID cases are up. Hospitalizations climbed 24% last week. But the media make everything seem scarier than it is. The headline “Up 24%!”...
College Rip-Off
It’s August. Many young people head off to college. This year, fortunately, fewer will go. I say “fortunately” because college is now an...