Dr. John Lott has a new op-ed at Real Clear Politics. Also published at World Net Daily. . Many commentators claim that Islam does not pose a threat of violence in the United States. Influencers such as Tucker Carlson often repeat this argument. Others,...
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Letter Submitted to the Orange County Register Responding “For UCI professor, sharing data about immigrants and crime is risky,” which claims the professor taking the left wing position that illegals don’t commit much crime is somehow heroic
Responding to this piece in the Orange County Register (California), though it wasn't published by the newspaper. Links to sources for the New York data. The Maricopa County Attorney's Office data is here. More information here. Dear Editor: Your article on UCI...
At Real Clear Politics: Gun Control’s Endgame: No Guns for Anyone
Dr. John Lott has a new op-ed at Real Clear Politics about how gun control advocates don't want civilians or the police to have guns. Also reprinted at Zero Hedged, World Net Daily, American Greatness, Lucianne.com, MSN, and AOL.com . Gun control advocates do not just...
At the Washington Times: Democrats say sexual misconduct should not be tolerated, and then they tolerate it
Dr. John Lott has a new op-ed at the Washington Times on the hypocrisy of some politicians. ; Congressmen Thomas Massie (R-KY) and Ro Khanna (D-CA) spearheaded the bipartisan effort to force the release of the Epstein files, serving as the bill’s primary Republican...
At Real Clear Politics: From Whiskey to Weed: A Second Amendment Fight
Dr. John Lott and his wife Laura have a piece up at Real clear Politics on today's oral arguments before the Supreme Court. It was also carried at ZeroHedge. . Are regular marijuana users the modern equivalent of “habitual drunkards” at the Founding? What about...
At The Federalist: The Real Rate Of Transgender Violence Is Much Worse Than The Media Wants To Admit
Dr. John Lott has a new piece at The Federalist on the shooting crimes by transgender individuals. This piece was the top trending piece at The Federalist. . We’re repeatedly told that transgender individuals are “not prone to commit gun violence.” Major...
At Real Clear Politics: Virtually All Countries Support Voter Photo ID – So Why the Filibuster?
Dr. John Lott has a new op-ed on the upcoming push to pass the SAVE Act. Besides appearing originally at Real Clear Politics, it has also appeared at Zero Hedge. . “The bottom line is this: voter ID is not controversial in this country,” Harry Enten, the chief data...
At Real Clear Politics: Democrats Using Shutdown Threat To Rewrite Immigration Enforcement
Dr. John Lott has a new op-ed at Real Clear Politics on the demands the Democrats have or they will shutdown the government again. . Another government shutdown looks increasingly likely by the end of the week. Democrats are demanding that major changes to Department...
At the New York Post: How Trump’s ICE enforcement record blows Obama’s out of the water— by a lot
Dr. John Lott has a new piece at the New York Post evaluating the media's claims about Trump's immigration enforcement during 2025. It is important to recognize that these numbers are strongly biased in favor of making the Obama administration immigration enforcement...
At the Wall Street Journal: Hawaii Tries to Evade the Second Amendment
Dr. John Lott has a new piece at the Wall Street Journal. . Blue-state gun laws are back before the Supreme Court. The justices barred states in 2022 from requiring concealed-handgun permit applicants to demonstrate a need for the license. Rather than comply with...
Spectator Australia: Australians more likely to be victims of violent crime than Americans
Dr. John Lott and CPRC senior fellow Kesten Green, who is also a researcher at the Adelaide University, College of Business and Law, have a new op-ed piece in the Spectator Australia. More information on this issue is provided in our post here. An additional reason...
At the New York Post: New data reveals the horrific truth about illegal-immigrant crime
Dr. John Lott has a new op-ed at the New York Post. ChatGPT and Grok's evaluations of the accuracy of the article are attached at the end. A comparison is also provided for the Texas and American Community Survey (ACS) data that is often used by those who want to...







