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Mahmoud Khalil Invites America to Judgment

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Politics
Apr 7, 2025
Are the Democrats Drifting Further Left?

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Politics
Apr 5, 2025
Repudiating Genesis

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Politics
Apr 3, 2025
Pierre Manent Investigates Europe's Democracy Crisis

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Politics
Apr 1, 2025
Thatcher and the Conservative Party, Fifty Years Later

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Politics
Mar 31, 2025
An M.I.A. Congress Exacerbates the Clash Between Trump and the Courts

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Politics
Mar 26, 2025
Does Gavin Newsom Believe in Anything?

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Politics
Mar 26, 2025
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Mahmoud Khalil Invites America to Judgment

A free and good society cannot be ‘open’ to everything, no matter how ugly or pernicious.

Richard M. Reinsch II
Politics
Apr 7, 2025

Are the Democrats Drifting Further Left?

Now is a good time to examine what the Democratic party believes in, who its main protagonists are, and what their agenda is.

Joel Kotkin
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Apr 5, 2025

Ignore the Bluster – Donald Trump Is Not an Imperialist

MAGA foreign policy is driven by a haunting sense of America’s vulnerability and decline.

Joel Kotkin
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Mar 28, 2025

An M.I.A. Congress Exacerbates the Clash Between Trump and the Courts

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

John Yoo, Robert J. Delahunty
Politics
Mar 26, 2025

Does Gavin Newsom Believe in Anything?

Joel Kotkin
Politics
Mar 26, 2025

Trump and Musk Share the Founder’s Mindset

Arthur Herman
Politics
Mar 26, 2025

The Claim That Trump Is Causing a Constitutional Crisis Ignores a Key Reality

John Yoo, Robert Delahunty
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Mar 17, 2025

The Climate Has Changed on Climate Change

Joel Kotkin
Politics
Mar 13, 2025

The Democrats’ Coming Civil War

Joel Kotkin
Politics
Mar 4, 2025

DOGE Is Waging a Class War on America’s New Clerisy

Joel Kotkin
Politics
Feb 27, 2025
Research
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The Surge of the Small Donorate in U.S. Elections: A View from Texas Statewide Campaigns.”

Grant Ferguson, James Gimpel, Mark Owens, and Daron Shaw
Politics
Sep 4, 2024

Campaign Ads and the Differences Between Soliciting Donations and Mobilizing Volunteers

Grant Ferguson, James Gimpel, Mark Owens, Daron Shaw
Politics
May 20, 2024
Commentary
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How Trump, AG Bondi Can Persuade Democrats to Abandon Lawfare

John Yoo, John Shu
Politics
Jan 30, 2024

Trump’s Assault on DEI Will Bring Us Closer to a Post-racial America

Joel Kotkin
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Jan 30, 2024

Trump Probes Can De-weaponize the Justice System — Starting with Alvin Bragg’s Daniel Penny Case

John Yoo
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LA’s Dreams Went Up in Flames

Joel Kotkin
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Jan 10, 2024

Why International Arrest Warrants for Netanyahu and Putin Are Anti-democracy Legal Garbage

John Yoo, Robert Delahunty
Politics
Jan 3, 2024

We Need a Full Accounting of Biden’s Presidential Incapacity

John Yoo, Robert Delahunty
Politics
Dec 31, 2023
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John Yoo: The DOJ Is Being ‘Tricky’ but They May Be Right

John Yoo: The DOJ Is Being ‘Tricky’ but They May Be Right

Politics
Mar 18, 2025
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John Yoo: How Will Trump Try to ‘Redirect’ the Justice Department Toward ‘Public Order and Safety’?

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Mar 14, 2025
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John Yoo: Musk’s Audits Are Part of Alexander Hamilton’s ‘Energetic Executive’

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Feb 10, 2025
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Sep 26, 2024
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