The Thing That Works By John Stossel
Young people now blame capitalism for poverty, racism, high prices, even climate change.
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May 13, 2026
May 13, 2026
The Senate’s Silent Veto: Election Integrity Blocked by Filibuster By Brian C. Joondeph, M.D.
Power unused is power surrendered. That’s the reality Senate Republicans now face.
May 12, 2026
Angry About High Prices? Blame Biden and Big Government! By Stephen Moore
The new consumer prices report showing a 3.8% price rise in April confirms what Americans have been complaining about for months: Inflation is continuing to squeeze family budgets.
May 12, 2026
Virginia Democrats Reveal a Radical Design By Daniel McCarthy
Virginia Democrats are doing an unwitting service to the whole country -- by revealing just how hostile their party is to the most essential checks and balances.
May 8, 2026
Trump's Churchillian Foreign Policy By Michael Barone
Knowingly or not, President Donald Trump, in his decision to attack Iran, has embarked on a foreign policy that has been, on and off, both persistent and controversial in the great English-speaking nations. You can trace it back at least to the Glorious Revolution of 1688-89: the ouster of King James II of England and his replacement by his son-in-law and nephew William, Prince of Orange, and his daughter Mary, as William III and Mary II.
May 7, 2026
House Rating Changes: 17 Shifts in Florida, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, and Elsewhere By Kyle Kondik
KEY POINTS FROM THIS ARTICLE
— In addition to formalizing nine ratings changes in Florida following the state adopting a new Republican gerrymander, we also are making eight other changes.
— These come in some states that were at the center of Tuesday night’s electoral action: Ohio, Michigan, and Indiana, with others coming in Minnesota, North Carolina, and Texas.
— The Florida changes, on balance, help the GOP bottom line in the House, while the other changes benefit Democrats.
— Our overall House ratings show 213 districts rated as Safe, Likely, or Leans Democratic, 207 rated Safe, Likely, or Leans Republican, and 15 rated as Toss-ups.
May 6, 2026
Data Center Freak-Out By John Stossel
Data centers are big buildings full of machines that process what we do on our phones and computers.
May 5, 2026
The Silenced Generation By Daniel McCarthy
Are America's college students doing to themselves what the Chinese Communist state does to its citizens?
May 1, 2026
The Young, Violent Political Left By Michael Barone
You have to be awfully smart to believe something this stupid. In a Manhattan Institute survey of Democratic voters, 46% said they believed it was definitely or probably true that "the assassination attempt against Donald Trump in July 2024 was orchestrated by his supporters to increase sympathy for him."
April 29, 2026
Hospitals and Insurers Are Getting Rich Off Medical Fraud By Stephen Moore
Polls show Americans are angry -- and rightly so -- at accelerating medical bills. Meanwhile, the insurers and hospitals keep raking in record profits.
April 28, 2026
Colleges Are Making Political Violence Worse By Daniel McCarthy
The ranks of would-be presidential assassins are a cavalcade of losers, yet the latest shooter who set out to murder Donald Trump -- the man who opened fire at the White House Correspondents' Dinner on Sunday -- turns out to have an elite educational background.
April 24, 2026
All Redistricting Reformers Are Hypocrites By Michael Barone
Hypocrisy was triumphant, as it usually is in arguments over redistricting, in Virginia this week, as voters approved a "fairness" constitutional amendment allowing the Democratic-majority legislature to enact a congressional districting plan that is expected to increase Democrats' edge in its congressional delegation from 6-5 to 10-1. This is a state that former Vice President Kamala Harris carried over then-candidate Donald Trump by a 52% to 46% margin.
April 22, 2026
Voters Approving Virginia Democratic Gerrymander Puts Democrats on Cusp of 218 House Seats in Ratings, but Questions Remain By Kyle Kondik
KEY POINTS FROM THIS ARTICLE
— Virginia voters on Tuesday evening approved a new Democratic U.S. House gerrymander.
— As a result, we are moving four House ratings in favor of Democrats.
— The new Virginia map is not completely set, though, as the Supreme Court of Virginia could still revert to the old map if it finds that Virginia Democrats did not follow proper procedure in presenting this constitutional amendment to voters.
April 22, 2026
Vance-Rubio: A Republican Ticket Built for 2028 By Brian C. Joondeph, M.D.
With the 2024 election decided, the political conversation has already moved on: what comes next? For Republicans, that question increasingly centers on J. D. Vance.
April 22, 2026
The Triumph of Economic Freedom? By John Stossel
Prices rise. People blame capitalism.
April 21, 2026
Immigration Amnesty by Any Other Name By Daniel McCarthy
"Dignity" is just another word for "amnesty" in an ill-conceived law now being pushed by a Miami-area Republican congresswoman.
April 21, 2026
Lawyers Sue for Higher Prices By Stephen Moore
You aren't going to believe the latest lawsuit fad in America: suing companies as monopolistic for cutting prices to consumers. In legal mumbo jumbo, this is called "predatory pricing" -- keeping prices lower than charged by competitors. The idea is to keep prices so low that rival firms can't compete. Quick, throw Walmart, Home Depot and McDonald's in jail.
April 17, 2026
How Hungary Matters By Michael Barone
What's the big deal about Hungary? It's a central European country with 9.5 million people -- slightly less in population and area than the Lower Peninsula of Michigan. But it's been the subject of more care, attention and debate in America than any other country in Europe or the Western Hemisphere.
