We media types obsess about America’s problems. But we should acknowledge that today, life in America is better than life has been anywhere, ever.

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Every Tuesday at JohnStossel.com, John Stossel posts a new video about the battle between government and freedom. Stossel is the author of "Give Me a Break: How I Exposed Hucksters, Cheats, and Scam ...

John Stossel has been a common sense TV journalist for many years. He even had his own show called "Common Sense with John Stossel" about 15 years ago. He was recently asked to come onto the ...

One popular meme says when baby boomers like me were young, “A family could own a home, a car and send their kids to college, all on one income.” “That’s a fantasy,” says economist Norbert Michel. “We ...