I'm not happy.

I'm often too anxious to be happy. Maybe it's a good thing. Maybe it made me try harder in school and work.

Charles de Gaulle was once asked, "Are you happy?" He answered, "What do you take me for, an idiot?"

I know what he meant. Maybe my unhappiness led me to try harder and that earned me my own TV show... continue reading »

Just now, during his State of the Union address, President Obama promised a "blueprint for an economy."

How silly. Politicians always think they can concoct a simple "blueprint" to make life fairer and better for all. But I say: No, thanks. We don't need more planning and more taxes. We need to shrink government.

In this week's syndicated column, I write what I wish the president would have said:... continue reading »

Tonight, I will host a special live edition of my show after the President's State of the Union Address... continue reading »

Instinct tells us flying is dangerous, charity helps the poor, price gouging is evil, and every adult should vote.

This week, I challenge those instincts and so do some of our guests, including Leda Cosmides, a UC Santa Barbara psychologist and Michael Shermer of Skeptic Magazine. They will explain why evolution makes us bad economists... continue reading »

On my Fox Business show last week, I celebrated some people who fight for liberty. Election season is upon us and I could have cited Ron Paul as a defender of freedom, but I didn't. I had some other idea in my column this week... continue reading »

This week, a tribute to people who make a difference in the fight for freedom.

People on the street in New York City told us that politicians are champions of freedom. Maybe a few have been -- but I'd argue that most politicians are enemies of freedom.

Tonight, Steve Forbes and John Allison, former CEO of BB&T bank, will talk about how entrepreneurs champion freedom, not bureaucracy and big government... continue reading »

Was 2011 good or bad for freedom?

To answer that question, I've booked an all-star libertarian panel:... continue reading »

This week, I report on the awful unintended consequences of big government meddling in our lives.

Central planners often have good intentions -- they just want to "feed the hungry" and "heal the sick" -- but now we have a crushing debt that could take us off a cliff. I'll talk to Congressman Paul Ryan about that.

Unions were supposed to be good for workers, but I'll show how union work rules kill prosperity... continue reading »

This week FBN airs one of my specials. I titled it after this cute Onion clip: "Should The Government Stop Dumping Money Into A Giant Hole?"

America is heading in the same direction as Greece—we will soon spend ourselves into oblivion.

But politicians across the spectrum still resist change. The “Deficit Supercommittee” is unlikely to come up with a plan -- and even if it does, it will hardly dent the long-term deficit... continue reading »

Did you know: Unions created the middle class, made workers safer, and helped blacks?

Actually, unions didn't. Free markets created the middle class, and the AFL's president, in support a law that protected union jobs, lamented that "colored labor is being sought to demoralize wage rates."

Did you know that FDR's New Deal solved the Great Depression?

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