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The Not-So Reckless Attack on Iran

The Not-So Reckless Attack on Iran

The Iranian government does not have either the leadership or the resources to mount any sustained military response to the forces arrayed against it. 

Richard Epstein
Politics
Mar 4, 2026

The Healthcare Symposium

The Healthcare Symposium

We’ve asked James Capretta, Sally Pipes, and Avik Roy to opine on the future of healthcare policy in America.

Richard M. Reinsch II
Politics
Mar 4, 2026

Reforming Health Care

Reforming Health Care

Market-driven reform should be compared with the alternative its critics prefer: price regulation.

James C. Capretta
Politics
Mar 4, 2026

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The Not-So Reckless Attack on Iran
Richard Epstein
Politics
Mar 4, 2026
The Healthcare Symposium
Richard M. Reinsch II
Politics
Mar 4, 2026
Reforming Health Care
James C. Capretta
Politics
Mar 4, 2026
Stop Subsidizing Insurers, Start Empowering Patients
Sally C. Pipes
Politics
Mar 4, 2026
The Original Sin of U.S. Health Care
Avik Roy
Pursuit of Happiness
Mar 4, 2026
AI Needs Consumer Choice, Not Bureaucratic Control
Economic Dynamism
Mar 3, 2026

Economic Dynamism

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

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Can Kevin Warsh Save the Fed from Fiscal Dominance?
Veronique de Rugy
Economic Dynamism
Feb 9, 2026
The Economic and Constitutional Vices of California’s “Once-only” Wealth Tax
Richard Epstein
Economic Dynamism
Feb 5, 2026
California’s Proposed Billionaire Tax and Its Portents for Normal People
Julia R. Cartwright, Paul Mueller
Economic Dynamism
Jan 29, 2026
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

Politics

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

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The Not-So Reckless Attack on Iran
Richard Epstein
Politics
Mar 4, 2026
The Healthcare Symposium
Richard M. Reinsch II
Politics
Mar 4, 2026
Reforming Health Care
James C. Capretta
Politics
Mar 4, 2026
Stop Subsidizing Insurers, Start Empowering Patients
Sally C. Pipes
Politics
Mar 4, 2026
Confusion about Commandeering
Jonathan H. Adler
Politics
Mar 3, 2026
A Climate Science Manual for Judges Discredits Itself
Jessica Weinkle
Politics
Mar 2, 2026

Constitutionalism

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

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Trump’s Tariff Tantrum
Richard Epstein
Constitutionalism
Feb 25, 2026
The Administrative State’s Sludge
Aaron L. Nielson
Constitutionalism
Feb 24, 2026
The Roberts Court Invokes Congress and the Constitution
Constitutionalism
Feb 23, 2026
Slavery and the Republic
David Lewis Schaefer
Constitutionalism
Feb 20, 2026
Two Hails For The Chief’s NDA
Josh Blackman
Constitutionalism
Feb 10, 2026
Charles Sumner’s Harmony with the Declaration
James Howard
Constitutionalism
Feb 6, 2026

Pursuit of Happiness

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

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The Original Sin of U.S. Health Care
Avik Roy
Pursuit of Happiness
Mar 4, 2026
The False Equivalence of Multicultural Day
Josh Blackman
Pursuit of Happiness
Feb 26, 2026
Norman Podhoretz: American Patriot, Faithful Jew, and Indomitable Defender of Civilization
Daniel J. Mahoney
Pursuit of Happiness
Feb 25, 2026
America’s Roundabout Revolution
Jonathan Miltimore
Pursuit of Happiness
Feb 24, 2026
The AI Future: Between Certain Doom and Endless Prosperity
Kevin Frazier
Pursuit of Happiness
Feb 17, 2026
The Castle, the Cathedral, and the College
Pano Kanelos
Pursuit of Happiness
Feb 16, 2026

Technology & Innovation

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