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Give those whose views you disagree with a chance to speak
At the invitation of the Brandeis Young Americans for Liberty, Fox News anchor John Stossel presented his lecture “Freedom and its Enemies” to a crowd of around two hundred people in Olin-Sang 101 two weeks ago. I was in the front row. I’m not sure...
John Stossel
Mr. Filseth and I disagree. “Grandpa” will live longer where free markets are allowed. But I appreciate his calling out poster-destroyers and standing up for free expression on his leftist campus. That's something we all should support. @YALiberty
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Why Are Women Under-Represented in Physics?
Six months ago CERN hosted a workshop on “High Energy Theory and Gender.” Nearly all the contributors to this and previous workshops on the same topic endorsed the view that gender imbalances in physics, particularly in the higher echelons, are...
U.N. Predicts Disaster if Global Warming Not Checked
UNITED NATIONS (AP) _ A senior U.N. environmental official says entire nations could be wiped off the face of the Earth by rising sea levels if the global warming trend is not reversed by the year
Facebook, Google, Amazon Silent For Days After Twitter Drops SPLC
Twitter remains the only big tech company to separate from SPLC following reports suggesting the group scams liberal donors out of money.
John Stossel
Glad Twitter no longer works with the Southern Poverty Law Center: dailycaller.com/2019/04/15/spl…
Will Facebook do the right thing? Here's how @splcenter slanders people: pic.twitter.com/9bnBcTBNys
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Right to Print Arms
John Stossel: Are you very afraid? 3D-printed guns are coming."Virtually undetectable!" shrieked
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John Stossel
Are you very afraid? 3D-printed guns are coming.
"Virtually undetectable!" shrieked CNN.
"This changes the safety of Americans forever!" shrieked MSNBC.
Does it?
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So Much for the Anti-War President
As a candidate, Trump promised to end pointless Middle Eastern wars. He just vetoed a resolution to do exactly that.
This Too Shall Pass: Unassailable Monopolies That Were, in Hindsight, Eminently Assailable
Source: Benedict Evans [N]ew combinations are, as a rule, embodied, as it were, in new firms which generally do not arise out of the old ones but start producing beside them; … in general it is not…
3D-Printed Guns
The media often scare us about 3D-printed guns. "Anyone can print it, no background checks, mental illness not a factor, virtually undetectable," a CNN ancho...
An attempted password crack was enough for a U.S. indictment against Julian Assange
The U.S. government unsealed an indictment Thursday charging Julian Assange with a single count of conspiracy to commit computer intrusion for allegedly agreeing to help crack a password on a protected U.S. government computer. Legal experts who...
John Stossel
Seems like a weak indictment.
cyberscoop.com/julian-assange… #AssangeArrested #WikiLeaks
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California may ban hotels from giving guests tiny bottles of shampoo, conditioner, lotion
Hotels in California may no longer be able to provide guests with tiny bottles of shampoo, conditioner, lotion, or other personal care products.
High School Suspends 2 Students for Posting Gun Range Photos on Snapchat, ACLU Files Suit
"Sharing our completely legal weekend activities on Snapchat should not result three days of in-school suspensions," Cody Conroy told Reason.
California Plastic Bag Bans Spur 120 Percent Increase in Sales of Thicker Plastic Garbage Bags
A new study says plastic bag bans encourage people to use less eco-friendly substitutes.
Sacramento wants to tax soda, tires, guns, water, pain pills, lawyers, car batteries...
Between state Democrats who tax like it's going out of style and the Republican federal tax overhaul, California taxpayers find themselves at the mercy of the taxman.
John Stossel
California's politicians want ALL your money! But I find it hard not to smile about a tax on lawyers... #TaxDay
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Mark Zuckerberg, Crony Capitalist
Don’t let Facebook rig the rules in its favor.
Zuckerberg Cronyism
John Stossel: Please, regulate me!That was Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg's message to
John Stossel
Please, regulate me! That was Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg’s message to Congress recently. But give me a break. Big companies use regulation to their advantage.
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Congress Is About to Ban the Government From Offering Free Online Tax Filing. Thank TurboTax.
A bill supported by Democrats and Republicans would make permanent a program that bars the IRS from ever developing its own online tax filing service.
Pre-Order Open Borders: The Science and Ethics of Immigration
Today’s my birthday, and I have so much to celebrate. Foremost on my mind: My first graphic novel, Open Borders: The Science and Ethics of Immigration, is finally available for pre-order for the insanely low price of $13.99! And it would really...
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John Stossel
Open borders? I don't see how that can work because America is now a welfare state, and some people want to murder us. But here's an easy-to-read contrarian take from an economist who is right about most everything
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Book Review: Memoir by Barney Frank
A valuable, if flawed, memoir by Barney Frank.