Some offenses are so heinous they can never be wiped from the record-- criminal or moral. There's no normalizing first- or second-degree murder. Not by having done the time with good behavior, not by getting a college degree, not by apologizing. Other crimes don't, in themselves, warrant a ...
BY JOHN STOSSEL RELEASE: WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 2025 AND THEREAFTER Wasted Land The federal government owns about a third of America. Since we're on a path to bankruptcy, it would be smart to sell some unused property. President Donald Trump's Interior Secretary says it may be worth as much as $200 trillion. Selling just a fraction of it would reduce our enormous debt. Not just that -- since government doesn't manage things well, selling or leasing some would leave it in better condition. Federal bureaucrats have been slow to do controlled burns and remove deadwood that ...
As I travel around the country flogging my new book "Coming Up Short" (which, please remember, you can order at bookshop.org, and the audiobook at libro.fm ), I'm seeing a groundswell of revulsion against Trump. His economy is a disaster. He promised to bring down prices, yet the prices of ...
There's a guy at my gym who works out in jeans. They're not baggy jeans, either, jeans that would give him enough room to do squats or jog on the treadmill with ease. They're the regular, no-stretch, no-fun, no-frills jeans. They're the kind you'd wear to the hardware store to pick up a new ...
The autopen has been around in one form or another since Thomas Jefferson was president. According to shapell.org, "In 2005, George W. Bush was the first president to enquire with the Department of Justice if it was constitutional for the president to sign a bill using the autopen." He was ...
Sometimes we don't appreciate people until they're gone. That thought came to mind with the news that the Gallup Organization's latest poll shows a dramatic surge in positive views of immigrants. The share who thought immigration should decrease, as President Trump wishes, dropped to 30% ...
