Dr. John Lott talked to Lars Larson about the continual errors in the FBI report on active shootings. The FBI report is missing a lot of cases where concealed handgun permit holders have stopped active shooters. (Monday, July 2, 2018, from 7:22 to 7:30 AM) Lars...
Dr. John Lott has a new piece at Townhall regarding what to expect in the confirmation battle over Justice Kennedy's replacement on the Supreme Court. Here is a simple rule: you can judge the caliber of President Trump’s Supreme Court nominee by how angry the...
Breitbart.com, June 25, 2018 and related stories at The Western Journal, June 26, 2018; Inquisitr, June 26, 2018; Russia Television, June 26, 2018; Think Progress, June 25, 2018; and The Blaze, June 26 2018 Now voices as disparate as actor James Woods, law professor...
Dr. John Lott has a new piece at The Hill on the decline in political civility. It really is true that there’s been a decline in political civility in recent years. Some say it started with Robert Bork’s 1987 Supreme Court confirmation battle. Whenever it started, we...
The shooting at the Capital Gazette newspaper in Annapolis appears to be the result of a defamation suit against the newspaper that had been brought by the killer. But the media needs to be very careful how they cover these cases. Saying that this is "one of the...
Dr. John Lott talked to Steve Gruber on the Michigan Talk Network about Lott's recent op-ed in The Hill newspaper on the media constantly misstating and misinterpreting President Trump's statements when they say he lies. (Tuesday, June 26, 2018, 6:45 to 6:52 AM)
Michael Bloomberg is giving strong signals he will run for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2020 at age 78. Bloomberg is getting a lot of IOUs from Democrats. He is putting $80 million this year to help Democrats take control of Congress. He is putting tens...
Dr. John Lott has become a columnist at Townhall. His first piece keys off an article that was in Monday's New York Time and their initial investigation into Ali Watkin possibly using sex to obtain leaks from the Senate Intelligence Committee. The op-ed starts this...
UPDATE: New Rasmussen Poll: "59% of all voters are concerned that those opposed to President Trump’s policies will resort to violence, with 33% who are Very Concerned" During March of Obama's second year in office, the same numbers were "53% and 28% respectively."...
Media bias on guns takes many forms. In just 34 seconds, this segment from CBS' Ransom tries making the case that owning a gun didn't provide protection against attackers but still puts their children in danger (Season 2, Episode 11, June 23, 2018). The wife is also...
Atlanta, Georgia, June 16, 2018 (WSB-TV Channel 2) Three would-be robbers are in the hospital after the couple they targeted pulled a gun and fought back. . . . Investigators said three people followed a couple out of the grocery store along Wesley Chapel Road and...
Dr. John Lott has a new piece in The Hill about the constant lies that the media makes against President Trump. President Trump’s half-hour, impromptu interview on Fox & Friends on last Friday sent the media’s fact checkers into overdrive this weekend. Everyone...