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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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Trump's Greenland Aggression

Trump's Greenland Aggression

Richard Epstein on the Greenland capers.

Richard Epstein
Politics
Jan 22, 2026

McNamara in the Rear-View Mirror

McNamara in the Rear-View Mirror

There is much more to the McNamara story than simply a Ford CEO becoming a government executive, as Philip and William Taubman lay out in McNamara at War: A New History.

Tevi Troy
Pursuit of Happiness
Jan 22, 2026

The Civitas Outlook Energy Symposium

The Civitas Outlook Energy Symposium

Energy policy in America has become, over the past few decades, one of the most fraught debates in American politics.

Richard M. Reinsch II
Economic Dynamism
Jan 21, 2026

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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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Will King Dollar Reign Forever?
Samuel Gregg
Economic Dynamism
Jul 30, 2025
Build it. They're coming. 
Kevin Frazier
Economic Dynamism
Jul 30, 2025
Mistaking Principle for Appeasement
Jonathan H. Adler
Constitutionalism
Jul 29, 2025
How America Became the World’s Medicine Chest—and Why That Status Is at Risk
Jonathan Miltimore
Economic Dynamism
Jul 29, 2025
Current Antitrust Actions Endanger America's AI Edge
Jessica Melugin
Economic Dynamism
Jul 28, 2025
Civitas Conversations: John Yoo Discusses Andrew Jackson's Gunslinger Presidency
John Yoo, Richard Reinsch
Constitutionalism
Jul 25, 2025

Economic Dynamism

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

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The Civitas Outlook Energy Symposium
Richard M. Reinsch II
Economic Dynamism
Jan 21, 2026
From Energy Repression to Energy Dominance
Russ Greene
Economic Dynamism
Jan 21, 2026
America’s Energy Revolution Continues
Steven F. Hayward
Economic Dynamism
Jan 21, 2026
Oil Remains the Epicenter of Commerce, Geopolitics, and Energy
Mark Mills
Economic Dynamism
Jan 21, 2026
Trump's Troubling Economic Turn
Economic Dynamism
Jan 16, 2026
The Poverty of Vanceonomics
Economic Dynamism
Jan 14, 2026

Politics

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

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Trump's Greenland Aggression
Richard Epstein
Politics
Jan 22, 2026
The War on Affordable and Abundant Energy Continues
Michael Toth
Politics
Jan 21, 2026
The Case for a U.S. – Canadian Union
Arthur Herman
Politics
Jan 20, 2026
Selling America Short
Politics
Jan 19, 2026
Trial Lawyers and the Future of Oil & Gas in the Bayou
Michael Toth
Politics
Jan 19, 2026
Prosecuting Maduro
Paul J. Larkin
Politics
Jan 13, 2026

Constitutionalism

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

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President Trump Has to Obey the Constitution, But So Does Chief Justice Roberts
Josh Blackman
Constitutionalism
May 28, 2025
Will SCOTUS Greenlight the Nation’s First Religious Charter School?
S. Ernie Walton, Mark David Hall
Constitutionalism
May 22, 2025
Is There Still a Republic?
Ben R. Crenshaw
Constitutionalism
May 21, 2025
SALT Spoils Federalism
Thomas Savidge
Constitutionalism
May 21, 2025
Suspending Habeas Corpus: A Lincolnian Guide
John Yoo
Constitutionalism
May 20, 2025
Speaker Trump
Joseph Postell
Constitutionalism
May 20, 2025

Pursuit of Happiness

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

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McNamara in the Rear-View Mirror
Tevi Troy
Pursuit of Happiness
Jan 22, 2026
The Quintessential American: Ben Franklin, Man of All Ages
Juliana Geran Pilon
Pursuit of Happiness
Jan 16, 2026
The Moral Case for America in a Nutshell
David C. Rose
Pursuit of Happiness
Jan 15, 2026
The Wealth of Nations at 250: Adam Smith’s Blueprint for the American Economy
Jonathan Hartley
Pursuit of Happiness
Jan 6, 2026
Thank You, Ben
Pursuit of Happiness
Dec 31, 2025
Civitas Outlook's Top 10 of 2025
Pursuit of Happiness
Dec 29, 2025

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