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Is American Nationalism Still Creed-able?

We are not there now, but there is reason to worry that the United States is in danger, if we are not careful, of ceasing to be a nation with the principles of 1776 at its core.

Richard Samuelson

Politics

Apr 29, 2026

California is Sacrificing its Economic Future on the Altar of Climate Change

John Yoo, Michael Toth

Politics

Apr 26, 2026

The Left’s War on the Supreme Court Just Hit a Terrifying New Low

John Yoo

Politics

Apr 25, 2026

Canadians Must Stop Romanticizing a Failing Europe

Joel Kotkin

Politics

Apr 23, 2026

Make the Gulf Irrelevant Again

Joel Kotkin

Politics

Apr 20, 2026

Iran War Exposes Weakness of California’s ‘Green’ Dependence on Foreign Oil

Joel Kotkin

Politics

Apr 18, 2026

Yes, President Trump Can Withdraw from NATO

John Yoo

Politics

Apr 17, 2026

America is the new Rome

Joel Kotkin

Politics

Apr 11, 2026

Activist local governments should not be regulators of energy markets

John Yoo, Michael Toth

Politics

Apr 7, 2026

Opinion Why Californians are leaving — and what Gavin Newsom is spending $19M to hide

Joel Kotkin

Politics

Apr 5, 2026

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Civitas Conversations: Statesmanship and Our Flailing Country

Thomas D. Howes, Richard M. Reinsch II

Politics

Sep 18, 2025

The Education Revolution Is Here and Parents and Children Are Winning

Michael Toth, Daniel Murphy

Politics

Sep 18, 2025

The Broken Windows in American Higher Education

Tal Fortgang

Politics

Sep 17, 2025

Spencer Cox Provides the Statesmanship America Needs

Thomas D. Howes

Politics

Sep 15, 2025

Conservatism's Timeless Triad: Puritans, Pioneers, and Robber Barons

Ronald W. Dworkin

Politics

Sep 12, 2025

Michael Lucchese on Understanding Reagan's Conservatism and Buchanan's Populism

Michael Lucchese

Politics

Sep 3, 2025

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WHCD Shooting Suspect Allegedly Targeted Trump Administration Officials

Politics

Apr 26, 2026