Civitas Outlook
Civitas Outlook, the online journal of the Civitas Institute, publishes original writing about the ideas that create flourishing societies.
Why Amtrak Needs Airport-Level Security
Why Amtrak Needs Airport-Level Security
Cole Allen transporting weapons across the country on Amtrak highlights the issue.
Colorado’s Secularist Hostility Strikes Again
Colorado’s Secularist Hostility Strikes Again
The Supreme Court needs to give lower federal courts a more workable test for determining when facially neutral conditions constitute religious exclusion.
Remembering and Rebuking the Covid Regime
Remembering and Rebuking the Covid Regime
Preventing a future repetition of this exercise in pandemic central planning will require removing “emergency” powers from political authorities who are all too keen to use them as instruments to impose an unattainable societal order.
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Economic Dynamism
We consider the principles, policies, and culture that supports free market capitalism
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Politics
We investigate what it means to be a constitutional people who remain tethered to the rule of law.
Constitutionalism
We discuss the political thought that undergirds a society of freedom and virtue.
Pursuit of Happiness
We explore how citizens, neighbors, workers, families, and communities shape the future of American society.
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