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Civitas Outlook, the online journal of the Civitas Institute, publishes original writing about the ideas that create flourishing societies.

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Tucker Carlson’s Sinking Ideological Ship

Tucker Carlson’s Sinking Ideological Ship

Carlson is not alone in abandoning the American conservatism of people like Ronald Reagan, but he is at the forefront of accelerating its abandonment.

Thomas D. Howes
Politics
Oct 31, 2025

AI and the Divine Test

AI and the Divine Test

The loss of sentience is the most present danger posed by AI.

Spencer A. Klavan
Pursuit of Happiness
Oct 31, 2025

What Americans Mean By “Constitution”

What Americans Mean By “Constitution”

Our ancestors invented something that the rest of the world has rightly admired. We need to learn to better appreciate their achievement.

Daniel E. Burns
Constitutionalism
Oct 31, 2025

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Civitas Outlook seeks understanding from a variety of authors, ideas, and disciplines. Choose a specific topic above or explore our full library.

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Let the National Institutes of Health Delegate Medical Research to Private Foundations
Richard Epstein
Constitutionalism
Mar 5, 2025
AI's Challenges to Free Speech Doctrine
Ryan Bangert
Constitutionalism
Mar 5, 2025
America Is Not for Economic Planning or Cowards
David C. Rose
Economic Dynamism
Mar 4, 2025
Three's a Crowd: Treasury's Competing Economic Targets 
David Beckworth
Economic Dynamism
Mar 3, 2025
Trump's Spending Pauses: Historical Conventions and Statutory Text
Paul J. Larkin
Constitutionalism
Feb 28, 2025
Why Endowments of Educational Institutions Shouldn't be Taxed
Erik M. Jensen
Pursuit of Happiness
Feb 27, 2025

Economic Dynamism

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

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Elon Musk vs. Jeff Bezos: Is the Moon Big Enough for Two Lunar Billionaires?
Richard Smith
Economic Dynamism
Oct 30, 2025
Does the Market Economy Need a Moral Rebalancing?
John C. Pinheiro
Economic Dynamism
Oct 30, 2025
The GAIN AI Bill Is an American Loss
Richard Epstein
Economic Dynamism
Oct 29, 2025
The Fed’s Missing Independence
Veronique de Rugy
Economic Dynamism
Oct 29, 2025
From Buenos Aires to London: Not All Bailouts Are Created Equal
Michael Munger
Economic Dynamism
Oct 29, 2025
Why Professor Mokyr's Nobel in Economics Matters
Joshua Banerjee
Economic Dynamism
Oct 28, 2025

Politics

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

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Not-So-Beautiful Losers: How Conservatism Won the Cold War – and Lost the Peace
Michael Lucchese
Politics
Sep 1, 2025
Why Israel May Sue the New York Times
Richard Epstein
Politics
Aug 28, 2025
The Constitutional Questions Swirling Around the District of Columbia’s Disorder
Zack Smith
Politics
Aug 25, 2025
Chicago: The First Domino to Fall?
Thomas Savidge
Politics
Aug 14, 2025
The Truth That Frank Meyer Knew
Brian C. Anderson
Politics
Aug 13, 2025
Rise of the Silicon Valley Patriots?
Richard M. Reinsch II
Politics
Aug 12, 2025

Constitutionalism

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

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What Americans Mean By “Constitution”
Daniel E. Burns
Constitutionalism
Oct 31, 2025
The Struggle for the Shadow Dockets
Aaron L. Nielson
Constitutionalism
Oct 28, 2025
A Listening Heart
Jonathan H. Adler
Constitutionalism
Oct 27, 2025
Waging Municipal Lawfare
Doug Peterson, Michael Toth
Constitutionalism
Oct 23, 2025
What Game Are We Playing?
John Grove
Constitutionalism
Oct 23, 2025
Does Federal Law Extend to Portlandia?
John Yoo
Constitutionalism
Oct 22, 2025

Pursuit of Happiness

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

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AI and the Divine Test
Spencer A. Klavan
Pursuit of Happiness
Oct 31, 2025
The Reckless American
Mark Bauerlein
Pursuit of Happiness
Oct 24, 2025
Bodies, Selves, and the Quest for Identity
Rachel Lu
Pursuit of Happiness
Oct 21, 2025
A Doctor In Full
Ronald W. Dworkin
Pursuit of Happiness
Oct 17, 2025
Racing Earnhardt
Emina Melonic
Pursuit of Happiness
Oct 17, 2025
Dallin Oaks: From Legal Giant to Leader of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Aaron L. Nielson
Pursuit of Happiness
Oct 15, 2025

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