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After This Election, Is America Still the World's 'Indispensable' Nation?

Election 2024 Steven Greenhut | 11.15.2024 7:30 AM Few Americans were thinking about historical and political trends...

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New Cities Offer a Chance To Rethink How Local Government Works

Housing Policy Steven Greenhut | 11.1.2024 7:30 AM The average age of an owner-occupied house in California is 45...

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The 'Degrowth' Mentality Promises a World of Poverty and Misery

Economic Growth Steven Greenhut | 10.25.2024 7:30 AM Some ideas are so incredibly asinine and destructive that...

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In Rush to Redevelop, a California City Tramples Property Rights

Property Rights Steven Greenhut | 10.18.2024 7:30 AM Nearly 17 years ago, I penned a feature column for The Orange...

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Argentina Ended Rent Control. Guess What Happened Next.

Free Markets Steven Greenhut | 10.11.2024 9:15 AM It should go without saying, but the United States became the...

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Learning the Wrong Lessons From the Eminent Domain Legacy at Chavez Ravine

Eminent Domain Steven Greenhut | 10.4.2024 7:30 AM In their efforts to protect the downtrodden, progressives...

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Trump's and Vance's Attacks on Haitian Immigrants Reveal a Complete Lack of Decency

Immigration Steven Greenhut | 9.27.2024 7:00 AM Sen. Joseph McCarthy rose to prominence in the 1950s as he leveled...

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California Lawmakers Think They Can Outsmart AI

Artificial Intelligence Steven Greenhut | 9.20.2024 7:30 AM Quotation compilations are filled with jabs at...

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Urban Living Would Be Better if Big City Governments Were Less Incompetent

Cities Steven Greenhut | 9.13.2024 7:30 AM One of the silliest things about the urbanism movement is its insistence...

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Harris' Candidacy Puts a Spotlight on California's Failed Policies

California Steven Greenhut | 9.6.2024 7:30 AM After Vice President Kamala Harris secured the Democratic nomination...

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Gavin Newsom's 'Price Gouging' Shtick Is Running on Empty

California Steven Greenhut | 8.30.2024 7:30 AM One of the more useful functions on the social media site X (formerly...

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Limit Government's Use of Surveillance Technology Before It's Too Late

Surveillance Steven Greenhut | 8.23.2024 7:30 AM One of the constant themes in dystopian movies and novels is the...

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California's Unions Lost Their Long Battle Against Uber and Lyft

California Steven Greenhut | 8.9.2024 7:30 AM The California Supreme Court deserves two cheers for its...

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J.D. Vance Has Changed a Lot Since the Days of Hillbilly Elegy

J.D. Vance Steven Greenhut | 8.2.2024 7:30 AM Vice-presidential nominee J.D. Vance's book, Hillbilly Elegy, came out...

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Biden and Trump Are Pushing the Same Failed Trade Policies

Free Trade Steven Greenhut | 7.19.2024 7:30 AM In a letter to House Democrats urging their support for his...

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California Gov. Gavin Newsom Crushed a Ballot Initiative That Could Have Limited Tax Increases

Gavin Newsom Steven Greenhut | 7.12.2024 7:30 AM Both major American political camps are convinced that democracy is...

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Project 2025: The Heritage Foundation's Plan To Embrace Bigger Government During Trump's Second Term

Politics Steven Greenhut | 6.28.2024 7:30 AM After casting my first vote for Jimmy Carter in the 1980 presidential...

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Boom in DIY Medical Testing Gives Americans More Control Over Their Health

Health Care Steven Greenhut | 6.21.2024 7:45 AM One of my favorite memes on X this week showed two...

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Republicans Upset by Trump's Conviction Should Embrace Criminal Justice Reform

Donald Trump Steven Greenhut | 6.14.2024 7:45 AM As a general rule in politics and public policy, I'd suggest...

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California Is Doubling Down on Banning Plastic Bags

California Steven Greenhut | 6.7.2024 7:00 AM You know those scenes from old Western movies (or Bugs Bunny) where...

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California's Regulations Might Steer Self-Driving Innovations to Other States

California Steven Greenhut | 5.31.2024 7:30 AM While christening a new UCLA technology and research center in...

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California Lawmakers Might Resurrect Failed 'Urban Renewal' Program

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California's Leaders Still Ignoring State Pension Debt

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'Equity' Grading Is the Latest Educational Fad Destined To Fail

Public schools Steven Greenhut | 5.3.2024 7:30 AM Modern public-education history is littered with novel education...

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California's New Social Media Law Invites Expensive Lawsuits

Free Speech Steven Greenhut | 4.26.2024 7:30 AM After the California Assembly's Privacy and Consumer Protection...

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California Is Trying To Drive Landlords Out of Business

Housing Policy Steven Greenhut | 4.19.2024 7:30 AM What do the state's insurance and housing crises have in common?...

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Combat Disinformation With Better Norms, Not More Laws

Disinformation Steven Greenhut | 4.12.2024 7:30 AM In a typically unhinged social-media post last month, Donald...

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What the Biden Administration Could Learn From California's Attempt To Ban Independent Contracting

Labor Steven Greenhut | 4.5.2024 7:30 AM Perhaps I'm old fashioned, but I don't see a role for government in...

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California Won't Let Homeowners Insurance Companies Raise Rates, so They're Leaving the State Instead

California Steven Greenhut | 3.29.2024 7:30 AM Reading insurance trade magazines isn't everyone's idea of a great...

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The Lesson of COVID-19: Don't Give Government More Power

Pandemic Steven Greenhut | 3.22.2024 7:30 AM The great conservative thinker William F. Buckley in 1963 wrote that...

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Senate Race Revealed Shortcomings of California's 'Top Two' Primary Reform

Elections Steven Greenhut | 3.15.2024 7:30 AM If you think debates about tinkering with election rules are vicious,...

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A Brand New City in Northern California Will Show if the State Is Serious About Housing Solutions

California Steven Greenhut | 3.8.2024 7:45 AM Surveys consistently show that owning a home is one of the keys to...

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More Evidence That COVID School Closures Wrecked Student Performance

Education Steven Greenhut | 3.1.2024 7:30 AM When COVID-19 shuttered virtually everything in 2020 and forced public...

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Don't Let Crime Fears Undermine Americans' Rights

Crime Steven Greenhut | 2.23.2024 7:30 AM Whenever the nation faces a safety threat—e.g., a high-profile shooting,...

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Progressives Are Ditching Free Speech To Fight 'Disinformation'

Free Speech Steven Greenhut | 2.16.2024 7:30 AM In my column last week, I detailed how GOP lawmakers in several...

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Nanny State Social Media Mandates Are No Substitute for Effective Parenting

Nanny State Steven Greenhut | 2.9.2024 7:30 AM One of the basic tenets of American conservatism—at least it has...

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Why Are Pickup Trucks Ridiculously Huge? Blame Government.

Free Trade Steven Greenhut | 2.2.2024 7:30 AM One of my favorite economic rules is simple. Whenever a progressive...

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Parents, Not Government, Should Control How Kids Use Social Media

Social Media Steven Greenhut | 1.19.2024 7:30 AM It's been 21 years since the feds "protected" us from endless...

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Pol Pot's Atrocities Still Matter, 45 Years After Khmer Rouge's Fall

Communism Steven Greenhut | 1.12.2024 8:00 AM Forty-five years ago last Sunday, Vietnamese troops seized Phnom Penh...

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The Modern Miracle of Cheap Aluminum Foil

Economics Steven Greenhut | 1.5.2024 8:00 AM My favorite social-media post in recent weeks (from a Seattle-based...

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Newsom Defies Environmentalist Opposition To Build Badly Needed Water Tunnel

Energy & Environment Steven Greenhut | 12.29.2023 8:01 AM The Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta is the West Coast's...

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Why a Huge Budget Deficit Might Be Good News for California

Government Spending Steven Greenhut | 12.22.2023 8:00 AM As someone who watches the governor and Legislature fairly...

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Why Are California's Animal Shelters Killing So Many Pets?

Animals Steven Greenhut | 12.15.2023 8:00 AM As I write this column, Marigold—my long-haired orange tabby who...

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What Elizabeth Warren's Fear of a 'Sandwich Shop Monopoly' Reveals About Democrats' Priorities

Economics Steven Greenhut | 12.8.2023 8:00 AM As something of a fast-food aficionado, I've been amused by the raging...

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