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There's a new delivery system in town.

Well ... maybe not in your town.

In some places, drones are now allowed to deliver small packages, groceries and takeout.

Companies like Wing and Zipline bring people hot meals in under 10 minutes.

I had to watch it to believe it. You can see it in my new video.

Drone delivery makes sense. Drones are...Read more

Just two years ago, the United Nations secretary general announced, "Global warming has ended ... The era of global boiling has arrived!"

"(We were) warned about this," said a "Daily Show" host, "by every scientist for the last 50 years!"

His audience applauded.

Wow. Every scientist agreed!

But here's the thing. They didn't.

My new ...Read more

I've failed!

I make the case for free markets... some young people elect socialists!

What are they thinking?

Do they even think?

Do they pay any attention to history?

Or economics?

Socialism always fails.

Only markets create environments that let people prosper.

"Getting the right environment -- this country's done it ...Read more

"We are doomed and our leaders are insane."

So wrote journalist Matt Taibbi recently.

Taibbi didn't respond to our request for an interview, but he raises issues that deserve debate. So this is based on his column.

"Not one of our presidents ..." Taibbi writes, "can resist starting wars."

When the Soviet Union fell, President Bill Clinton ...Read more

A few years ago, nuclear power looked doomed.

Plants were shutting down.

Former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo won applause bragging about closing a nuclear plant "14 years ahead of schedule."

"Why would they applaud?" asks former nuclear engineer Ray Rothrock. "They shut down New York's finest source of clean energy."

Rothrock has met with ...Read more

More young people vote for socialists.

They believe socialism is good for the poor, and "pro-working class."

But is it?

Leyla Taghiyeva interviewed psychologist Rob Henderson, who points out that few poor people want socialism:

"When you actually see who supports socialism, these are people who are relatively well off," he says.

Henderson ...Read more

Car accidents kill 100 Americans every day.

But now an amazing solution is available: self-driving cars.

Robotaxis like Google-owned Waymo, for example.

Passengers who try them, like them.

Wherever robotaxis are allowed, ridership increases fast.

Two years ago, there were 50,000 trips per week -- today 500,000.

"The car did a better job ...Read more

Not long ago, new kinds of jobs appeared.

app-based gig work.

They include jobs like dog walking on Rover.

Taskrabbit work.

DoorDash food delivery.

Uber and Lyft driving.

Some percentage of people like gig work.

It's flexible.

You work when you want to work.

If there's work.

But "workers' rights" activists and governing socialists ...Read more

People are excited about peptides.

The internet is filled with claims: Peptides raise your energy, boost metabolism, clear your skin, slow down aging, build more muscle, repair injuries ...

I want some!

But there's a problem: The FDA bans most of them.

Why?

Dr. Anita Gupta, an anesthesiologist and pharmacist who was on the FDA committee ...Read more

Politicians promise they'll "help" us.

President Donald Trump says he'll "create the jobs and future you deserve."

President Joe Biden liked to say, "Help is on the way."

I prefer President Ronald Reagan's: "The nine most terrifying words in the English language are, 'I'm from the government and I'm here to help.'"

An economy runs best when ...Read more

Is your business "needed"?

Bizarrely, in many states, if you want to start a business, you first must convince bureaucrats that your business is "needed."

Four years ago, Louisiana blocked social worker Ursula Newell-Davis from helping kids with special needs.

Bureaucrats said she hadn't proved her business was needed.

"Why does the state ...Read more

This summer, the United States celebrates its 250th birthday.

In 1776, few people believed this new version of self-government would last.

After the Constitutional Convention, Benjamin Franklin was asked what kind of government the Founding Fathers had created.

"A republic," he replied, "if you can keep it."

If ...

It's rare that a ...Read more

Billionaire Tom Steyer used his money to attack a lone climate researcher.

Roger Pielke Jr.'s research on climate and disaster policy wins awards and is cited by the United Nations' Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.

"My views are entirely mainstream," says Pielke. "My work is cited by all three working groups of the IPCC. There's ...Read more