Steven Greenhut

5 days ago | sbsun.com | Steven Greenhut

62% of young Americans hold a ‘favorable view’ of socialism. How can they be so ignorant?

5 days ago | ocregister.com | Steven Greenhut

SACRAMENTO—We all know the old Peanuts comic where Lucy offers to hold the football for Charlie Brown so that he can kick it, then she yanks it away at the last moment and Charlie falls down on his back. She does this constantly and yet, sure enough, Charlie Brown always takes the bait. It has become symbolic of people who are slow to learn obvious lessons—even painful ones. It’s also a metaphor for California Democrats who every year step in a trap set by Republicans regarding the crime issue.

1 week ago | reason.com | Steven Greenhut

Free Speech Speech codes intended to battle misinformation are instead empowering the government to be the arbiter of truth.

1 week ago | ocregister.com | Steven Greenhut

SACRAMENTO—Political activists occasionally propose a new constitutional convention, which would gather delegates from the states to craft amendments to the nation’s founding document. It’s a long and convoluted process, but the Constitution itself provides the blueprint. Article Vallows such a confab if two-thirds of Congress or two-thirds of the state legislatures call for one.

2 weeks ago | reason.com | Steven Greenhut

Free Markets The more important the product—and food certainly ranks high on any list—the better it is to allow markets to work.