California Dreamin’: Minimum Wage Hikes Lead to Fewer Jobs and Higher Prices
Fast food workers in California fought hard for a $20 minimum wage.
Now they have it.
But they also have FEWER jobs and HIGHER prices.
If only someone could have predicted that:
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The FULL Snowden Interview
Here's my full interview with NSA Whistleblower Edward Snowden — it’s the longest interview I've ever posted.
I once was unsure if Edward Snowden -- who leaked documents showing that the NSA spied on Americans -- was a hero, or a traitor who made us all less safe.
Now I've done my research, and I think he's a hero. What do you think? Our full interview, above, will help you decide.
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The BEE-pocalypse: Another Scare Story the Media Got Wrong
About 20 years ago, some honeybees died from “colony collapse disorder.”
The media went into a buzz.
But beekeepers rebuilt lost colonies and the disorder soon diminished.
Now, there are 31% MORE bees in America.
Since the media won’t report on that, I will:
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Politicized Language
Are we in “1984?"
In that dystopia, government manipulated language so much that critical thinking became nearly impossible.
Timothy Sandefur says "social justice" activists are now doing exactly that:
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Protecting Free Speech: The Early Warning Signs From Around The World
We Americans take free speech for granted.
But if you look around the world, you see why we shouldn't.
In Britain, you can get arrested for saying things online that police find “offensive."
In Scotland, misgendering someone can land you in jail for seven years.
Canada may soon pass a law that would punish “advocating genocide” with life in prison.
Now in the U.S., the House of Representatives voted for a bill that would make chants like “from the river to the sea” illegal at universities.
These are bad ideas.
Free speech is valuable.
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The Left's War on Science
Many in the media say there’s a conservative war on science.
Is this true? No, says John Tierney, Contributing Editor at the Manhattan Institute’s City Journal. Tierney says “the real war on science is the one from the left.”
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The Swamp Survived: Why Trump Failed to “Drain the Swamp"
Presidential candidate Donald Trump promised to “drain the swamp.”
He did make cuts to some departments. But mostly he spent more and made government even bigger.
So when he left office, the swamp was bigger!
Here’s where Trump went wrong:
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A Taste of Homeschooling
A silver lining to the Covid pandemic: more families tried HOMESCHOOLING to get away from mask mandates and indoctrination.
Today, millions homeschool. It's 50% more common than before the pandemic.
I covered the trend when it started:
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The End of Freelance? How California's Rules Become America's Rules
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Biden’s Labor Department just added 300 pages of new rules.
They claim it will help freelancers. But wait! Didn’t the leftists notice how their similar rules in California HURT freelancers?
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Why Biden’s Just Wrong: NO ONE "Knows How to Make Government Work”
During his last campaign, Biden claimed he “knows how to make government work.”
But he doesn’t! No one does.
Biden can’t keep track of what he spends, inflation is worse, and our national debt is the highest it’s ever been.
Economist Ed Stringham says, “It’s a hubris that the government knows best.”
While government fails to work, the private sector gets things done.
Our new video shows ways markets outperform even the best-meaning politicians.
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China's Dark Turn
“I’m more anti-China than you!” That’s one theme of this Presidential election. But not long ago, American presidents were excited about China.
The Communist dictators had began to allow private property, and the economy boomed. But sadly, political repression may have gotten worse.
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20 years ago, Bill Clinton said that China wouldn't be able to censor the internet. "That’s sort of like trying to nail jello to the wall," Clinton quipped, to laughter.
"Well, the Chinese figured out how to nail jello to the wall," journalist Melissa Chen of The Spectator explains. "They built an almost perfectly walled-in internet. What they call the Great Firewall."
The world wide web is not world wide in China. Most major Western internet sites are blocked.
A few computer nerds evade the ban, but by and large, China effectively controls their internet. Even harmless jokes are banned.
Because China's dictator, Xi Jinping, looks a bit like Winnie the Pooh, now "any time a Winnie the Pooh picture or somebody mentioning Winnie the Pooh ends up getting scrubbed from the internet," Chen explains.
People who post forbidden things online may have their lives restricted.
"You can't make doctor's appointments... you can't travel. So they'll block you from buying a train ticket or a plane ticket. You can't basically engage in modern day life in China."
China's minorities have it even worse. The government wages cultural genocide against the Uighurs population.
It's cracked down on Hong Kong, too, where protesters demanding freedom waved American flags. They understand the importance of freedom.
I wish American protesters did!
China’s repression should remind us how critical liberty is.
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The Full Johan Norberg: Sweden’s “Socialism,” the Loneliness "Epidemic,” Degrowth and other Myths
Lots of people hate capitalism. They want socialism instead.
They say capitalism hurts the poor. That's just not true.
Here’s Johan Norberg explains how capitalism saves lives and why socialism always fails.
Swedish historian and author, Johan Norberg also dispels the myth that Sweden is a socialist success.
In many ways, Sweden is more free market than America.
Norberg explains the many benefits that capitalism offers - it even makes people less lonely, more generous, and less racist.
Here’s our full discussion on capitalism, the degrowth movement, “Scandinavian socialism” and more:
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Thank You Fossil Fuels
Climate activists say: eliminate fossil fuels!
But the movie Juice For All reminds us that fossil fuels are needed to provide the cheap, abundant energy the world needs.
Let's take a moment this #EarthDay to be grateful for the ways cheap energy improves lives:
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Biden's Kill Switch: The Growing Threat of Government Control of Your Car
The government may soon be able to shut down your car. Biden’s $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill includes a kill switch for new cars.
In an effort to reduce drunk driving, government wants devices in cars that will monitor and limit impaired driving.
But there’s a big problem: these devices give government control over your car.
Automotive engineer and former vintage race car driver Lauren Fix points out the dangers in my video, above.
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Hidden Taxes
Today is #TaxDay.
But calling any single day “Tax Day” is misleading.
The income tax is LESS THAN HALF of what most of us pay the government.
Kristin Tate has been researching that:
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Tax Myths
Monday is #TaxDay.
President Biden says tax increases on the rich will bring in more revenue.
I doubt it.
They would lead to lots more accountants finding loopholes ... and a lot less productive work:
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Bankrupting America
When Covid hit, politicians rushed to spend money. I warned: "our national debt is already $24 trillion."
That seems quaint. It’s $34 trillion now.
Politicians are so irresponsible:
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Teachers Unions vs Students
A full year after Covid began, teachers unions still shouted, "No school should reopen until it's safe!”
MILLIONS of kids lost years of learning.
Fortunately, independent schools did better.
Here's my report from when unions kept schools closed:
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6 Myths About Globalization, Trade, Jobs, and "Buy American”
Politicians on both sides now agree: globalization and free trade are BAD.
Much of what they say is just WRONG.
Let's debunk their myths:
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The Red Tape Pandemic
FLASHBACK: 4 years ago, I released my first video on COVID.
We didn't know much about it then.
But we did know that government rules messed up Covid testing, and delayed telemedicine.
Trump waived some rules, but we lost valuable time.
Let's learn from that!
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Trespassers Welcome: How the Law Protects Squatters
Crazy anti-landlord laws mean that in many states, if a squatter simply CLAIMS to have a lease, cops can’t do anything.
Flash Shelton tells me his solution: out-squat the squatter!
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Heroes of the Pandemic
As we look back on the 4 year anniversary of “15 days to slow the spread,” it is easy to see how politicians made things worse.
But lots of ordinary people fought the pandemic through voluntary cooperation.
They are the unsung heroes:
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We Are ALL Essential
4 years ago politicians were quick to use #Covid as an excuse to declare some Americans “essential,” and most others, not.
Interesting how often “essential” workers turned out to be ones who paid lobbyists.
Mike Rowe reminded us who really is essential:
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Covid: Don’t Let Them Off The Hook
4 years ago, we were told we had “15 days to slow the spread.”
Covid’s "15 days" turned into years, and the loss of our freedoms increased. It’s important we don’t forget what happened.
Politicians destroyed jobs and increased costs.
They made bad things worse with arbitrary rules, and on top of that, government probably killed people with its endless red tape.
Let’s remember politicians’ incompetence and their insatiable wish to gain power over us. Let’s never give them power like that again.
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Captain Kirk Debates Safety and Space Travel
Star Trek gave us a glimpse of what might be possible in the future. Now our technology is catching up to Star Trek. But would we be able to fly the Enterprise today?
Probably not -- we have so many regulations that the Enterprise wouldn't get off the ground.
Building the ship would be a pork project spread across every state, the Food Replicator would curtail eating choices, the TSA would make it hard to board...
Is “Star Trek -- The Libertarian Edition" possible? William Shatner sits down to debate.
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