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Politics

Confronting the New Antisemitism

Our Ability to Fight Foreign Terrorism Just Got Weaker

America Can’t Build for War Anymore

Policymakers Need to Get Tax Treatment of Litigation Funding Right

Left-Wing Civil War Threatens LA’s Future

The Myth of Europe’s ‘Fascist’ Revival

“Democratic” Socialism Is Undemocratic

Our Ability to Fight Foreign Terrorism Just Got Weaker

America Can’t Build for War Anymore

Policymakers Need to Get Tax Treatment of Litigation Funding Right

Left-Wing Civil War Threatens LA’s Future

The Myth of Europe’s ‘Fascist’ Revival

Sneaky Leftist Lawsuits Are Taking Aim at US Energy Dominance

I’d like to Believe California Can Be Saved from the Left. It May Be Too Late.

The Rise of the UnJews

Steve Hilton’s Rise Won’t Kill California Progressivism

AI Cyber Risks Are Testing the Office Built to Coordinate Them

The One and True Conservatism?

Defamation Comes to the Gaza Strip

James Burnham's Struggle for America

The Endowment Tax on Educational Institutions After the Big Beautiful Bill

The Perils and Promise of Negotiation in International Relationships

Civitas Conversations: Michael Toth on Zohran Mamdani and the Future of Progressivism

Richard Reinsch Warns of Escalating Political Retaliation as Debate Turns to Conservatism, Violence, and Executive Power

John Yoo urges Supreme Court to ‘let democracy work’ in trans athlete case

Kotkin: Non-Aligned Nations Navigating a Multipolar World

Wall Street Journal: Donald Trump Takes On the Conservative Judiciary

Trump’s Drug Pricing Plan: Consequences for Innovation and Patient Access

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