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Steven Greenhut

Steven Greenhut

Steven Greenhut is a senior fellow and Western region director for the R Street Institute. Write to him at sgreenhut@rstreet.org. His political views are his own.
by | Jan 5, 2022

Sacramento The COVID-19 pandemic has become the go-to excuse for pretty much everything these days, from reduced public services and…

by | Dec 15, 2021

“Democracy,” H.L. Mencken wrote, “is the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it…

by | Dec 9, 2021

Sacramento Like rust, California’s initiative process never sleeps. There’s always some new political battle that’s brewing given the state’s permissive…

by | Dec 1, 2021

Sacramento It’s easy to look back at California’s overreaching anti-crime measures from the 1990s and scratch our heads at the…

by | Nov 24, 2021

Sacramento — There are so many reasons to oppose the Democrats’ $1.9 trillion Build Back Better legislation, not the least…

by | Nov 18, 2021

Sacramento In terms of an understatedly savage insult, it’s hard to top the president’s press secretary, Jen Psaki, for her…

by | Nov 3, 2021

During the coronavirus lockdowns, Washington State Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler, a Democrat, used his emergency rulemaking powers to ban the…

by | Oct 27, 2021

Sacramento Nearly 40 percent of cargo shipped into the United States enters through the ports of Los Angeles and Long…

by | Oct 20, 2021

Sacramento A recent attack piece on ride-sharing giants Uber and Lyft by New York Times editorial-board member Greg Bensinger expresses…

by | Oct 13, 2021

Sacramento — My opinion of electric vehicles and other electrified machinery is — to excuse the pun — neutral. They…

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