John Stossel is the creator of Stossel TV videos, and author of "No They Can't! Why Government Fails—But Individuals Succeed."
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Governments create problems. Then they complain about them. “A public health crisis exists,” says Kentucky’s government, citing a report that found “a shortage of ambulance… Read More
SocietyCommentary
Families will argue this Thanksgiving. Such arguments have a long tradition. The Pilgrims had clashing ideas about how to organize their settlement in the New… Read More
EnergyCommentary
“How dare you? You have stolen my dreams and my childhood!” insisted teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg at the United Nations. “We are in the… Read More
EducationCommentary
Student loan debt keeps growing. There is a better solution than the ones politicians offer, which stick the taxpayer or the loan lenders with the… Read More
SocietyCommentary
I rarely watch cable news anymore. It’s all hysteria, all the time. CNN: “We are destroying the planet.” MSNBC: “The middle class is disappearing!” President… Read More
EducationCommentary
With most services, you get to shop around, but rarely can you do that with government-run schools. Philadelphia mom Elaine Wells was upset to learn… Read More
EconomyCommentary
President Donald Trump promised he’d get rid of bad rules. “Remove the anchor dragging us down!” he said when campaigning for president. “We’re going to… Read More
SocietyCommentary
Recording events from public land shouldn’t be a crime. Yet when a woman in Utah, standing by a public road, filmed farmworkers pushing a cow… Read More
LawCommentary
The city of Dunedin, Florida, wants Jim Ficken’s home. Ficken’s mom died, so he went to South Carolina to take care of her estate. He… Read More
SocietyCommentary
“I don’t feel safe,” says a Harvard student in a video. What threatens her? The dean of her Harvard dormitory, law professor Ronald Sullivan, agreed… Read More
EnergyCommentary
The Green New Deal’s goal is to move America to zero carbon emissions in 10 years. “That’s a goal you could only imagine possible if… Read More
InternationalCommentary
Venezuela is a disaster. Yet 20 years ago, it was the wealthiest country in Latin America. It still has the world’s biggest oil reserves. It… Read More
EducationCommentary
Seven academic journals were recently hoaxed into publishing ridiculous studies on topics like “rape culture” and “queer performativity in dog parks.” The editor of only… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Do you pay enough taxes? What is enough? When asked on “60 Minutes,” Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., didn’t seem to have a specific tax rate… Read More
EducationCommentary
If you are an American college professor, the way you get a raise or tenure is by getting papers published in “academic journals.” The stupidity… Read More
SocietyCommentary
When I hear “welfare payments,” I think “poor people.” But America’s biggest welfare recipients are often politically connected corporations—like America’s sugar producers. The industry gets… Read More
SocietyCommentary
Last week, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., warned President Donald Trump that if he declared an “emergency” to build a wall, “think what a president… Read More
SocietyCommentary
San Francisco is one of the richest cities it the world. It’s given us music, technology, and elegant architecture. Now it gives us filthy homeless… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Sunday is the Super Bowl. I look forward to playing poker and watching. It’s easy to do both, because in a three hour-plus NFL game,… Read More
EducationCommentary
School choice is a noble cause. In much of America, parents have little or no control over where their kids attend school. Local governments assign… Read More
EconomyCommentary
This government shutdown is now longer than any in history. The media keep using the word “crisis.” “Shutdown sows chaos, confusion and anxiety!” says The… Read More
InternationalCommentary
For years, I’ve heard American leftists say Sweden is proof that socialism works, that it doesn’t have to turn out as badly as the Soviet… Read More
