Columns/opinions

Smearing Capitalism

by John Stossel You must be lonely. The media say loneliness is everywhere in America. A Los Angeles Times columnist says, 'There's a mass loneliness crisis going on.' 'Capitalism is Making You Lonely,' says Jacobin Magazine. Vox claims, 'Capitalism makes us feel empty inside.
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Texas Supreme Court hears abortion ban challenge The Texas Supreme Court heard oral arguments last week in a case that could decide whether medical exceptions to the state’s abortion ban are written clearly enough to protect pregnant women who face serious health risks, the Austin...

You Can't Say That

by John Stossel My first Stossel TV Fellow, Trevor Kraus, initiated this column. Our video version is called 'Freshly Cooked Censorship: Why You Can't Put 'Low FODMAP' on Food Labels.

Jews Around the World Fear Another Holocaust

I have been following the news from Israel very closely since first learning of the horrifying attacks of Oct. 7. As someone who has traveled to the Holy Land on nearly two dozen occasions and seen the country from north to south, I was affected.
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House kills school choice plan The Texas House on Friday defeated a proposed voucher plan, also leaving in doubt a comprehensive public school funding plan that became tied to it, The Dallas Morning News reported.

Government Deceit

by John Stossel 'Experts' were confident that they knew what America should do about Covid. They were wrong about so much. Officials pushed masks, including useless cloth ones. Dr. Anthony Fauci said, 'Don't wear masks' then, 'Do wear them.
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Lege gets to work in fourth special session The Texas Legislature, conceived as a part-time body to meet every other year for 140 days, is now in its record fifth session (counting the regular session).

Canceling Cancel Culture

by John Stossel 'I was not genuine in my own beliefs,' says 23year-old Rikki Schlott in my new video. 'I self-censored.' Why? What did this college student believe that was so unacceptable that she felt she had to hide it? The fact that she's a right-leaning libertarian.
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Special session likely to end with no voucher deal As the clock ran down on the Legislature’s third special session, Texas House and Senate leaders exchanged barbs over Gov. Greg Abbott’s school choice bill and border security proposals, the Austin American- Statesman reported.