Dr. John Lott has a new piece at the Daily Caller on Media bias in the reporting of the vehicle attack in Spain. We have done work on vehicle attacks around the world. The news media wants to tie everything it can to the Charlottesville attack. Wolf Blitzer was...
Dr. John Lott has a new piece at The Hill about how the media is completely distorting what Trump has said about Charlottesville. The piece starts this way: Has the media ever so deliberately and consistently misinterpreted what a president said? It certainly seems...
Dr. John Lott has a new piece at Fox News responding to the claims in the New York Times that communists in the former Soviet Union had better sex. But the policies that the Soviet Union set up to weaken the family have a much darker side. The move to single parent...
Kevin Hassett's confirmation to chair the Council of Economic Advisers is important not just taxes but also for a whole range of other issues, including crime. The Council of Economic Advisers touches on every issue that economists have done research on. From the...
Dr. John Lott has a new piece in the Chicago Tribune today (it will be in the print edition tomorrow). The piece starts this way: When it comes to voting rights, any obstacles outrage liberals; even free government-issued IDs are viewed as disenfranchising poor and...
Dr. John Lott has a new piece at Fox News on the incredibly slow confirmation process for Trump's nominees. Because of the delays created by the Democrats, even if Trump had nominated people as quickly as past administrations, it wouldn't have made any difference in...
Dr. John Lott has his newest piece in The Hill newspaper on Tuesday's DC Federal Circuit Court decision regarding DC's ban on concealed handguns. The piece starts this way: As of July 3, there were just 124 concealed handgun permit holders in Washington, D.C. But,...
Dr. John Lott has a new op-ed at the Wall Street Journal: Each year brings a new record increase in the number of concealed handgun permits. The rate of growth in permits among women and minorities has far outpaced growth among white men. The data paint a picture of...
Dr. John Lott has a new piece at The Hill newspaper on how the media covered this past weekend's Women's March. Here is the beginning of the piece: Gun control advocates keep claiming that guns are only used to kill people and that people should just rely on the...
Dr. John Lott has a new op-ed at The Hill newspaper about false statements being made by the organizers of the Women's March on the NRA today and the mainstream media. The piece starts this way: The Women’s March protest today at NRA headquarters was partially...
Dr. John Lott has a new piece at Fox News about the claim that there is a "women's view" on guns. Is there a women’s view on guns? The organizers of the massive Women's March — which took place the day after President Trump's inauguration — are holding a protest...
Dr. John Lott has a new op-ed at Fox News on a study that has been getting a fair amount of attention over the last couple of weeks. Would you rely almost exclusively on trends in Hawaii to predict violent crime rates in Idaho, Minnesota, Mississippi, Nebraska, and...