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  • The Chosen Ones (9PM ET on FBN)

    Published April 04, 2013

    "The Chosen Ones" are people selected by government to get perks... special favors, tax breaks, cronyism... what I call crapitalism.

  • Green Tyranny

    Published April 03, 2013

    I love trees and animals. But I don't love the excessive regulations environmentalists force on us to protect them, as I write in my syndicated column this week:

    Originally, environmental rules were a good thing. I love the free market, but it doesn't offer a practical remedy to pollution. I could sue polluters for violating my property rights, but under our legal system, that's not even close to practical.

  • You can love nature and still hate the tyranny of environmental regulations

    Published April 03, 2013

    You can love nature and still hate the tyranny that environmental regulations bring.

  • Save Styrofoam!

    Published April 02, 2013

    On my show last week, I criticized Mayor Bloomberg's plan to ban Styrofoam cups and trays.

    But could I have been wrong to criticize? Bloomberg says the ban will save the city money. After all, Styrofoam is not easily recyclable, whereas its replacements -- paper, plastic, and aluminum -- are. And the AP reports that NYC makes money on recycling:

    ...the city nets a payment of at least $10 a ton for recycling paper and about $14 a ton for recycling glass and plastic, [New York City's head of recycling, Ron] Gonen said.

  • MYTHS, LIES, AND COMPLETE STUPIDITY AIRS SATURDAY at 10 PM ET on FOX NEWS

    Published March 29, 2013

    What you think you know... is often wrong. Saturday I look at seven MYTHS... LIES... AND COMPLETE STUPIDITIES:

    • FOOD... MYTH: Government should help people make healthy choices for themselves. TRUTH: The nanny state reduces your freedom while accomplishing little.

    • MAIL... MYTH: The post office should deliver the mail. TRUTH: The private sector does it better.

  • Green Tyranny (9PM ET on FBN)

    Published March 28, 2013

    Tyranny is the stuff of dictatorships. We call this week's show "Green Tyranny" because government's regulations always go too far. At first, the EPA did good things. Environmental standards brought us cleaner air and water. Then government should have said, "stick a fork in it! It's done." But government never does. It just spends more and more.

  • Mistake

    Published March 28, 2013

    In my syndicated column this week, I wrote: "about 43 percent of 'the 1 percent' now live in 14 counties that surround the District of Columbia." I should have said that of the richest 1% of counties in the U.S., 43% are in the DC area.

  • Budget banquet needs some humble pie

    Published March 27, 2013

    For most of Barack Obama’s presidency, a series of continuing resolutions kept the money -- your money -- flowing. Now the Senate wants to add a trillion dollars of new taxes, even more than President Obama seeks. 

  • Imperial Washington

    Published March 27, 2013

    Our government is supposed to be a government of the people, by the people...but when I look at Washington, D.C., I see a government of elites. Rules are made by the elites, for the elites. It's one reason why seven of America's ten richest counties now surround D.C. In this week's syndicated column, I look at Imperial Washington.

  • Mr. Stossel Goes to College (9PM on FBN)

    Published March 21, 2013

    Tonight, students from around the world at the "Students for Liberty" conference discuss liberty, and specific issues that affect students.