August 2, 2018
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Entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy is obviously a long shot presidential candidate, but he’s refreshing. Unlike most politicians, he speaks clearly and seems smart.
Earth Day is Saturday! Hooray?
Government imposes a million rules. Americans seem to want more!
After a recent hurricane, Puerto Ricans desperately needed fuel.
We know about Black Lives Matter. My new video is about a group called Black Guns Matter.
Today, big media has an agenda. Fox and most talk radio push right; most other media spin left.
Thursday, if you had a nice meal, thank the Pilgrims. They made Thanksgiving possible.
Electric cars sales are up 66% this year.
Netflix is paying Barack and Michelle Obama millions of dollars to produce shows for them.
I love Twitter. I love it because when I joined, I “followed” people, so I get to learn what they think. I also learn what the crowd thinks, and sometimes I get breaking news. Hooray for Twitter.
Finally! Now more states will let parents use their tax money to educate their kids at a school they choose.
Performers censor themselves — fearing they might offend. Those who offend Hollywood lose work. Some lose friends.
Football players make money with their bodies. Some are injured. But football is legal.
Starvation. Poverty. People struggling to buy medicine and fuel. Disaster happened after one government fell under the influence of the world’s environmental extremists.
When Russia attacked Ukraine, “experts” said the country would fall within days.
Why are you a conservative ... or a libertarian, Republican, Democrat, socialist?
This Fourth of July, watching people fight over what the Constitution means, I ask people, if you could change the Constitution, what would you change?
Now abortion law is up to the states. Some will ban it, while most blue states will allow it in some form.
A woman tells the cop who stopped her in a carpool lane she’s allowed to drive there because her pronouns are “they” and “them.”
The president now brags that he cut the deficit!
Activists have convinced Americans that “organic” food is better — healthier, better-tasting, life-extending.
Did you know that in some states, if you miss one tax payment, local politicians will take your home, sell it and keep all the profits?
I love Wikipedia. I donated thousands of dollars to the Wikimedia Foundation.
The media’s ignorance about basic economics is galling.
President Joe Biden says he never talked business with his son. Maybe he didn't. Maybe that Ukrainian gas company paid Hunter Biden half a million dollars because he has unique business skills that no one else noticed.
Millions flee Ukraine. Where will they go? Some want to come to America.
The “Greens” promise renewables, solar and wind power, will replace fossil fuels. After all, the wind and sun are free, and they don’t pollute!
I dislike politicians. I don’t trust people who are so desperately eager to run others’ lives.
Russia’s invasion revealed big differences in how politicians deal with threats.
President Joe Biden just gave his State of the Union Address. Here’s what I wish Biden said.
The American Medical Association now tells doctors: Use woke language! It’s issued a 54-page guide telling doctors things like, don’t say “equality”; say “equity.” Don’t say “minority”; say “historically marginalized.”
Independents are now America’s largest group of voters. After George Bush’s presidency, fewer people called themselves Republicans. After Obama’s, fewer called themselves Democrats. How will these independents vote?
It’s the season for giving. I’ll give.
When people criticize Dr. Anthony Fauci, he says: “They’re really criticizing science. Because I represent science.”
As Virginia's gubernatorial election drew to a close last week, Democrat Terry McAuliffe brought in teachers union president Randi Weingarten.
We're out of Afghanistan. Good. We should have gotten out before. Our involvement there was America's longest war, longer than the Civil War, World War I and World War II combined.
Democrats say President Joe Biden won “a strong mandate.” His government can do all sorts of good things!
There's so much negative news these days. I was glad to see that a new podcast, "American Optimist," features good things that are coming.
Did you take the SATs to try to get into college? Your kids may not have to.
Today’s environmental activists are so hostile to capitalism that they end up killing animals they want to protect.
I love my digital devices, but people keep telling me to worry more about my privacy.
President Donald Trump should pardon Edward Snowden.
Many of us will give money to charity this month. Americans give more than any other people in the world.
I hear that climate change will destroy much of the world.
Don’t freak out! Remember: The most important parts of life happen outside politics.
Donald Trump will probably lose the election. As I write, The Economist says he has only an 8% chance of winning. Nate Silver’s FiveThirtyEight, which came closest to predicting Trump’s win in 2016, and has the best track record among modelers, gives Trump just a 12% chance.
When COVID-19 hit, I quarantined in Eastern Massachusetts. Biking around the woods, I noticed something strange. There are two campgrounds near my house. One is full. Lots of people pitch tents or park trailers at a place called Maurice’s. A short bike ride away is a much-larger campground that’s almost entirely empty.
Recently, I released a video that called California’s fires “government fueled.”
“A pioneer devoted to equality.” That was The Washington Post’s headline about Ruth Bader Ginsburg. But when Justice Antonin Scalia died, the headline was, “Supreme Court conservative dismayed liberals.”
Politicians shut down businesses because of COVID-19. But the rules don’t apply to everyone. In San Francisco, gyms were forced to close, but government gyms stayed open.
The media obsess about Trump/Biden, but another candidate will be on every state ballot: Libertarian Party nominee Jo Jorgensen.
Last week, I tallied Joe Biden’s spending plans. This week, President Trump’s. Which presidential candidate will bankrupt America first?
Which presidential candidate will bankrupt America first, Donald Trump or Joe Biden? Last year, we compared the costs of the leading Democratic candidates’ promises. At that time, Biden, to his credit, proposed the least new spending.
Black Lives Matter protests led many people to want to do something useful to reduce racial injustice. Racial justice groups are being flooded with money.
Was the power on in your house this morning? If so, thank fossil fuels!
This week, American astronauts returned to earth. Their trip to the space station was the first manned launch from the U.S. in 10 years. By NASA? No. Of course, not.
Between 2 million and 3 million Americans will die!
The online mob came for Harald Uhlig. What terrible thing had he done? As I show in my new video, he tweeted that Black Lives Matter “torpedoed itself, with its full-fledged support of #defundthepolice.” Instead of defunding, Uhlig suggested, “train them better.”
Protesters say America’s criminal justice system is unfair. It is.
Do you say what you think? That’s risky! You may get fired!
For my internet video this week, my staff showed me clips of violent cops. It’s not just Derek Chauvin kneeling on George Floyd’s neck for almost nine minutes — it’s the other cops who just watch.
Deaths from COVID-19 are dropping, but we probably can’t resume normal life until someone develops a vaccine. Experts say it will take at least 12 to 18 months.
“No justice, no peace!” they shout. Then they break windows. It makes me furious.
We have a choice! Next presidential election, we don’t have to decide between two big-spending candidates, neither of whom has expressed much interest in limited government.
The government has closed most schools. So, more parents are teaching kids at home. That upsets the government school monopoly.
Last Sunday, Mother’s Day, made me think how my mom warned me, as a young teen: “Work hard! Or you’ll freeze in the dark!”
Recently, many politicians were in such a hurry to ban plastic bags.
We need new drugs to fight COVID-19 and other diseases. But our government’s approval process makes that too hard. This year’s pandemic got regulators to say they’ll speed the approval process. The FDA adopted Emergency Use Authorization to speed up approval of some tests, medical equipment and ventilators.
I’m “social distancing.” I stay away from people.cI do it voluntarily.cThere’s a big difference between voluntary — and force.
The media tell us China “beat coronavirus.” I don’t believe it. The Chinese government lies. AEI’s Derrek Scissors argues that they’ve underreported the number of COVID-19 cases by millions. Still, it’s possible that China has the virus under control.
Two weeks ago, President Donald Trump signed the largest stimulus bill in U.S. history: more than $2 trillion. For once, both Republicans and Democrats agreed. The Senate voted 96-0. The House didn’t even bother with a formal vote.
Congress passed and the president signed a $2 trillion “stimulus” bill.
Freelance jobs are “feudalism,” says California Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez.
South Carolina mom Debra Harrell worked at McDonald’s. She couldn’t afford day care for Regina, her 9-year-old daughter, so she took her to work.
Good for Mike Bloomberg. During his first debate, he slammed Bernie Sanders by saying: “We’re not going to throw out capitalism. We tried that. Other countries tried that. It was called communism, and it just didn’t work!”
Bernie Sanders leads the race for the Democratic nomination.
President Donald Trump “saved the United States,” says former Trump adviser Steve Bannon.
A law in South Carolina bans playing pinball if you’re under 18. That’s just one of America’s many ridiculous laws restricting freedom.
The Iowa Caucus, the real start of the 2020 presidential primaries, is next week. Who’s favored to win? Sadly, as I write this, the smart money says it’s the candidate who’s promised Americans the most “free” stuff.
Reporters complain about business. We overlook the constant improvements in our lives made possible by greedy businesses competing for your money.
People who want to work should be allowed to work. That includes people who once went to jail. With President Donald Trump’s support, Congress spends your money giving ex-cons “employment assistance.”
Congressional hearings were created to educate lawmakers so they have knowledge before they pass bills or impeach a president. Not today. Today, hardly any education happens.
I learned three new things this year that made my life better!
This week, children may learn about that greedy man, Ebeneezer Scrooge. Scrooge is selfish until ghosts scare him into thinking about others’ well-being, not just his own.
Sen. Rand Paul just wrote a book, “The Case Against Socialism.”
Congress and the media obsess endlessly over whether President Donald Trump should be impeached. Both ignore $23 trillion of bigger problems.
Unfortunately, Hollywood has no interest in one type of diversity: diversity of thought.
Families will argue this Thanksgiving.
“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 beginning of a mass extinction!” Many people say that we’re destroying the Earth. It all sounds so scary.
Governments create problems. Then they complain about them.
House members summoned Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg to Washington, D.C., and grilled him — harshly — about his plan to create a new currency, Libra. “Why should we trust you?!” asked Congressman Mike Doyle. I liked it when Zuckerberg said, “I actually don’t know if Libra’s going to work, but I believe that it’s important to try new things.”
Four years ago, the media were talking about a “Libertarian Moment.” I had high hopes! Sen. Rand Paul ran for president, promising to “take our country back from special interests.” But his campaign never took off.
Student loan debt keeps growing. There is a better solution than the ones that politicians offer, which stick the taxpayer or the loan lenders with the whole bill. It’s called an “income share agreement.”
The media keep telling us: There’s no difference between male and female brains. I don’t believe it. Many of you must be skeptical, too. Seventeen million people watched my old ABC show on sex differences, almost as many as watched “Game of Thrones.”
Democratic presidential candidate Rep. Tulsi Gabbard is controversial within her party. She says the U.S. should talk to its enemies. She was criticized for meeting with Syrian dictator Bashar Assad.
I now make my living by releasing short videos on YouTube, Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.
When political arguments aren’t getting you anywhere, what can you do? Start your own country!
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 Donald Trump says drug trafficking “is worse than ever!”
With most services, you get to shop around, but rarely can you do that with government-run schools.
On Labor Day, did you celebrate workers? More likely, you made it a day of rest.
Why does most of Africa stay poor while other parts of the world prosper? People blame things like climate, the history of colonialism, racism, etc. But I say Senegalese businesswoman Magatte Wade gives the right explanation: too many rules.
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 cancel every needless job-killing regulation!”
“Fake news!” shouts the president. His supporters cheer. That drives my colleagues into a frenzy of self-absorbed handwringing: “Threats to press freedom ... press persecution!”
Never before have presidential candidates offered voters so much “free” stuff.
Sen. Bernie Sanders’ presidential campaign was just disrupted by campaign workers demanding the same $15 per hour Sanders demands government force all employers to pay.
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 asked a friend to look after his house. But then the friend died, and no one cut Ficken’s grass. When it grew to 10 inches, Dunedin officials started fining him $500 a day. The fine is now about $30,000.
I hope you had a happy Fourth of July! We have reason to celebrate.
So many people want to be president. Unfortunately, many have terrible ideas.
“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 to be part of accused sexual harasser Harvey Weinstein’s legal defense team.
Look at the dollar bills in your wallet. They say they are “legal tender for all debts.”
When police charged New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft with soliciting prostitution, the press said the police rescued sex slaves.
Socialists like Bernie Sanders tell us that “the rich get richer, and the poor get poorer.”
The Green New Deal’s goal is to move America to zero carbon emissions in 10 years.
Are you very afraid? 3D-printed guns are coming. “Virtually undetectable!” shrieked CNN. “This changes the safety of Americans forever!” shrieked MSNBC.
Please, regulate me! That was Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg’s message to Congress recently.
I skipped breakfast again this morning. I won’t worry about it.
Seven academic journals were recently hoaxed into publishing ridiculous studies on topics like “rape culture and queer performativity” in dog parks.
If you are an American college professor, the way you get a raise or tenure is by getting papers published in “academic journals.”
Sunday is the Super Bowl. In a three-hour-plus NFL game there are just 11 minutes of actual football action...
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.
Struggling to find gifts to get for loved ones? How about a book?
When we celebrate Thanksgiving this week, I will give thanks for property rights.
Republicans held the Senate! Democrats took the House but by a narrower margin! Did I just embarrass myself?
“Libertarians believe that you should be as conservative or as liberal as you want to be as long as you don’t want to force yourself on others,” says Larry Sharpe, Libertarian candidate for governor of New York.
Gloria Alvarez, the young woman from Guatemala I wrote about last week, just got blocked by Facebook. Why? Because she criticizes socialism.
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!”
I just zipped down a city street on an electric scooter. It cost me 15 cents a minute.
YouTube just added an “information panel” to all my videos about climate change.
Sen. Bernie Sanders is all over the internet! New York Magazine says he is “quietly building a digital media empire.”
Union protesters and celebrity advocates have decided that waiters’ tips aren’t big enough.
