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The end of green energy

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Jan 13, 2026

Joel Kotkin: Trump aside, Canada and the U.S. need to co-operate

Our economies are linked; we more the same language and we're learning that mass, unregulated immigration is no solution to economic sloth

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Jan 7, 2026

Can social democracy save capitalism — again?

Zohran Mamdani’s inauguration this week as New York City mayor is a moment of reckoning for those who care about preserving the American way of life.

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Jan 6, 2026

Why are Zoomers embracing extremist ideas?

Conservatives have rightly denounced the extremist tendency among young progressives, but there’s a similar problem now evident on the Right.

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Dec 22, 2025

The Rod and Greg Show Rundown

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Dec 19, 2025

California job cuts will hurt Gavin Newsom’s White House run

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Dec 10, 2025

An anti-woke counter-revolution is sweeping through the media

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Dec 1, 2025

California’s billionaire tax could bring down Gavin Newsom

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Nov 17, 2025

Mayors to Cities: Drop Dead

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Nov 15, 2025

Zohran Mamdani’s rise is fuelled by generational resentment

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Nov 4, 2025

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Liberal Democracy Reexamined: Leo Strauss on Alexis de Tocqueville

Raúl Rodríguez

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Feb 25, 2025

Long Distance Migration as a Two-Step Sorting Process: The Resettlement of Californians in Texas

James Gimpel, Daron Shaw

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Feb 6, 2025

Who's That Knocking? A Study of the Strategic Choices Facing Large-Scale Grassroots Canvassing Efforts

Grant Ferguson, James Gimpel, Mark Owens, Daron Shaw

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Dec 13, 2024

National Poll from Civitas Institute: Trump Victory Driven by Voters Who Reject Status Quo

Daron Shaw

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Dec 11, 2024

Understanding the Effect of Abortion Attitudes on Elections After Dobbs: Evidence from Cross-Sectional and Panel Surveys in Texas

Grant Ferguson, James Gimpel, Mark Owens, and Daron R. Shaw

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Nov 26, 2024

Tocqueville’s Defense of Aristocratic Literature

Antonio Sosa

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Oct 3, 2024

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DC and LA Failures Play Into Trump’s Hands

Joel Kotkin

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Aug 14, 2025

Climate Lawyers Try a New Approach

Michael Toth

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Aug 11, 2025

Reading the New Conservatives

Richard M. Reinsch II

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Jul 31, 2025

The Specter of Chaos in New York

Michael Toth

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Jul 30, 2025

Trump and Wiles Are like a New Madden and Summerall

Michael Toth

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Jul 17, 2025

Under Zohran Mamdani, the Jewish Exodus from New York Is Likely to Accelerate

Joel Kotkin

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Jul 8, 2025

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John Yoo: Merchan Is ‘Making Sure’ Trump Is the First Felon President

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Jan 1, 2024

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Jan 1, 2024

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Politics

Trump's Greenland Aggression

The War on Affordable and Abundant Energy Continues

The Case for a U.S. – Canadian Union

Selling America Short

Trial Lawyers and the Future of Oil & Gas in the Bayou

How Radical Are Republican Voters?

The end of green energy

The end of green energy

Joel Kotkin: Trump aside, Canada and the U.S. need to co-operate

Can social democracy save capitalism — again?

Why are Zoomers embracing extremist ideas?

The Rod and Greg Show Rundown

California job cuts will hurt Gavin Newsom’s White House run

An anti-woke counter-revolution is sweeping through the media

California’s billionaire tax could bring down Gavin Newsom

Mayors to Cities: Drop Dead

Zohran Mamdani’s rise is fuelled by generational resentment

Liberal Democracy Reexamined: Leo Strauss on Alexis de Tocqueville

Long Distance Migration as a Two-Step Sorting Process: The Resettlement of Californians in Texas

Who's That Knocking? A Study of the Strategic Choices Facing Large-Scale Grassroots Canvassing Efforts

National Poll from Civitas Institute: Trump Victory Driven by Voters Who Reject Status Quo

Understanding the Effect of Abortion Attitudes on Elections After Dobbs: Evidence from Cross-Sectional and Panel Surveys in Texas

Tocqueville’s Defense of Aristocratic Literature

DC and LA Failures Play Into Trump’s Hands

Climate Lawyers Try a New Approach

Reading the New Conservatives

The Specter of Chaos in New York

Trump and Wiles Are like a New Madden and Summerall

Under Zohran Mamdani, the Jewish Exodus from New York Is Likely to Accelerate

John Yoo: Merchan Is ‘Making Sure’ Trump Is the First Felon President

John Yoo: Critics Skewer New York Judge for Scheduling Trump’s Sentencing Before Inauguration

John Yoo: Biden Uses Carter’s Death to Take Dig at Trump

Jonathan Haidt and Jonathan Rauch on Creating Knowledge in a Fragmented Age

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