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Articles by Steven Greenhut
back to columnists »Do We Really Want New Armies of Police?
http://www.lewrockwell.com/2013/05/steven-greenhut/do-we-really-want-new-armies-of-police/
5/7/2013
‘Heroes’ View Us as Little More Than Collateral Damage
http://www.lewrockwell.com/2013/02/steven-greenhut/heroes-view-us-as-little-more-than-collateral-damage/
2/10/2013
u2018Heroes' View Us as Little More Than Collateral Damage
http://archive.lewrockwell.com/greenhut/greenhut73.1.html
"Hero" cops use us for target practice.
2/9/2013
Trying To Reform Government Is Largely a Waste of Time
http://archive.lewrockwell.com/greenhut/greenhut72.1.html
There is no reforming it.
1/29/2013
I Put My Life on the Line Writing This Article!
http://archive.lewrockwell.com/greenhut/greenhut71.1.html
Being a cashier is about as risky as being a firefighter.
1/25/2013
Liberals Are NOT Gun-Haters
http://archive.lewrockwell.com/greenhut/greenhut70.1.html
Not when they're in the hands of the police state.
1/16/2013
Rose Parade Military Propaganda
http://archive.lewrockwell.com/greenhut/greenhut69.1.html
Steve Greenhut on the Rose Parade's Pentagon propaganda.
1/2/2013
Take Ron Paul Seriously
http://archive.lewrockwell.com/greenhut/greenhut68.1.html
If you want any freedom at all.
11/29/2011
Cheering on the Pepper-Spraying Thugs
http://archive.lewrockwell.com/greenhut/greenhut67.1.html
Steve Greenhut on the conservative fascisti.
11/23/2011
But America IS a Police State
http://archive.lewrockwell.com/greenhut/greenhut66.1.html
Steve Greenhut on our overlords.
8/18/2011
Let’s Dispense With the ‘Hero’ Nonsense
http://archive.lewrockwell.com/greenhut/greenhut65.1.html
Steve Greenhut on police and fire squads.
6/4/2011
WikiLeaks Threatens the Enemies of Freedom – Only
http://archive.lewrockwell.com/greenhut/greenhut64.1.html
Steve Greenhut on keeping our eye on the ball.
12/8/2010
‘Heroic Government Firefighters’?
http://archive.lewrockwell.com/greenhut/greenhut63.1.html
Don't make Steve Greenhut laugh.
10/25/2010
State Media Love Crime Waves, Especially Phony Ones
http://archive.lewrockwell.com/greenhut/greenhut62.1.html
They can demand higher taxes on the victims.
7/29/2010
Public Plunderers
http://archive.lewrockwell.com/greenhut/greenhut61.1.html
Government unions have wrecked California.
12/4/2009
Who You Callin’ Extremist?
http://archive.lewrockwell.com/greenhut/greenhut60.1.html
Steve Greenhut on Republican neocons.
7/23/2009
Blue Amnesia in Orange Country
http://archive.lewrockwell.com/greenhut/greenhut59.html
Steven Greenhut on forgetful sheriff's deputies.
5/19/2009
Global Warming Caused the Housing Bubble
http://archive.lewrockwell.com/greenhut/greenhut58.html
Well, sort of.
4/28/2009
Mexicans Are Dying in the US Drug War
http://archive.lewrockwell.com/greenhut/greenhut57.html
Stop that war too.
2/19/2009
Confessions of a Gearhead
http://archive.lewrockwell.com/greenhut/greenhut56.html
Steve Greenhut loves cars. He also loves it when the market weeds out bad ones.
8/20/2008
Fear Pols
http://archive.lewrockwell.com/greenhut/greenhut55.html
But don't let them scare you, says Steven Greenhut.
6/23/2008
Out of the Way, Peasants
http://archive.lewrockwell.com/greenhut/greenhut54.html
Government workers are a privileged elite.
4/22/2008
The YouTube Election
http://archive.lewrockwell.com/greenhut/greenhut53.html
Gaffes live forever, and eliminates the media middleman, says Steven Greenhut.
3/14/2008
A Real Threat to California Homeschoolers
http://archive.lewrockwell.com/greenhut/greenhut52.html
Steven Greenhut on what the government-brainwashers really want.
3/8/2008
3/6/2008
Child Abuse by Government
http://archive.lewrockwell.com/greenhut/greenhut50.html
Government rips an autistic boy from his home.
2/20/2008
A Libertarian Curmudgeon Looks at the Candidates
http://archive.lewrockwell.com/greenhut/greenhut49.html
Steven Greenhut on the mostly awful lineup.
12/12/2007
Get the State Out of Marriage
http://archive.lewrockwell.com/greenhut/greenhut48.html
Steven Greenhut on freedom and social peace.
12/3/2007
Fascistocons vs. Ron Paulians
http://archive.lewrockwell.com/greenhut/greenhut47.html
Steven Greenhut on the present state of the Republican coalition.
10/22/2007
President Hillary?
http://archive.lewrockwell.com/greenhut/greenhut46.html
Only Ron Paul can stop her, says Steven Greenhut.
10/8/2007
American War Crimes
http://archive.lewrockwell.com/greenhut/greenhut45.html
Steve Greenhut on why Americans approve.
8/15/2007
Rich Cops
http://archive.lewrockwell.com/greenhut/greenhut44.html
Steven Greenhut on their political muscle.
7/4/2007
Abolish the Public Schools
http://archive.lewrockwell.com/greenhut/greenhut43.html
Steven Greenhut on DC as a good argument.
6/18/2007
Jailiani
http://archive.lewrockwell.com/greenhut/greenhut42.html
Steven Greenhut on police-state Rudy.
2/21/2007
Gnosticism, Missing Links, and Other Lies
http://archive.lewrockwell.com/greenhut/greenhut41.html
Just in time for Easter.
4/13/2006
We’re Just Doing the Jobs You Gringos Won’t Do
http://archive.lewrockwell.com/greenhut/greenhut40.html
Ha! Ha! Article by Esteban Casaverde.
3/30/2006
Blog This
http://archive.lewrockwell.com/greenhut/greenhut39.html
Steven Greenhut on a brave new media world.
1/23/2006
Inside the Housing Bubble
http://archive.lewrockwell.com/greenhut/greenhut38.html
Steven Greenhut, our man in Orange County, Cal., reports.
6/17/2005
The Stupidity of Smart Growth
http://archive.lewrockwell.com/greenhut/greenhut37.html
Steve Greenhut on the latest government planning.
11/23/2004
When Public Servants Are Our Masters
http://archive.lewrockwell.com/greenhut/greenhut36.html
Steven Greenhut on what we can do about it.
8/18/2004
Take the Greenhut Test
http://archive.lewrockwell.com/greenhut/greenhut35.html
Which of the two Americas do you belong to?
7/14/2004
The Only Cure for Media Bias
http://archive.lewrockwell.com/greenhut/greenhut34.html
Competition, not mea culpas.
5/27/2004
What Does the Geneva Convention Say About S&M?
http://archive.lewrockwell.com/greenhut/greenhut33.html
Steven Greenhut on morality and the military.
5/7/2004
Why Do We Put Up With Abusive Cops?
http://archive.lewrockwell.com/greenhut/greenhut32.html
Steven Greenhut on the other armed bureaucrats who "protect" us.
4/28/2004
Every Police State Needs Happy Police
http://archive.lewrockwell.com/greenhut/greenhut31.html
And you can't spend too much tax loot on "public safety."
4/21/2004
Pound Some Sense
http://archive.lewrockwell.com/greenhut/greenhut30.html
Into conservative writers, says Steven Greenhut.
4/9/2004
Attention, Wal-Mart Haters
http://archive.lewrockwell.com/greenhut/greenhut29.html
You miss the big picture, says Steven Greenhut.
3/31/2004
Urgent Memo for Haters of The Passion
http://archive.lewrockwell.com/greenhut/greenhut28.html
Steven Greenhut on the Randians.
3/16/2004
The Gospels Still Matter
http://archive.lewrockwell.com/greenhut/greenhut27.html
As The Passion proves, says Steven Greenhut.
3/9/2004
Immigration Censorship
http://archive.lewrockwell.com/greenhut/greenhut26.html
Steven Greenhut on the lying California media.
2/14/2004
Libertarians Should Copy Traditional Catholics
http://archive.lewrockwell.com/greenhut/greenhut25.html
Eschew political gimmicks like term limits, says Steven Greenhut.
1/31/2004
Americans To Elect New Idols
http://archive.lewrockwell.com/greenhut/greenhut24.html
Steven Greenhut will take bad singers over political thugs anyday.
1/23/2004
Superhero Bush Saves Marriage
http://archive.lewrockwell.com/greenhut/greenhut23.html
Look! Up in the sky! It's a bird! It's a plane! It's…George.
1/15/2004
Muchas Gracias, El Presidente Bush
http://archive.lewrockwell.com/greenhut/greenhut22.html
Miguel Casaverde (Esteban's cousin) on the amnesty.
1/14/2004
Hey, Bigot
http://archive.lewrockwell.com/greenhut/greenhut21.html
There's no such thing as neoconservatism, got it?
1/7/2004
Don’t Call Me a Libertarian
http://archive.lewrockwell.com/greenhut/greenhut19.html
The cultural lefties have almost spoiled the word, says Steven Greenhut.
11/22/2003
After the Fire Comes the Shakedown
http://archive.lewrockwell.com/greenhut/greenhut18.html
Steven Greenhut on the thugs of "public safety."
11/1/2003
Shut Up About ‘Heroic Fire Fighters’
http://archive.lewrockwell.com/greenhut/greenhut17.html
And start explaining government fires on government land.
10/31/2003
Recall Day
http://archive.lewrockwell.com/greenhut/greenhut16.html
Steven Greenhut on the coming fizzle.
10/7/2003
Land of the Free, Home of the Slave
http://archive.lewrockwell.com/greenhut/greenhut15.html
Steven Greenhut on lies about American liberty.
9/18/2003
Steven Greenhut Becomes Esteban Casaverde
http://archive.lewrockwell.com/greenhut/greenhut14.html
It's his license to take part in the California Dream.
9/9/2003
Hasta la Vista, America
http://archive.lewrockwell.com/greenhut/greenhut13.html
Third World California might as well join Mexico, says Steven Greenhut.
8/30/2003
We Hate Your Religion
http://archive.lewrockwell.com/greenhut/greenhut12.html
So don't make a movie about it.
8/16/2003
7/29/2003
Your Life Means Nothing to the State
http://archive.lewrockwell.com/greenhut/greenhut10.html
Or to the state's cops.
6/20/2003
Policy and Politics
http://archive.lewrockwell.com/greenhut/greenhut9.html
A skeptic's guide from Alan Bock and Steven Greenhut.
6/17/2003
The Problem That Has No Name
http://archive.lewrockwell.com/greenhut/greenhut8.html
Steven Greenhut on illegal immigration.
6/4/2003
The ‘Times’ Deception
http://archive.lewrockwell.com/greenhut/greenhut7.html
There oughta be a law, says Steven Greenhut.
5/23/2003
5/3/2003
Stooge-ocracy
http://archive.lewrockwell.com/greenhut/greenhut5.html
Making Iraq safe for Islamic fundamentalism.
4/29/2003
Freedom, Independence, Peace
http://archive.lewrockwell.com/orig3/greenhut4.html
Steven Greenhut on the real American motto.
4/17/2003
We Are Not What We Were
http://archive.lewrockwell.com/orig3/greenhut3.html
Steven Greenhut on the enemies, and friends, of freedom and truth.
3/28/2003
You Can Have My New SUV
http://archive.lewrockwell.com/orig3/greenhut2.html
When you pry my cold, dead fingers off its steering wheel. Article by Steven Greenhut.
1/18/2003
They Keep Driving Dixie Down
http://archive.lewrockwell.com/orig3/greenhut1.html
Steven Greenhut has had it.
1/15/2003
God Save America
http://archive.lewrockwell.com/orig/greenhut5.html
From the government, says Steven Greenhut.
10/18/2001
Neocons and Demagogues
http://archive.lewrockwell.com/orig/greenhut4.html
If Steven Greenhut doesn't repeat himself.
9/21/2001
He’s Got Us
http://archive.lewrockwell.com/orig/greenhut3.html
It took a brilliant – and did I mention cheeky? – young neocon editor to point it out.
6/26/2001
Armed Bureaucrats Act Like Cowards
http://archive.lewrockwell.com/orig/greenhut2.html
Notice how the government's military and police actually behave, as versus the myths? There's a lesson here, says Steven Greenhut.
2/28/2001
2/10/2000
The Anaheim Disaster
http://archive.lewrockwell.com/ocregister/anaheim-freedom.html
Steven Greenhut on ex-freedom.
The Ugly Truth About Government
http://archive.lewrockwell.com/ocregister/ugly-sacramento.html
Steven Greenhut on California's.
Car-centrism Is a Virtue
http://archive.lewrockwell.com/ocregister/car-happy.html
Steven Greenhut on vicious anti-automobilists.
Real Initiatives for Non-Girlie Men
http://archive.lewrockwell.com/ocregister/non-girlie-men.html
Steven Greenhut has some advice for Arnold.
Don’t Let Me Burst Your Bubble
http://archive.lewrockwell.com/ocregister/housing-bubble.html
Your housing bubble, that is.
Sewage Happens
http://archive.lewrockwell.com/ocregister/sewage.html
Steven Greenhut on government follies.
Toss the Whole School Board Out
http://archive.lewrockwell.com/ocregister/picture-this.html
It's a good start, says Steven Greenhut.
I Love ‘Sprawl’
http://archive.lewrockwell.com/ocregister/picture=imperfect.html
Steven Greenhut defends Orange County against the socialist planners.
Parasites Demand More
http://archive.lewrockwell.com/ocregister/split-roll.html
Steven Greenhut on taxation in the Golden State.
Hip Cities Without a Soul
http://archive.lewrockwell.com/ocregister/hip-cities.html
Steven Greenhut on The City: a Global History, by Joel Kotkin.
Municipal Hubris
http://archive.lewrockwell.com/ocregister/ggg.html
Steven Greenhut on local socialism.
Nurse Ratchet
http://archive.lewrockwell.com/ocregister/nurse-ratchet.html
Steven Greenhut on the demands for ever-more tax dollars for ever-less work.
Tyranny and Property Rights
http://archive.lewrockwell.com/ocregister/left-coastal-commission.html
Steven Greenhut on the left-coastal commission.
A Totalitarian Bureaucracy Within Our Shores
http://archive.lewrockwell.com/ocregister/city-planning.html
Stephen Greenhut on city planners.
Tall Order
http://archive.lewrockwell.com/ocregister/tall-order.html
Does anyone care about property rights?
The Right To Plan
http://archive.lewrockwell.com/ocregister/right-to-plan.html
Does it belong to the planners?
Eminent Domain Theft
http://archive.lewrockwell.com/ocregister/house-of-cards.html
Are the Supremes about to make it worse? Article by Steven Greenhut, author of Abuse of Power.
Mobility Is Freedom
http://archive.lewrockwell.com/ocregister/fevered-dreams.html
Steven Greenhut on why politicians, planners, and professors hate the car.
Storm Clouds in the Outfield
http://archive.lewrockwell.com/ocregister/storm-clouds.html
Steven Greenhut on tax-subsidized baseball.
Give ‘Speaking of Liberty’ for Christmas
http://archive.lewrockwell.com/ocregister/greenhut-sol.html
And other holiday recommendations from Steven Greenhut.
Bankrupt Government
http://archive.lewrockwell.com/ocregister/greenhut-pensions.html
Here we ago again.
What About Property Rights?
http://archive.lewrockwell.com/ocregister/mission-viejo.html
They have been largely erased, says Steven Greenhut.
Kerry Crashed in Flyover Country
http://archive.lewrockwell.com/ocregister/kerry-crashed.html
Steven Greenhut explains to liberals.
Is Arnold Just a Really Cool Gray Davis?
http://archive.lewrockwell.com/ocregister/cool-davis.html
Ja. Article by Steven Greenhut.
The Security State
http://archive.lewrockwell.com/ocregister/fortress-ny.html
Steven Greenhut on the RNC.
War, What War?
http://archive.lewrockwell.com/ocregister/margin-debate.html
Steven Greenhut on the great unmentionable.
Purge Orange County
http://archive.lewrockwell.com/ocregister/recall2.html
The Republicans have got to do.
Our Spendthrift ‘Servants’
http://archive.lewrockwell.com/ocregister/bankruptcy2.html
The bureaucrats are bankrupting us. Article by Steven Greenhut, author of Abuse of Power.
Government Theft
http://archive.lewrockwell.com/ocregister/condemned.html
Steven Greenhut, author of Abuse of Power, on the eminent-domain seizure of Poletown.
The Last Great Democratic President
http://archive.lewrockwell.com/ocregister/grover.html
Can't we have Grover Cleveland again?
Are You Freer Today
http://archive.lewrockwell.com/ocregister/freer.html
Than you were four years ago?
The Founders’ Freedoms
http://archive.lewrockwell.com/ocregister/founders.html
Steven Greenhut on remembering our origins, and not the federal myths.
Bipartisanship Is the Axis of Evil
http://archive.lewrockwell.com/ocregister/voterchoice.html
Steven Greenhut on the latest case in California.
10 Rules for Living
http://archive.lewrockwell.com/ocregister/hobby.html
Steve Greenhut on making the most of your postgraduate years.
Celebrate D-Day?
http://archive.lewrockwell.com/ocregister/d-day.html
Maybe as a reason to avoid war.
The Catholic Church’s Great Divide
http://archive.lewrockwell.com/ocregister/catholic-divide.html
Steven Greenhut on the ancient Latin Mass.
Chief Sitting Roulette
http://archive.lewrockwell.com/ocregister/dancing.html
Steven Greenhut on pols and gambling special interests.
The State Gets the Gold Mine
http://archive.lewrockwell.com/ocregister/goldmine.html
And you get the shaft. Steven Greenhut on government.
Government Crooks Get Medals
http://archive.lewrockwell.com/ocregister/greenhut-martha2.html
Corporate "crooks" go to jail.
Down the Drain
http://archive.lewrockwell.com/ocregister/drain.html
Steven Greenhut on government sewage.
Hey, Arnold
http://archive.lewrockwell.com/ocregister/governor.html
Your borrow and spend plan doesn't add up, says Steven Greenhut.
The Poor Are Fat
http://archive.lewrockwell.com/ocregister/fat-unhappy.html
What else do we need to know about "poverty" in America?
Worse Than Clinton
http://archive.lewrockwell.com/ocregister/mr-right.html
Steven Greenhut on Bush the government expander.
Revolt of Those Pesky Taxpayers
http://archive.lewrockwell.com/ocregister/pesky-taxpayers.html
Steven Greenhut on what the press and political elite don't get.
Surprise, Surprise, Surprise
http://archive.lewrockwell.com/ocregister/unreal-pension.html
Crazed government short on crazed pensions for semi-workers.
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