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February 10, 2025
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John Yoo: Musk’s Audits Are Part of Alexander Hamilton’s ‘Energetic Executive’

Berkeley Law professor John Yoo breaks down a judge blocking Elon Musk from accessing treasury data on 'Kudlow.'

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Kotkin: Non-Aligned Nations Navigating a Multipolar World

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Wall Street Journal: Donald Trump Takes On the Conservative Judiciary

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Liberal Democracy Reexamined: Leo Strauss on Alexis de Tocqueville

This article explores Leo Strauss’s thoughts on Alexis de Tocqueville in his 1954 “Natural Right” course transcript.

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

Here we press the question of whether the well-documented stream of migrants relocating from California to Texas has been sufficient to alter the political complexion of the destination state.

James Gimpel, Daron Shaw
Politics
Feb 6, 2025
Who's That Knocking? A Study of the Strategic Choices Facing Large-Scale Grassroots Canvassing Efforts

Although there is a consensus that personalized forms of campaign outreach are more likely to be effective at either mobilizing or even persuading voters, there remains uncertainty about how campaigns should implement get-out-the-vote (GOTV) programs, especially at a truly expansive scale.

Grant Ferguson, James Gimpel, Mark Owens, Daron Shaw
Politics
Dec 13, 2024
National Poll from Civitas Institute: Trump Victory Driven by Voters Who Reject Status Quo

The poll asked 1,200 Americans an array of questions about how things are going in America.

Daron Shaw
Politics
Dec 11, 2024
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.

Politics
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.

Politics
Dec 22, 2025
The Rod and Greg Show Rundown

Joel Kotkin, Presidential Fellow in Urban Futures at Chapman University and senior research fellow at the Civitas Institute, joins the Rod and Greg Show for a conversation about his piece for The Gateway Pundit on how the gender divide is changing America.

Politics
Dec 19, 2025
California job cuts will hurt Gavin Newsom’s White House run

California Governor Gavin Newsom loves to describe his state as “an economic powerhouse”. Yet he’s far more reluctant to acknowledge its dramatically worsening employment picture.

Politics
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The Three Whiskey Happy Hour

Steven Hayward brings you the Power Line Blog's perspective on the week's big headlines.

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Kotkin: Non-Aligned Nations Navigating a Multipolar World

Politics
Aug 19, 2025
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Wall Street Journal: Donald Trump Takes On the Conservative Judiciary

Politics
Jun 2, 2025
1:05

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

Politics
May 13, 2025
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John Yoo: The DOJ Is Being ‘Tricky’ but They May Be Right

Politics
Mar 18, 2025
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John Yoo: How Will Trump Try to ‘Redirect’ the Justice Department Toward ‘Public Order and Safety’?

Politics
Mar 14, 2025
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Reagan, the Original MAGA President?

We forget that the left and the media charged that Reagan was a dangerous "extremist" just as much as they charge Trump today with the same appellation.

Steven F. Hayward
Politics
Jan 7, 2026
Trump's Supposed Intellectual Forbearers

Modern writers should not abuse dead thinkers for political gain.

Richard Epstein
Politics
Jan 7, 2026
Australia: A Nation Adrift

The battle of ideas must be urgently engaged if the descent of a great country into tribalism, economic stagnation, cultural self-loathing, and perpetual grievance-mongering is to be averted.

Politics
Jan 5, 2026
Hayek, Orwell, and “The End of Truth”

“The tragedy of collectivist thought,” Hayek noted, “is that, while it starts out to make reason supreme, it ends by destroying reason because it misconceives the process on which the growth of reason depends.”

Politics
Jan 1, 2026
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