Richard Reinsch
Politics
Mar 28, 2025

Solzhenitsyn’s One Word of Truth

Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn's lectures stretch from 1972 to 1997, yet the perennial themes and ideas explored by Solzhenitsyn command the contemporary reader’s full attention.

Emina Melonic
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The Land of Fear and Awe

Taylor Sheridan’s new series, Landman, is a welcome aesthetic expression of the human experience in the rough industry of oil exploration and drilling.

Scott Winship
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The Looming Debt Crisis, the Trump Tax Cuts, and Medicaid

Controlling federal budget deficits is a national imperative that will require reductions in entitlement spending (including Medicaid) and stronger economic growth (including from tax reform).

In-person Event
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Austin Symposium on Economic Dynamism

In-person Event
Apr 10, 2025

Political Order and the Spartan Ideal

Transatlantic Trade War Produces No Winners

Transatlantic Trade War Produces No Winners

Richard Epstein
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Why Legal Education Needs Abraham Lincoln

Why Legal Education Needs Abraham Lincoln

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Impeachment: Is Judge Boasberg Guilty of a “High . . . Misdemeanor?”

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Burnham’s Counterrevolution
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Congress has to step up and take some responsibility for the shaping of public policy.

John Yoo, Robert J. Delahunty
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Arthur Herman
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A symbolic show of resolve on illegal immigration could hamper Trump’s effort to revive the Monroe Doctrine.

John Yoo, Robert Delahunty
Constitutionalism
Mar 21, 2025
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Joel Kotkin
Politics
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How Federal Lands Can Be Used to Ease the Housing Crisis

To create affordable homes on federal lands, the federal government shouldn’t sell lands for development — it should lease them.

Joel Kotkin, Michael Toth
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Mar 10, 2025
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Americans have access to abundant, reliable energy, unlike Europeans under strict climate mandates.

Michael Toth
Economic Dynamism
Mar 10, 2025
Congress Must Shield US Companies from European Regulations
Congress Must Shield US Companies from European Regulations

Congress should exercise its constitutional powers over foreign commerce to guard American companies against overregulation by the European Union.

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Economic Dynamism
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Americans have access to abundant, reliable energy, unlike Europeans under strict climate mandates.

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Economic Dynamism
Mar 10, 2025
The American Dream Is Not a Coin Flip, and Wages Have Not Stagnated

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Scott Winship
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Western attitudes toward commerce have transformed from early moral condemnation to a modern appreciation that sees trade as socially beneficial.

Erik Matson
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Richard Epstein, Benjamin Flowers
Economic Dynamism
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Joel Kotkin
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Flexibility and responsiveness are particularly important during periods of shock.

Ed Glaeser
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Saving Free Markets in America

American markets are under siege by interventionists on both the left and the right.

Samuel Gregg, Richard M. Reinsch II
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An M.I.A. Congress Exacerbates the Clash Between Trump and the Courts
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Congress has to step up and take some responsibility for the shaping of public policy.

John Yoo, Robert J. Delahunty
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Mar 26, 2025
Trump and Musk Share the Founder’s Mindset

Most modern presidents take a managerial approach to the job, which is no way to bring radical change.

Arthur Herman
Politics
Mar 26, 2025
The Climate Has Changed on Climate Change

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Joel Kotkin
Politics
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Feb 25, 2025
Long Distance Migration as a Two-Step Sorting Process: The Resettlement of Californians in Texas

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James Gimpel, Daron Shaw
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National Poll from Civitas Institute: Trump Victory Driven by Voters Who Reject Status Quo

The poll asked 1,200 Americans an array of questions about how things are going in America.

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Understanding the Effect of Abortion Attitudes on Elections After Dobbs: Evidence from Cross-Sectional and Panel Surveys in Texas

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Grant Ferguson, James Gimpel, Mark Owens, and Daron R. Shaw
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Nov 26, 2024
Burnham’s Counterrevolution
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Richard Reinsch reviews David T. Byrne's new biography of James Burnham.

Richard M. Reinsch II
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Mar 28, 2025
How Not to Run the World

John Yoo examines Straussian approaches to foreign policy.

John Yoo
Constitutionalism
Mar 23, 2025
Trump’s Risky Reliance on the Alien Enemies Act

A symbolic show of resolve on illegal immigration could hamper Trump’s effort to revive the Monroe Doctrine.

John Yoo, Robert Delahunty
Constitutionalism
Mar 21, 2025
Trump’s Worthy Effort to Rein In ‘Independent’ Agencies

The Trump administration is making a bold and principled attempt to restore these wayward bodies to the control of the executive branch.

John Yoo & Robert Delahunty
Constitutionalism
Mar 3, 2025
Rational Nondelegation

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John Yoo
Constitutionalism
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Challenging the Claremont View of Birthright Citizenship

Questions for my friends at the Claremont Institute on the 14th Amendment.

John Yoo
Constitutionalism
Feb 20, 2025
Trump And Vance Aren’t Defying The Constitution, They’re Following It

John Yoo, Robert Delahunty
Constitutionalism
Feb 12, 2025
Charles Kesler’s Struggle for the Founders’ Constitution

Charles Kesler’s defense of the American Founding from its critics on the left and right alike can help us recover our most cherished principles.

Richard M. Reinsch II
Constitutionalism
Feb 10, 2025
How Federal Lands Can Be Used to Ease the Housing Crisis
How Federal Lands Can Be Used to Ease the Housing Crisis

To create affordable homes on federal lands, the federal government shouldn’t sell lands for development — it should lease them.

Joel Kotkin, Michael Toth
Pursuit of Happiness
Mar 10, 2025
In Southern L.A., These Cities Are Making a Comeback

The key is governance and a strong local focus.

Joel Kotkin
Pursuit of Happiness
Mar 6, 2025
California’s Housing Problems Require a Better Solution than Densify, Densify, Densify

California’s mounting housing problem requires more alternatives, especially for people seeking lower rents and affordable single-family houses.

Joel Kotkin
Pursuit of Happiness
Feb 18, 2025
Brains Versus Brawn: Ordinal Rank Effects in Job Training

Is it better to be a big fish in a small pond or a small fish in a big pond?

Scott Carrell, Alexander J. Chesney
Pursuit of Happiness
Jan 28, 2025
The Lone Star State Is Soaring

America's future will be made in Texas.

Joel Kotkin
Pursuit of Happiness
Dec 19, 2024
Popular Misconceptions: The Global Fertility Crisis

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Jesús Fernández-Villaverde
Pursuit of Happiness
Aug 17, 2024
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