August 2, 2018
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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.
