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July 1, 2015

Heroes, Villains by John Stossel

Have you seen the new Jurassic Park movie, "Jurassic World?"

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June 24, 2015

Mankiller Money? by John Stossel

A woman will be on the new $10 bill, bumping Alexander Hamilton aside. Treasury Secretary Jack Lew says he will choose the woman by year's end, based on "input from the public."

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June 17, 2015

The Anti-Science Left by John Stossel

This year is the 10th anniversary of a book called "The Republican War on Science." I could just as easily write a book called "The Democratic War on Science."

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June 10, 2015

Green Lies By John Stossel

Millions go to SeaWorld to learn more about sea life and get closer to killer whales. But fewer go now because the documentary "Blackfish" exposed what one reporter called "the darker side" of SeaWorld.

The movie, which CNN bought and ran over and over, tells how greedy businessmen take baby whales from their mothers and imprison them in small aquariums, where the frustrated animals are a threat to each other and their trainers.

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June 3, 2015

Socialist "Justice" By John Stossel

Protestors demand "social justice." I hate their chant. If I oppose their cause, then I'm for social "injustice"? Nonsense.  

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May 27, 2015

Don't Go! by John Stossel

It's graduation time! Have we learned much? No.

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May 20, 2015

Dr. Capitalism By John Stossel

For years, my scientist brother Tom was the nonpolitical Stossel.    

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May 13, 2015

Disobey! By John Stossel

Charles Murray, already controversial for writing books on how welfare hurts the poor, on ethnic differences in IQ and on (less controversial, but my favorite) happiness and good government, has written a new book that argues that it's time for civil disobedience. Government has become so oppressive, constantly restricting us with new regulations, that our only hope is for some of us to refuse to cooperate.   

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May 6, 2015

Hillary's Armor By John Stossel

"This vast right-wing conspiracy," Hillary Clinton said, "has been conspiring against my husband since the day he announced." That was the "feminist" first lady's response when her husband was accused of having sex with a 21-year-old.   

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April 29, 2015

What Creates Jobs by John Stossel

I took a camera to Times Square this week and asked people, "What creates jobs?" Most had no answer.

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April 22, 2015

The Next President By John Stossel

It's not smart to get too enthusiastic about any politician. I've been disappointed often. I believed Bill Clinton when he said, "the era of big government is over." I thought George W. Bush was a "small government guy." And Barack Obama ...   

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April 15, 2015

Freedom of and from Religion by John Stossel

Religious oppression was one reason many of our ancestors came to America. They wanted to escape rulers who demanded that everyone worship their way. In Ireland, Catholics couldn't vote or own a gun.

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April 8, 2015

A Right to Discriminate by John Stossel

Bake me a cake, or go to jail!

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April 1, 2015

The Next Bubble By John Stossel

They're doing it again!

When the last housing bubble burst, politicians blamed "greedy banks." They said mortgage companies lent money recklessly, making loans to people with dubious credit, for down payments as low as 3 percent.

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March 25, 2015

Gentrify! by John Stossel

No matter what you do, modern liberals will tell you you're wrong.

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March 18, 2015

Chicago Fray By John Stossel

Rahm Emanuel, current mayor of my old hometown, Chicago, is not a gentle soul. But he's smarter than his big-spending predecessor, Richard M. Daley, and the union pawn, Jesus "Chuy" Garcia, who becomes the new mayor if he beats Emanuel in a run-off election April 7.

Emanuel was the tough Obama chief of staff who reportedly stabbed a table with a steak knife as he listed political enemies.

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March 11, 2015

What's Fair? By John Stossel

Donald Trump's kids and Paris Hilton's siblings were born rich. That gave them a big advantage in life. Unfair!

Inequality in wealth has grown. Today the richest 1 percent of Americans own a third of the assets. That's not fair!

But wherever people are free, that's what happens.

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March 4, 2015

Raping Culture By John Stossel

A new documentary calls colleges like Harvard and Notre Dame "The Hunting Ground," where rapists prey on women. A bipartisan group of senators demand new rules to "curb campus sexual assaults."

Apparently, new laws are needed because at colleges, sexual assault is "epidemic." Rape is so common that there is a "rape culture."

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February 25, 2015

Kochs and Unions by John Stossel

Lots of people sure hate the Koch brothers.

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February 18, 2015

No Gatekeepers by John Stossel

For years, people assumed encyclopedias had to be created by professionals. Then Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales attempted to create an encyclopedia without central planners.