American political writer
Steven Malanga writes for City Journal about government policies that amount to an effective war on the American energy industry. The war in Ukraine has sent world oil prices soaring…
Steven Malanga writes for City Journal about efforts to detect the impact of incoming Californians upon more conservative states. Early last year, the Dallas News described the “California-ing” of North…
That’s Walter Olson’s take on the left’s current campaign to shut down dollar stores. For a full discussion of this latest piece of progressive lunacy, see Unjust Deserts by Steven Malanga:…
Following John Trump’s lead, Steven Malanga of City Journal explores the growing health-focused campaign against dollar stores. [C]ommunity health outcomes haven’t changed significantly, and activists think that they know why.…
Steven Malanga of City Journal questions a basic premise of the “blue-state model.” [New Jersey Gov. Phil] Murphy’s stance was typical of officials in high-tax states, who’ve long argued that…
Steven Malanga writes for City Journal about declining union membership. The percentage of government workers who belong to a union dipped again in 2018 and has hit a 40-year low.…
From movies to TV shows, the new trend in Hollywood seems to the focus on family dynamics at play when grandparents are thrust into parenting a second time, as Steve…
Not if you consider the sources of that growth, as Alex Adrianson points out for the Heritage Foundation’s “Insider Online” blog. Adrianson’s headline proclaims: “For recent economic growth, thank fracking,…
While we certainly know of no cases of harmful judicial activism in this state … I’ll pause while you snicker … it might be helpful to consider Steven Malanga‘s City…
Steven Malanga explores for City Journal key factors in the financial problems plaguing Detroit. A federal judge’s ruling yesterday that Detroit worker pensions can be cut as part of the…
Steven Malanga writes for City Journal that federal taxpayers might be called upon to bail out profligate government spenders in cities across the United States. [R]emember the long road that…
Regular readers of this forum have seen plenty of evidence of the harmful impact of overly influential public-sector unions. Now the Manhattan Institute’s Steven Malanga explores the subject in the…