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Degraded Deliberation in the U.S. House

Degraded Deliberation in the U.S. House

Congressional Republicans are setting themselves up for explosive failures on the floor.

Philip Wallach
Multiple Contributors
Constitutionalism
Jan 7, 2025

Burying Settler Colonialism's Ideologiekritik

Burying Settler Colonialism's Ideologiekritik

The Settler Colonialist ideological critique destroys minds, bodies, and societies.

Paul Seaton
Multiple Contributors
Politics
Jan 6, 2025

Deconstructing the Administrative State: Will This Time be Different?

Deconstructing the Administrative State: Will This Time be Different?

Our political system is designed so that durable and significant policy change is only achievable through congressional action.

Joseph Postell
Multiple Contributors
Constitutionalism
Jan 3, 2025

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The Right and Wrong Way to Regulate AI
Rachel Lomasky
Multiple Contributors
Economic Dynamism
Dec 17, 2024
Is Woke Losing?
Daniel J. Mahoney
Multiple Contributors
Politics
Dec 16, 2024
Globalization’s Challenge to American Constitutionalism
John Yoo
Multiple Contributors
Constitutionalism
Dec 16, 2024
Re-forming the Department of Justice
Andrew C. McCarthy
Multiple Contributors
Constitutionalism
Dec 13, 2024
What is the Future of the Federalist Society?
Josh Blackman
Multiple Contributors
Constitutionalism
Dec 13, 2024
What Drove Trump's Victory
Daron Shaw
Multiple Contributors
Politics
Dec 13, 2024

Economic Dynamism

We consider the principles, policies, and culture that supports free market capitalism

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The Puzzles of Trumponomics 2.0
Samuel Gregg
Multiple Contributors
Economic Dynamism
Jan 2, 2025
The New Supply Side Economics Can Revive Economic Growth
Jonathan Hartley
Multiple Contributors
Economic Dynamism
Dec 20, 2024
Fixing Inflation, Right-Sizing the Federal Government
Scott Winship
Multiple Contributors
Economic Dynamism
Dec 20, 2024
The Future of Entrepreneurship in America
Andreas Widmer
Multiple Contributors
Economic Dynamism
Dec 19, 2024
Trump’s Department of Labor Needs a Pro Growth Leader
Mark Pulliam
Multiple Contributors
Economic Dynamism
Dec 17, 2024
The Right and Wrong Way to Regulate AI
Rachel Lomasky
Multiple Contributors
Economic Dynamism
Dec 17, 2024

Politics

We investigate what it means to be a constitutional people who remain tethered to the rule of law.

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Winston Churchill and the US-UK Special Relationship: Then and Now
Andrew Roberts
Multiple Contributors
Politics
Dec 11, 2024
Israel Among the Nations
Richard M. Reinsch II
Multiple Contributors
Politics
Dec 11, 2024

Constitutionalism

We discuss the political thought that undergirds a society of freedom and virtue.

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Degraded Deliberation in the U.S. House
Philip Wallach
Multiple Contributors
Constitutionalism
Jan 7, 2025
Deconstructing the Administrative State: Will This Time be Different?
Joseph Postell
Multiple Contributors
Constitutionalism
Jan 3, 2025
Biden's Shakespearean End: Something Wicked This Way Comes
Paul J. Larkin
Multiple Contributors
Constitutionalism
Jan 1, 2025
Chemerinsky's Constitutional Wishlist
Tal Fortgang
Multiple Contributors
Constitutionalism
Dec 31, 2024
Originalism Must Restore Self Government
Johnathan O’Neill
Multiple Contributors
Constitutionalism
Dec 27, 2024
The Court's Obscenity Jurisprudence Is Due for Revision
GianCarlo Canaparo
Multiple Contributors
Constitutionalism
Dec 18, 2024

Pursuit of Happiness

We explore how citizens, neighbors, workers, families, and communities shape the future of American society.

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Getting Family Policy Wrong
John Shelton
Multiple Contributors
Pursuit of Happiness
Dec 30, 2024
Alienation and Apple
Rachel Lu
Multiple Contributors
Pursuit of Happiness
Dec 26, 2024
Building the American Revival
Ryan Bangert
Multiple Contributors
Pursuit of Happiness
Dec 19, 2024
Announcing Civitas Outlook
Ryan Streeter
Multiple Contributors
Pursuit of Happiness
Dec 12, 2024

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