Steven Greenhut
Sacramento A recent attack piece on ride-sharing giants Uber and Lyft by New York Times editorial-board member Greg Bensinger expresses a Seinfeld quality that is reminiscent of that sitcom’s hilarious mock holiday known as Festivus. During the December 23 event…
Sacramento — My opinion of electric vehicles and other electrified machinery is — to excuse the pun — neutral. They offer advantages and disadvantages over items powered by internal-combustion engines. As consumers, we have the common-sense ability to weigh the…
Sacramento In rejecting “free-market fundamentalism,” a new breed of populist conservatives has pitched a variety of political ideas that certainly stray from long-running Republican fundamentals. Apparently, the threat from Big Tech and “the Left” is so perilous and unprecedented that…
Sacramento — In the rural area where I live, those black flags with the thin-blue-line stripe have supplanted the stars and stripes as the chosen expression of patriotism. I refer to them as the “please tread on me,” or “I…
Sacramento Puritanism is a weird thing, in that its modern-day adherents don’t seem to rely on any consistent principle beyond wanting to legalize behaviors they personally find acceptable and banning those behaviors that they don’t particularly like. People on the…
Sacramento In the signature-gathering days of California’s second gubernatorial recall election, I repeatedly expressed my fears to conservative activists about the perils of heading down this path. If you take a swing at the champ, you better not miss. Are…
Sacramento The California Legislature obviously has far more important issues to address than the wildfires that are raging across the state and the empty reservoirs that are leading local water agencies to impose draconian rationing rules. Instead of, say, fixing…
Sacramento The rule of thumb with progressives and California’s robust initiative, referendum, and recall process is that they’re in favor of giving the people the power to control their government — provided they vote the way progressives would like. When…
Sacramento California Democrats, who control all the levers of power, suddenly are playing defense, as new polls suggest that Gov. Gavin Newsom, could actually be booted from office in a Sept. 14 recall election that has gained a surprising amount…
