National Review- George Floyd Square Businesses Sue City of Minneapolis for Allowing Rampant Crime, Driving away Customers November 29, 2023The businesses, all of which are owned by one family, are seeking more than $1.5 million in damages from the city.
- Pope Francis Punishes Conservative Critic Cardinal Burke, Revokes His Apartment, Salary November 29, 2023Burke has criticized the Pope’s efforts to relax restrictions around gender and sexuality.
- Senior CIA Official Shared Pro-Palestinian Facebook Images after Brutal Hamas Attack November 29, 2023McFadden holds one of the senior-most positions within the agency and previously oversaw the production of the presidential daily briefing.
- New Georgia Project’s Vaunted Turnout Operation in Doubt amid Financial-Mismanagement Allegations November 29, 2023Founded by Stacey Abrams, the group claims credit for registering tens of thousands of voters, but a recent report suggests its heyday is over.
- U.S. Suicides Reached Record High Last Year November 29, 2023The increase in suicides was largely driven by older Americans, specifically older men.
- George Floyd Square Businesses Sue City of Minneapolis for Allowing Rampant Crime, Driving away Customers November 29, 2023
- Quillette
- Why Does the Intersectional Left Defend Hamas? November 28, 2023Sectarian morality arises from the concept of collective guilt.Julian Adorney
- Victim Blaming Revisited November 28, 2023Exploring biases and criticisms in the perception of crime victims, from robbery to rape.Richard B. Felson
- The Heckler’s Veto and the Right to Free Association November 27, 2023It's not just a matter of weighing up one group’s free speech against another group’s counter-speech. It’s also about one group’s freedom of association being impeded.Holly Lawford-Smith
- Why Does the Intersectional Left Defend Hamas? November 28, 2023
- Jay Nordlinger
- Cuts and Controversies November 29, 2023On Maria Callas, the centennial of whose birth is marked on December 2, 2023.
- Maria Callas: More Than a Myth November 29, 2023On the great soprano (1923–77) on the occasion of her centennial.
- A President, Appreciated, Etc. November 27, 2023Reader mail on George W. Bush, Gertrude Himmelfarb, John Smoltz, and more.
- Cuts and Controversies November 29, 2023
Tag Archives: John Stossel
Corporate Welfare
Regulations are typically framed as necessities designed to protect consumers. Except that in reality they are often designed to protect existing businesses from competition, thus making consumers worse off. The video below produced by John Stossel provides a good look … Continue reading
On Charter Schools
John Stossel recently produced a short video on charter schools. It is well worth watching. See below. JFB
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John Stossel Demolishes Popularly Believed Myths about Capitalism
It is sad but true that most people believe that free markets represent a zero sum game. Winners only win to the extent that other people lose. In reality, nothing could be further from the truth. In a free market, … Continue reading
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Why Have Woke Colleges Abandoned Admissions Tests?
When Darwin published Origin of the Species in which he presented his data in support of his theory of evolution, the Archbishop of Canterbury was said to have offered a prayer: “Dear God” he said “Please let it not be … Continue reading
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Saving the Rhinos–or Not
It is seldom remarked, although obviously true, that hostility to free markets (and freedom in general) is the driver of much of the environmental movement. That proposition is not restricted to the environmental project though. It also holds true for … Continue reading
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Propaganda as Thought
In an era where bumper sticker slogans substitute for thought, the master propagandists of the BLM Movement have learned their craft well. Plenty of otherwise sensible people have signed on to the sentiment without understanding what they have actually signed … Continue reading
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Minneapolis–Progressive Paradise
Minneapolis has long been one of, if not the, most progressive city in America. It also is the city where George Floyd was killed in police custody. And it is home to one of the widest income gaps between white … Continue reading
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Cancel Culture is Out of Control
There was a time not so long ago when leftists routinely charged that the radical right, roughly defined as anybody who didn’t agree with leftist orthodoxy, consisted largely of a bunch of Neanderthal book burners. Well, look who the book … Continue reading
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Why is there a Shortage of Medical Equipment to Fight COVID-19?
Gary Becker, a Nobel Prize winning economist from the University of Chicago was once asked what government’s mainly produces. “Lines” he replied. So here we are in March 2020 with the economy screeching to a halt and citizens staying in … Continue reading
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Tagged bureaucracy, Corona Virus, Covid-19, health care, John Stossel, pandemic, Red Tape, video
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Are the Brains of Men and Women Different?
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