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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?...

19.04.2024 6

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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...

12.04.2024 5

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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...

05.04.2024 10

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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,...

15.03.2024 8

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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...

08.03.2024 9

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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...

01.03.2024 10

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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...

09.02.2024 2

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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...

02.02.2024 10

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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...

19.01.2024 3

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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...

12.01.2024 5

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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...

05.01.2024 9

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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...

29.12.2023 10

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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...

22.12.2023 10

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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...

15.12.2023 10

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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...

08.12.2023 5

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Californians Are Discovering Why Government Is a Terrible Landlord

Property Rights Steven Greenhut | 12.1.2023 7:30 AM I once had the misfortune of living next to vacant land managed...

01.12.2023 4

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California's War on Fast Food Jobs

Fast Food Steven Greenhut | 11.24.2023 8:00 AM During a recent meal at a family-run restaurant in a small town, I...

24.11.2023 5

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Test Scores Are Plummeting Despite California Spending Wildly on Education

Education Steven Greenhut | 10.27.2023 8:00 AM I've recently been investing in some long-deferred maintenance at my...

27.10.2023 4

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The Social Media Moral Panic Won't Help Teens

Social Media Steven Greenhut | 10.6.2023 8:00 AM America is in the throes of its latest moral panic, with liberal...

06.10.2023 5

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When the MAGA Movement Sounds Like Bernie Sanders

Politics Steven Greenhut | 9.29.2023 8:00 AM Our nation's unique founding is based on a set of principles rooted in the...

29.09.2023 10

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Are We Really Doing a Trump vs. Biden Rematch?

Election 2024 Steven Greenhut | 9.22.2023 11:05 AM My favorite religious movie hands down is Groundhog Day, the 1993...

22.09.2023 2

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California Was Once a Land of Boundless Opportunity. That's No Longer True.

California Steven Greenhut | 9.15.2023 8:00 AM After spending late summer in a picturesque town in the Pacific...

15.09.2023 7

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Don't Make the Same COVID Mistakes Again

Coronavirus Steven Greenhut | 9.8.2023 8:00 AM A recent AP fact-check article declared as "false" claims by...

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