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.

Herschel Walker Has a Good Shot | Steve Berman

Herschel Walker Has a Good Shot | Steve Berman


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The long-expected launch of Georgia football legend Herschel Walker’s campaign for the U.S. Senate has arrived. Walker, who has been endorsed by and photographed with former President Donald Trump, comes into the race at a time when the Democrats are fractured over Afghanistan, President Joe Biden’s approval numbers are tanking, and Republicans want to capitalize on the chaos. The thing …

Can We Agree? Mandates Are a Dirty Word | Steve Berman

Can We Agree? Mandates Are a Dirty Word | Steve Berman


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The FDA finally gave full approval to the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, after 202 milliondoses have been administered in the U.S. alone, far ahead of Moderna and J&J/Janssen. After June, the rate of American vaccinations flattened and has not recovered. A piece of paper issued by the government, it appears, is not going to motivate many employers to mandate vaccines. …

Justice Amy Coney Barrett is a Rock-Ribbed Conservative

Justice Amy Coney Barrett is a Rock-Ribbed Conservative


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The junior member of the Supreme Court, Justice Amy Coney Barrett got the task of reviewing a petition by eight Indiana University students seeking to block the institution’s vaccine requirement for attendance. She, acting alone, refused the petition, and the other Justices remained silent. Meanwhile, on Twitter, self-described “conservatives” described her with disdain, using air quotes around …

An Unpopular Idea: Stop All Suppression | Steve Berman

An Unpopular Idea: Stop All Suppression | Steve Berman


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Georgia is stuck at under 40 percent vaccinated, despite hospitals filled to capacity. COVID-19 is surging back in a new, more virulent variant, that is thankfully not killing the largely vaccinated older generation, but it hitting the unvaccinated younger people very hard. It’s also causing the number of “breakthrough” cases of vaccinated people getting COVID-19 …

Feds Want Companies to Force Vaccines, Then Punish Them For It | Steve Berman

Feds Want Companies to Force Vaccines, Then Punish Them For It | Steve Berman


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United Airlines has ordered all its 67,000 employees to be vaccinated no later than October 25, or potentially face termination. Following the lead of the U.S. government, New York City, and California, many other big U.S. corporations are joining the vaccine mandate bandwagon. Walmart, Tyson Foods, United, Facebook, and Google have required vaccination for certain employees, including …

Is Holding Back Black Kids Who Failed Racist? | Steve Berman

Is Holding Back Black Kids Who Failed Racist? | Steve Berman


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The Biden administration is committed to introducing outcome-based “equity” to education at all levels. In June, the Department of Education announced a series of summits and actions designed to “encourage schools more broadly to reimagine their education systems and practices and infuse equity into all of their work, so that every student has access to rigorous, culturally responsive, …

The Body Snatcher Effect | Steve Berman

The Body Snatcher Effect | Steve Berman


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Have you ever heard of the Capgras delusion? It’s when you go to your doctor, convinced that your close relations have been replaced by identical impostors. It also happens to be the main plot of the 1956 cult classic “Invasion of the Body Snatchers.” The more well-known version was made in 1978 starring Donald Sutherland, Leonard Nimoy …