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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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Anti-Semitism and Anti-Christian Zionism On The Right

Anti-Semitism and Anti-Christian Zionism On The Right

As the very bounds of conservatism continue to ebb and flow, stark lines are being drawn of how those on the right view Israel and the Jewish people.

Josh Blackman
Politics
Jan 27, 2026

Looking For Solidarity in the Wrong Place

Looking For Solidarity in the Wrong Place

Only by drawing a caricature of American legal history can R. R. Reno assert that we need a figure like Woodrow Wilson to correct liberalism’s excesses.

Joseph Postell
Constitutionalism
Jan 27, 2026

Will Minneapolis Trigger the Insurrection Act?

Will Minneapolis Trigger the Insurrection Act?

President Donald Trump appears poised to invoke the Insurrection Act to quell the rising violence in Minnesota.

Politics
Jan 26, 2026

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Anti-Semitism and Anti-Christian Zionism On The Right
Josh Blackman
Politics
Jan 27, 2026
Looking For Solidarity in the Wrong Place
Joseph Postell
Constitutionalism
Jan 27, 2026
Will Minneapolis Trigger the Insurrection Act?
Politics
Jan 26, 2026
The AI Frontier Must be Fiercely Competitive
Kevin Frazier
Pursuit of Happiness
Jan 23, 2026
What Is History's Role in Civic Education?
Benjamin P. Haines
Pursuit of Happiness
Jan 23, 2026
Trump's Greenland Aggression
Richard Epstein
Politics
Jan 22, 2026

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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Anti-Semitism and Anti-Christian Zionism On The Right
Josh Blackman
Politics
Jan 27, 2026
Will Minneapolis Trigger the Insurrection Act?
Politics
Jan 26, 2026
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

Constitutionalism

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

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Trump v. Kimmel
Richard Epstein
Constitutionalism
Sep 23, 2025
Congress Should Declare the FTC’s Rulemaking Authority
Aaron L. Nielson
Constitutionalism
Sep 22, 2025
Living With and Coping With Gerrymandering
Richard Epstein
Constitutionalism
Sep 10, 2025
Humphrey’s Executor and the Future of Presidential Power
Aaron L. Nielson
Constitutionalism
Sep 9, 2025
Restoring the Constitution’s Presidency: Modifying Myers and Overruling Humphrey’s
Robert G. Natelson
Constitutionalism
Sep 9, 2025
What Could the Supreme Court Rule About Trump's Tariffs?
John Yoo
Constitutionalism
Sep 8, 2025

Pursuit of Happiness

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

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Building the American Revival
Ryan Bangert
Pursuit of Happiness
Dec 19, 2024
Announcing Civitas Outlook
Ryan Streeter
Pursuit of Happiness
Dec 12, 2024

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