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John Stossel is host of "Stossel" on the Fox Business Network. He's the author of "Give Me a Break" and of "Myth, Lies, and Downright Stupidity." To find out more about John Stossel, visit his site at johnstossel.com.
John Stossel's prime-time specials on myths, parenting issues, sex and trends in pop culture rate among the top news programs and have earned him uncommon praise: "The most consistently thought-provoking TV reporter of our time," said The Dallas Morning News. The Orlando Sentinel said John Stossel "has the gift for entertaining while saying something profound."
John Stossel takes this reporting expertise and applies it to his weekly newspaper column for Creators Syndicate. Ready to cover topics newspaper readers care about, John Stossel pokes fun at the ridiculous and lauds the excellent.
Newspaper editors may wonder whether Stossel's incredible TV ratings will translate from TV to print. The answer to that question is a resounding yes: Last year, HarperCollins published Stossel's book "Give Me a Break," and readers (the same ones who read newspapers) made it a New York Times bestseller for 11 weeks.
John Stossel's most recent special, "Lies, Myths, and Downright Stupidity," exposed myths about gun control, leisure time and the garbage "crisis." "John Stossel Goes to Washington" looked at how, under Democrats and Republicans, government keeps growing, while "Tampering with Nature" suggested that some environmentalists go overboard and most tampering is a good thing.
John Stossel's first special -- "Are We Scaring Ourselves to Death?" -- examined exaggerated fears of things like chemicals and crime. It was followed by "The Blame Game," which looked at Americans' tendency to blame their misfortunes on others. In "You Can't Say That!" John Stossel looked at the battle between free speech and censorship. John Stossel focused on bogus lawsuits in "The Trouble With Lawyers" and bogus scientific claims in "Junk Science: What You Know That May Not Be So."
John Stossel has received 19 Emmy Awards and has been honored five times for excellence in consumer reporting by the National Press Club. Among John Stossel's other awards are the George Polk Award for Outstanding Local Reporting and the George Foster Peabody Award.
John Stossel is a graduate of Princeton University, with a Bachelor of Arts degree in psychology.
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John Stossel (May 23, 2012)
Instinctively, we look for people's motives. We need to know whom we can trust and whom we can't. We're especially skeptical of business because we know business wants our... more
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John Stossel (May 16, 2012)
When my wife was a liberal, she complained that libertarian reasoning is coldhearted. Since markets produce winners and losers -- and many losers did nothing wrong --... more
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John Stossel (May 09, 2012)
A child leaving home alone for the first time takes a risk. So does the entrepreneur who opens a new business. I no more want government to prevent us from doing these things... more
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John Stossel (May 02, 2012)
The human brain is torn between simple intuition and the more complex hard work of figuring out the unintended consequences of any policy. Who doesn't like thinking about... more
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John Stossel (Apr 25, 2012)
Instinct tells us to fear poison. If our ancestors were not cautious about what they put in their mouths, they would not have survived long enough to produce us.... more
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John Stossel (Apr 18, 2012)
We spend too much time waiting for orders -- and money -- from Washington.
The collapse of the housing bubble gave politicians a license to do what they wanted to do all... more
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John Stossel (Apr 11, 2012)
I'm suspicious of superstitions, like astrology or the belief that "green jobs will fix the environment and the economy." I understand the appeal of such beliefs. People... more
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John Stossel (Apr 04, 2012)
Pssst. Want to buy some Stossels? They’re my own currency with my face on them.
Why should you trust them?
Because I promise to redeem them for gold. And I’m reliable.... more
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John Stossel (Mar 28, 2012)
Politicians say they "create jobs." In fact, only the private sector generates the information needed to create real, productive jobs.
Since this current post-recession... more
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John Stossel (Mar 21, 2012)
President Obama says he want to make society more fair. Advocates of big government believe fairness means taking from rich people and giving to others: poor people; or... more
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John Stossel (Mar 14, 2012)
"If you have 10,000 regulations," Winston Churchill said, "you destroy all respect for law."
He was right. But Churchill never imagined a government that would add 10,000... more
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John Stossel (Mar 07, 2012)
Now that Mitt Romney is likely to be the Republican nominee, we can expect new attacks on his "vulture capitalism." That's how Rick Perry characterized his private equity... more
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John Stossel (Feb 29, 2012)
Unlike Bill Clinton, President Obama admits he inhaled!. "Frequently," he said. "That was the point."
People laugh when politicians talk about their drug use. The... more
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John Stossel (Feb 24, 2012)
Want to open a business in America? It isn't easy.
In Midway, Ga., a 14-year-old girl and her 10-year-old sister sold lemonade from their front yard.... more
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John Stossel (Feb 22, 2012)
Imagine this family budget:
Last year, you earned $24,700. But you spent $37,900, incurring $13,300 in debt, and you were already $153,500 in debt.
So you say, "I... more
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John Stossel (Feb 15, 2012)
President Obama said in his State of the Union speech, "We've already agreed to more than $2 trillion in cuts and savings."
That was reassuring.
The new budget he... more
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John Stossel (Feb 08, 2012)
In the Declaration of Independence, Thomas Jefferson called the pursuit of happiness an unalienable right. This was a radical idea. For most of history, most people didn't... more
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John Stossel (Feb 01, 2012)
With an election approaching and at least some Americans upset about irresponsible spending, the president has finally expressed a political interest in cutting something. He... more
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John Stossel (Jan 25, 2012)
Has Barack Obama learned nothing in three years? Last night, during his State of the Union address, he promised "a blueprint for an economy." But economies are crushed by... more
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John Stossel (Jan 18, 2012)
Simple answers are so satisfying: Green jobs will fix the economy. Stimulus will create jobs. Charity helps people more than commerce. Everyone should vote.
Well, all... more
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John Stossel (Jan 11, 2012)
It's election season, and so once again people look for heroes. Is Ron Paul one? Maybe. He's fought a long, lonely battle to limit the power of government. As government... more
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John Stossel (Jan 04, 2012)
An idea walks into a bar. She meets another idea. They get together, and nine months later (or maybe it's nine minutes or seconds? It's not clear how it works with ideas), a... more