Civitas Outlook's Top 10 of 2025
We bring you our 10 top-performing essays for 2025.
1. Emina Melonic - Ken Burns' Egregious Omission
2. Thomas Howes - Tucker Carlson’s Sinking Ideological Ship
3. John Yoo - Does Federal Law Extend to Portlandia?
4. Steven Hayward - Trade Protection and Tariffs from Reagan to Trump
5. Richard Epstein - The Case Against Birthright Citizenship
6. John Yoo - Birthright Citizenship Is American Citizenship
7. John Yoo & Robert Delahunty - Breaking Watergate's Hold on the Presidency
8. Michael Toth - The Education Revolution Is Here and Parents and Children Are Winning
9. Lee E. Ohanian - Creating Affordable Housing Requires Just One Simple Legislative Change
Pursuit of Happiness
The Rise of Latino America
In The Rise of Latino America, Hernandez & Kotkin argue that Latinos, who are projected to become America’s largest ethnic group, are a dynamic force shaping the nation’s demographic, economic, and cultural future. Far from being a marginalized group defined by oppression, Latinos are integral to America’s story. They drive economic growth, cultural evolution, and workforce vitality. Challenges, however, including poverty, educational disparities, and restrictive policies, threaten their upward mobility. Policymakers who wish to harness Latino potential to ensure national prosperity and resilience should adopt policies that prioritize affordability, safety, and economic opportunity over ideological constraints.
Exodus: Affordability Crisis Sends Americans Packing From Big Cities
The first in a two-part series about the Great Dispersion of Americans across the country.
Stanford’s Graduate Student Union Tries to Stifle Dissent
The university may fire me because I won’t pay dues to a labor organization whose views I find repugnant.
John Wayne and the American Redemption
In 3 Godfathers, John Ford beautifully retells the story of the Magi through American Western myth and theology.
Reiner, Stand By Me
Stand By Me is the closest Reiner came to dramatizing the relationship between suffering and seriousness, and he deserves our gratitude for his gentle treatment of the matter.
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