John Stossel

STOP! You probably broke the law today! Criminal law has exploded. There are more than 300,000 federal laws alone. 98% are created, not by Congress, but by unelected bureaucrats:

It’s #schoolchoiceweek. Choice is good, not only in WHERE you go to school, but when it comes to WHAT you learn. I started a charity, Stossel in the Classsroom, offering teachers free videos about things like capitalism. Students tell me the videos changed their lives:

"Progressives ruined my town," Michael Shellenberger writes in “San Fransicko." This is more interesting because he once SUPPORTED progressive ideas. Then he saw the results.

Politicians use congressional hearings to score cheap points and bully productive people. Congressional hearings date back to the first congress in 1789, and they're supposed to educate lawmakers. But now hearings are more about scoring points. Here are some of the worst:

Politicians usually back down when media suggest they threaten “children lives." But Florida’s Gov Ron DeSantis didn’t back down. The result? Here’s what happened:

Competition makes our lives better! We used to wait in line to rent a movie. Now most anything you want to watch is a tap away:

Authorities deny critical race theory is taught in schools. Asra Nomani says that’s a lie… and shows me receipts to prove it. She says teaching kids CRT is a “multi-million dollar industry."

China has imposed a draconian lockdown on Xi’an, home to 13 million people. 1 family member allowed to leave home, every other day. The CCP routinely uses powers most Americans would balk at (at least before #COVID19) like their "social credit score.”

Andrew Yang says, "running for president requires traits that make you a terrible leader." That’s an odd statement from a presidential candidate. Although it’s true. Yang has some fresh ideas. Some bad ones, too. We talk about his new political party, and book, both called, "Forward."

The FBI announced a big victory: They'd shut down the illegal online drug market "Silk Road". They said that'd prevent drug sales and save lives. A judge sentenced Ross Ulbricht, a young libertarian who created the website, to double-life plus 40 years with no chance of parole. The judge called her sentence a "warning to others.” But is it really fair to lock Ulbricht up for life? John Stossel interviews Lyn Ulbricht, Ross's mom, who says her son was just an overly-zealous libertarian who "Believed in free markets and volunteerism. He's not a dangerous person."

Politicians locked us down during Covid in the name of safety. Mike Rowe points out that "the goal of living life is not merely to stay alive." Rowe makes a lot of interesting points, so here is our FULL interview.

Is your property… yours? Not if the government takes it. Susette Kelo bought a run-down home. She fixed it up and painted it pink. Then the government came and took it. “Eminent Domain" has long allowed politicians to grab your property to build roads, railroad tracks, a border wall--anything they claim is for “public use.” But they wanted Kelo’s house so they could give the property to a private developer. Is that right? The movie called “Little Pink House” tells the story of how Susette fought for her home, all the way to the Supreme Court.

Dr. Anthony Fauci says people who criticize him are "really criticizing science.” Sen Rand Paul compares that to the medieval Church punishing people for questioning church dogma. Here’s a longer interview with Dr. Paul on Covid, Fauci, socialism and more.

America's public (government-run) schools fail our kids. Here's how government suffocates even the best teachers:

Even as thousands die from Covid, the FDA is slow to approve tests, and promising new medicines. At the same time, government pompously praises itself! @mfcannon of @CatoInstitute shows how government delays our access to Covid treatments.

Millions visit this beautiful park every year. Yet it doesn't cost taxpayers a penny. How is that possible? Because it’s NOT run by government:

Three academics conducted what they call a ‘grievance studies’ experiment. They wrote fake papers on ridiculous subjects and submitted them to prominent academic journals in fields that study gender, race, and sexuality. They did this to “expose a political corruption that has taken hold of the universities,” say the hoaxers

Facebook censors respected science reporters. John Tierney was punished for reporting that masking kids can do harm, Michael Shellenberger for saying climate change is no apocalypse, Bjorn Lomborg for noting that temp-related deaths FELL as the world warmed:

Few things are as destructive as Socialism, Communism, Fascism... A look at the Deadly-isms

#COVID19 is scary, but many governments, eager to control people, go TOO far In California, surfers far from anyone get arrested. Cops also gave $1000 tickets to people watching the sunset IN THEIR CARS. Politicians should work for us, not push us around needlessly:

Lots of places suspended their plastic bag bans because of #COVID19. Too bad that didn’t last. Reusable bags are DIRTY. Paper bags cost more and break. Pols NEVER leave well enough alone.

Psychologist Jordan Peterson is controversial. People call him a “transphobe," an “extremist," a “misogynist." I disagree. Here's my FULL interview with Peterson, in which he responds to such claims:

Only government spends $2 million on a tiny bathroom in a park, I investigate:

America's military focuses on important things, like ... wait, climate change? "No nation can find lasting security without addressing the climate,” says Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin. He calls climate “crisis” the “existential threat.” Absurd! America's military should focus on defending America:

President Biden is at the #COP26 climate summit. He’ll probably agree to another bad deal like the #ParisClimateAccord. Here’s why the Paris Climate Accord was ridiculous: