Steve Berman

Opinion Contributor

Steve Berman is a transplanted northerner living in the Atlanta area. For over 30 years, Steve has been a technology entrepreneur, creating, building, and selling businesses. Steve has been writing about politics and social issues for nearly a decade. It started with a “diary" on RedState, and quickly moved on to professional writing. He has written for other well-known web publications and was one of the original writers who helped Erick Erickson launch The Resurgent in 2016.

Steve’s work has been published by Fox News, and he has been cited on the New York Times opinion page, and quoted by the Washington Post. He is excited to be involved with the latest project, The First, as an opinion writer.

A Jewish believer in Christ, Steve lives and worships with his family in the Atlanta suburbs, after moving to central Georgia from New Hampshire over 28 years ago.

Good Old Reliable Joe Biden | Steve Berman

By Steve Berman
Opinion Contributor

Mon, Nov 1, 2021

Joe Biden, as a senator in 2008, was instrumental in getting President George W. Bush’s Recovery Act passed; as Vice President in 2009, Biden was responsible for overseeing that same plan under President Obama. That “stimulus” program was much different from the pandemic direct payments and child care credit program of 2021. In 2009, the rich banks …

“X” Gender Passport Means 2+2=5 | Steve Berman

By Steve Berman
Opinion Contributor

Thu, Oct 28, 2021

2+2=5. Read the paragraph below from the AP, especially the part I italicized. The department did not identify the passport recipient, but Dana Zzyym, an intersex activist from Fort Collins, Colorado, told The Associated Press in a telephone interview that they received it. Since 2015, Zzyym, who prefers a gender-neutral pronoun, has been in a legal battle …

Democrats, Dangerously Dumb Terrible Tax | Steve Berman

By Steve Berman
Opinion Contributor

Wed, Oct 27, 2021

A tax on unrealized capital gains, if it passes constitutional muster, will lead to really terrible, unintended results, even if it’s intended for billionaires.

The Party of Arthur? | Steve Berman

By Steve Berman
Opinion Contributor

Mon, Oct 25, 2021

Americans want a government that works, and not one that works just for the partisans in control at the moment. A party founded on the serious working of the levers of government is one that voters from both parties can support.

Biden Can’t Stand By While 16 Americans Are Held Hostage in Haiti | Steve Berman

By Steve Berman
Opinion Contributor

Fri, Oct 22, 2021

Haiti has no functional government, at least not one that’s separable from corruption, crime, and gangs. The leader of the 400 Mawozo gang threatened to kill 16 Americans and one Canadian if he doesn’t get $1 million for each life. No. I don’t think so. It’s time to send in the troops and get those hostages. …

LGBT Activists Really Need a Gay Mel Brooks | Steve Berman

By Steve Berman
Opinion Contributor

Tue, Oct 19, 2021

I remember reading a review of a Mel Brooks movie in the Boston Globe, years ago. It went something like this: F. I hate Mel Brooks and everything he does. But boy, Brooks could make some funny movies. I also remember back when the Monty Python crew made “Life of Brian.” I was not a Christian then, …

The Thing Is…The Thing | Steve Berman

By Steve Berman
Opinion Contributor

Mon, Oct 18, 2021

You need to read this: Every thing is really about perspective. In 1977, Arnold Schwarzenegger starred in a documentary about his 1975 Mr. Olympia bodybuilding title, called “Pumping Iron.” In this film, Schwarzenegger broke down the very unique world of the elite bodybuilder versus everyone else in the world. Good bodybuilders have the same mind…when …

The GOP Isn’t Dead. Kill It With Fire | Steve Berman

By Steve Berman
Opinion Contributor

Fri, Oct 15, 2021

Kill it, kill it with fire. This is what you do when your house is overrun with these nasties, building their webs, laying their egg sacks inside the walls, and producing thousands of baby spiders to repeat the process. Apropos of nothing really, northeast Georgia has been invaded by an uninvited foreign visitor. The Japanese—or East …

On The Turning Away | Steve Berman

By Steve Berman
Opinion Contributor

Tue, Oct 12, 2021

They’re saying Trump is the overwhelming favorite to win the 2024 presidential primary, if he runs. To me that’s a big “if” and I’d like to know who “they” are, please. The Harvard CAPS-Harris Poll shared by The Hill in late September indicated that 58 percent of Republicans would vote for Trump if he ran in a …

At Least Washington is Working | Steve Berman

By Steve Berman
Opinion Contributor

Thu, Oct 7, 2021

There was a line from the movie Apollo 13 where Ed Harris, who played Flight Director Gene Kranz, said “Let’s look at this thing from a standpoint of status. What have we got on the spacecraft that’s good?” To satisfy the pedants among you (I being one of them), Gene Kranz was at the end of …

Making the Wall of Shame Grow | Steve Berman

By Steve Berman
Opinion Contributor

Wed, Oct 6, 2021

“I was never taught that I might potentially have serious mental problems, emotional problems, and social problems when I got out,” wrote a former prisoner who spent a dozen years inside. No one helped me learn the language of a 35 year old adult male. They literally are setting people up for failure by sending them out …

Merck’s Molnupiravir Racket is Simply Theft | Steve Berman

By Steve Berman
Opinion Contributor

Tue, Oct 5, 2021

There’s a pill pharmaceutical maker Merck is pushing called Molnupiravir. This drug is being hailed as a possible treatment for COVID-19 symptoms, and is claimed to cut hospitalizations of mild to moderate bouts of the disease by 50 percent. Dr. Fauci even gushed on CNN that this is “extremely important.” Merck is looking to the FDA and other nations for …