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.

Gas prices lead inflation, Biden isn’t worried | Steve Berman

Gas prices lead inflation, Biden isn’t worried | Steve Berman


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It’s a thing that gas prices reliably go up in the spring. About 90% of the time, the pump price of gasoline goes up between January and May, so it’s no surprise. Some of this is chemistry: Gasoline blend formulas change seasonally, and the summer blend is more expensive to produce, therefore when winter blend is being …

The only path toward Iran’s regime: Opposition | Steve Berman

The only path toward Iran’s regime: Opposition | Steve Berman


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When Neville Chamberlain flew to Munich, he returned with an agreement hailed as “peace in our time.” That agreement was not worth the paper it was written on. Herr Hitler, when he heard Chamberlain was coming, was reported to have exclaimed “ein Geschenk vom Himmel!” or “a gift from heaven!” Hearing Robert Malley in Vienna …

Democrats are winning the message war | Steve Berman

Democrats are winning the message war | Steve Berman


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In 2018, Stacey Abrams refused to concede her election loss to Gov. Brian Kemp. Even though she lost by over 50,000 votes—a recount-proof majority—Abrams claimed that Kemp, who was Georgia’s Secretary of State at the time, suppressed Black votes.  She claimed that his purging of the voter rolls, in accordance with federal law, and thoroughly …

The good and bad about Georgia’s new election law | Steve Berman

The good and bad about Georgia’s new election law | Steve Berman


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The worst thing in S.B. 202, the Georgia election overhaul that Governor Brian Kemp signed into law Thursday, is that nobody standing in a long line to vote can be given any food or drink. (a) No person shall solicit votes in any manner or by any means or method, nor shall any person distribute or display any …