This is a piece that Dr. John Lott wrote and submitted to the Missoulian a few weeks before he left the CPRC. It also appeared in the Montana Standard (Butte, Montana) on the same day. Imagine driving your car along and the rules of the road keep changing from one...
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At Newsweek: Biden is trying to Bribe Voters with Student Loan Forgiveness
Here is an opinion piece on Joe Biden trying to bribe voters. We put five children through college (one is still attending). We saved up. We never took out any loans, as we didn't want our kids burdened with debt. Our kids went to William & Mary, Mary Washington,...
In the Missoulian: A fighting chance to stop school shootings
The CPRC's Nikki Goeser has a piece in the Missoulian newspaper. I started high school back in 1991, before “active shooter” drills for students and teachers existed. Never did I imagine that we as a society would have to deal with such evil in the world and our...
In the Minneapolis Star Tribune: Beware a filibuster-free Senate, The changes they would bring could produce a very different country than the one we see today
Dr. John Lott and CPRC Board Member Joe Olson have an new op-ed piece in the Minneapolis Star Tribune that discusses what is at For months, Joe Biden, Kamala Harris and Senate Democrats have talked about eliminating the filibuster. With Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s...
At the Wall Street Journal: Democrats Are Coming for Your Guns: Holding gun makers liable for gun crimes hurts the vulnerable
Dr. John Lott has a new piece at the Wall Street Journal. When President Trump introduced Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett, he warned: “The coming years will decide the survival of our Second Amendment.” He’s right. Joe Biden’s campaign website contains a...
Our article on how this election will determine whether people can privately own guns makes the cover of Newsweek
We have previously posted our article titled: Americans’ Very Right To Keep And Bear Arms Is On The Ballot This Election. Newsweek now has the article in print. You can see the title just above the Newsweek headline.
At Townhall: Why Democrats’ Threat to Abolish the Filibuster Means the End of the United States as we Know It
Dr. John Lott has a new piece at Townhall on the impact of Democrats promises to get rid of the filibuster. For months, Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, and Senate Democrats have talked about eliminating the filibuster. And with Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s death, the discussion by...
At Newsweek: Biden Got the Coronavirus Death Toll Wrong
Dr. John Lott and Dr. Timothy Craig Allen have a new piece on the Coronavirus discussion in the first presidential debate up at Newsweek. On Tuesday night, in his first debate with President Donald Trump, Joe Biden claimed "200,000 dead, 7 million infected [with the...
At Real Clear Politics: Debate Was a Missed Chance to Detail Mail-In Vote Flaws
The first presidential debate between President Trump versus Joe Biden rehashed a lot of false claims about vote fraud. Here is Dr. John Lott's piece at Real Clear Politics about some of the false claims made by Joe Biden and Chris Wallace during the debate. Neither...
In the Missoulian: Proof of expertise
Responding to attacks on an op-ed that I recently wrote in the Missoulian. They called into question both my expertise as an economist to deal with price controls and claims regarding the National Research Council work regarding firearms and violence. An...
At Real Clear Politics: Amy Coney Barrett a Clear 2nd Amendment Backer
Dr. John Lott has a new piece at Real Clear Politics. The Second Amendment is hanging in the balance, and Trump’s Supreme Court nomination this Saturday will determine its fate. All of Trump’s likely nominees – 7th Circuit Judge Amy Coney Barrett, 11th Circuit Judge...
At Townhall: Democrats’ Threats to End the Filibuster and Pack the Supreme Court Will Help Republicans in November
Dr. John Lott has a new piece up at Townhall. Despite pundits’ reactions to the contrary, the new Supreme Court vacancy will improve Republican odds keeping the Senate and the presidency. The Democrats are showing voters, like never before, what is at stake in this...







