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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

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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

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Mar 26, 2025

Does Gavin Newsom Believe in Anything?

Joel Kotkin

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Mar 26, 2025

Trump and Musk Share the Founder’s Mindset

Arthur Herman

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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

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Mar 13, 2025

The Democrats’ Coming Civil War

Joel Kotkin

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Mar 4, 2025

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

Joel Kotkin

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Feb 27, 2025

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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

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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

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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

Politics

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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Jan 26, 2024

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

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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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Jonathan Haidt and Jonathan Rauch on Creating Knowledge in a Fragmented Age

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Jan 1, 2024

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Politics

Mahmoud Khalil Invites America to Judgment

Are the Democrats Drifting Further Left?

Repudiating Genesis

Pierre Manent Investigates Europe's Democracy Crisis

Thatcher and the Conservative Party, Fifty Years Later

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

Does Gavin Newsom Believe in Anything?

Mahmoud Khalil Invites America to Judgment

Are the Democrats Drifting Further Left?

Ignore the Bluster – Donald Trump Is Not an Imperialist

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

Does Gavin Newsom Believe in Anything?

Trump and Musk Share the Founder’s Mindset

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

The Climate Has Changed on Climate Change

The Democrats’ Coming Civil War

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

The Surge of the Small Donorate in U.S. Elections: A View from Texas Statewide Campaigns.”

Campaign Ads and the Differences Between Soliciting Donations and Mobilizing Volunteers

How Trump, AG Bondi Can Persuade Democrats to Abandon Lawfare

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

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

LA’s Dreams Went Up in Flames

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

We Need a Full Accounting of Biden’s Presidential Incapacity

Jonathan Haidt and Jonathan Rauch on Creating Knowledge in a Fragmented Age

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