The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends staying 6 feet away from others. In Oregon, everyone must wear a mask outdoors. In parts of the country, 2-year-olds must wear masks. Are such rules necessary?
Author: John Stossel
John Stossel is an American consumer television personality, author, and libertarian pundit, known for his career on both ABC News and Fox Business Channel. Stossel’s style combines reporting and commentary.
Government Keeps Trying To Censor This Brewery; The Owner Isn’t Having It
Jim Caruso, CEO of Flying Dog Brewery, calls his business a “First Amendment brewery.” That’s because he keeps going to court to defend beer labels. It started in 1995, when Colorado’s Liquor Commission objected to the label, “Good Beer, No Shit.”
Once a Communist Backwater, Georgia Discovered the Benefits of Free Markets; Now It Risks Abandoning Them
Georgia (the ex-Soviet Republic, not the U.S. state) is now a remarkable success story. Its economy is growing at 5 percent per year, and the country ranks ahead of the United States in economic freedom. Yet, 20 years ago, Georgia was even more miserably poor than the rest of the former Soviet Union. So, what can America and the rest of the world learn from Georgia’s progress?
YouTube Has the Right To Shut Down Rand Paul; That Doesn’t Mean It Should
Big tech platforms should encourage debate, not forbid it.
To Fight Communism, the U.S. Should Beam Internet Into Cuba
Are they still protesting in Cuba? I don’t know. The Cuban government has shut off the Cuban people’s internet.
State Governments Are Creating Their Own Drug Cartels
Politicians just don’t learn. People die as police fight drug dealers. Marijuana dealers form gangs and fight among themselves. It’s so stupid. Especially because marijuana is relatively harmless. Finally, some states legalized it, hoping to put an end to the black market. But legalization hasn’t ended the violence.
Speech Is Not Violence
At a congressional hearing on “Birthing While Black,” nearly every politician used the words “birthing people” instead of “women” or “mothers.” Asked why, Shalanda Young, President Joe Biden’s budget director, said, “Our language needs to be more inclusive.”
Regulation Kills Innovation, So These Entrepreneurs Didn’t Ask for Permission
From SpaceX and Tesla to Uber and Lyft, many of the most successful companies thrived without the government’s stamp of approval.
How Big Business Uses Big Government To Kill Competition
Politicians say they pass laws to “protect Americans from big business.” People like hearing that. Many don’t like big business. Unfortunately, most people don’t realize that those laws often help big business while hurting consumers.
What People Get Wrong About Capitalism
No capitalist gets our money unless we voluntarily choose to exchange it for whatever he’s selling. As Mitchell puts it, “Capitalism is the only system that gives people the liberty to make their own choices.”