About: John Stossel
Posts by John Stossel
COVID: Who Was Right?
It’s now been three years since COVID hit. At the start of the pandemic, “experts” shouted: “Stay home!” “Close schools!” “Wash your hands!” “Disinfect countertops!” Clearly, disinfecting countertops and...
NBA Versus Freedom
Teenage basketball star Enes Kanter was shocked when his teammate criticized President Barack Obama on Facebook. "Dude, what are you doing?" he exclaimed. He feared his teammate would be...
Charity, Better Than Government
People hate capitalists, but it's the capitalists who create the jobs, lift people out of poverty and feed the world. ...
Woke Comic Books
Did you know that Superman’s son is bisexual? So is Batman’s sidekick, Robin, and lots of other superheroes created by Marvel and DC Comics. The author of the bisexual...
The Science of Happiness
Are you happy? Many people say they feel happier during the holidays. But I’m not happy. Democrats and Republicans keep voting for bigger government. Few people accept the idea...
Black Guns Matter
We know about Black Lives Matter. My new video is about a group called Black Guns Matter. Maj Toure, a Philadelphia high school dropout turned activist, tells me he...
Bias, Envy, and Hatred
Today, big media has an agenda. Fox and most talk radio push right; most other media spin left. For a long time, leftists pretended this wasn’t happening. In 36...
Thanksgiving Lessons
Thursday, if you eat a nice meal, thank the Pilgrims. They made Thanksgiving possible. They left the Old World to escape religious persecution. They imagined a new society where...
Charity That Changes Lives
Government-run schools fail kids. Teachers unions and education bureaucrats say, “We need more money!” But America already spends a fortune on public schools. My town, New York City, spends...
Corporate Welfare
Today’s politicians want to spend more on EVERYTHING: Amtrak subsidies, sports stadium subsidies, green energy subsidies, even fossil fuel subsidies … President Joe Biden says the handouts will “put...
Toxic Victimhood
John McWhorter, author of "Woke Racism," says, "The way we're being encouraged to think, hurts Black people." ...
Lessons from Georgia
The overall lesson from Georgia, says Asly: "Government should be very small. It should just regulate the minimum." ...
Coronavirus Censorship
YouTube just froze Sen. Rand Paul’s YouTube channel. That’s just wrong. Small-minded. Counterproductive. YouTube says Paul violated their COVID-19 misinformation policy when he told an interviewer, “Most of the...
Silenced!
Cuba's government has now shut down the island's only internet provider. Future protests will be hidden from the rest of the world. ...
Endless Rules
Much of what government does is tax people to try to fix problems that government caused. Politicians are so arrogant and ignorant that they even lose money when they...