John Stossel

Rise of Citizen Journalism: Reporting News That The Washington Post Keeps in Darkness

Independent journalists provide facts that biased editors at the Washington Post keep in darkness.

Lies Socialists Like To Tell About Inequality, Poverty and Capitalism

Socialists like Bernie Sanders tell us that “the rich get richer, and the poor get poorer.” That’s a lie. Yes, rich people got absurdly rich. Last year, says Oxfam, “the wealth of the world’s billionaires increased (by) $2.5 billion a...

Green New Deal: Fact versus Fiction

The Green New Deal’s goal is to move America to zero carbon emissions in 10 years.

Right to Print Arms

Are you very afraid? 3D-printed guns are coming. “Virtually undetectable!” shrieked CNN. “This changes the safety of Americans forever!” shrieked MSNBC. Does it? Six years ago, a company called Defense Distributed posted blueprints for...

Your Fair Share of Taxes

Do we leave (wealth) in the private sector where the market decides? Or do we subject it to corrupt politicians?

Facebook Founder Mark Zuckerberg Kisses The Rings of Regulators

The lesson is that if you don’t want politicians destroying your business, you must go to Washington to give them money. Kiss their rings.

How “Young Turks” Podcaster David Rubin Escaped The Collectivist Left

Watching this video upset me. Students and even faculty members won’t let Dave Rubin speak. They constantly interrupt, shouting “hate speech!” and “black lives matter!” Rubin was once a man of the left. He even was a co-host on The Young...

The Democratic Socialist Fantasy

Venezuelans who escaped their country’s socialism understand now that socialism creates poverty.

Political Advocacy Disguised with Obscure Academic Jargon

What today’s academics write, and what journals treat as neutral science, tends to reinforce only one side of the political spectrum.

The “Hoax” Behind Politically Correct College “Studies”

How can a college criticize the hoaxers but revere ridiculous journals that publish nonsense? The real “hoax” is on students who pay thousands of dollars for useless degrees in fields that end in “studies.”

Welfare Handouts for the Rich are Anti-Capitalism

Consumers pay more and almost every food business suffers because a few big sugar companies have the political clout to get themselves a sweet deal.

Bogus Gun Research

Last week Rep. Nancy Pelosi warned President Donald Trump that if he declared an “emergency” to build a wall, “think what a president with different values can present… Why don’t you declare (the epidemic of gun violence in America) an...

The Academy of Thought and Industry: A Better School?

The key for many students is to follow their own interests, rather than following orders.

The Government Created Slums of San Francisco

People in San Francisco often claim to be concerned about helping the poor. But their many laws make life much tougher for the poor.

Football Stadium Subsidies: A Bad Deal for Taxpayers?

Football is popular enough to thrive without politicians subsidizing it.

This School Choice Week Bring John Stossel into Your Classroom

School Choice Week isn’t just about letting kids and parents choose where they go to school. It also means being able to choose what ideas they learn — including the concept of choice itself.

Federal Government Shutdown Reveals That Many Government Workers are Non-Essential

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 Washington Post. “Pain spreads widely.” The New York Times headlined,...

Legal Weed: Drug Prohibition Does More Harm Than Good

Drug prohibition has worked out as badly as alcohol prohibition did nearly 100 years ago.

Sweden Isn’t Socialist

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 Union or Cuba or Venezuela did. But that’s not what Swedish historian Johan Norberg says in a new documentary...