Steven Greenhut
SACFRAMENTO — Oklahoma Gov. J. Kevin Stitt is taking expected political heat for his courageous decision last week to veto Senate Bill 102, which would have boosted pensions for the state’s police officers to the “3 percent at 50” retirement formula…
SACRAMENTO — Am I wrong to notice that Gavin Newsom doesn’t seem particularly interested in the nuts-and-bolts of governing the nation’s most-populous state but instead prefers gallivanting around the country and globe giving lectures about “transformative” political ideas? Political travel…
SACRAMENTO — Reflecting on the early years of automotive history, Alexander Winton — who arguably sold the first-ever automobile in 1897 — recalled the naysayers who couldn’t envision the idea that horseless carriages would ever gain widespread acceptance. They viewed…
SACRAMENTO — President Joe Biden is nothing if not persistent with his ongoing plan to largely put independent contractors and freelancers out of business — part of his efforts to placate progressive union activists at the expense of ordinary Americans….
SACRAMENTO — In the last year, I’ve made three driving errors that sparked the notice of the police. In my latest misstep, I carelessly rode my motorcycle 20 miles over the speed limit as I spent more time enjoying the…
SACRAMENTO — Around this time last year, California Gov. Gavin Newsom toured the Southland —that is, Southern states such as Mississippi and Alabama, as opposed to communities in Southern California — as part of his Campaign for Democracy. It was…
SACRAMENTO — The issue of patents — the intellectual property rights granted to inventors that give them exclusive control over their invention — has long divided supporters of the free-market system. It’s always a contentious topic in libertarian circles, something…
California’s progressive Democrats like to present themselves as boundary-breaking advocates of, well, progress as they advocate policies that reject the desiccated notions of the past. This rarely turns out well, as they generally push for more government regulations, spending, and…
As a libertarian, I accept that any relatively free society will tolerate certain disreputable business models and inadvisable personal choices. As a general principle, adults should largely be free to make their own decisions, even if they’re unwise. And prohibitionist policies…
SACRAMENTO — President Joe Biden’s State of the Union address was mostly about political posturing (and proving that he was still alive and kicking) rather than policy, but one of the few granular policy areas he touched on involved something…
