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May 13, 2025
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Richard Epstein

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

President Trump’s bold new plan to slash prescription drug prices is drawing fire from one of the nation’s most prominent legal and economic scholars. University of Chicago law professor Richard Epstein criticized the executive order—which would impose a “most favored nation” (MFN) pricing rule on pharmaceuticals sold in the U.S.—as deeply flawed and likely to backfire.

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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.

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Politics
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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
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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.

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Politics
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Donald Trump Has Scrambled the Old Class Allegiances

Oligarchs, professionals and the working class are all divided among themselves.

Joel Kotkin
Politics
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The Pope of Progress?

Francis made progressive politics his lodestar. The result was a failed papacy.

Richard Reinsch
Politics
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Relief for Trump in Sight — If Supreme Court Special Session Reins in Rogue Judges

Nationwide injunctions have proven a disaster for the federal judiciary.

John Yoo
Politics
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The Dangers of the Political Gender Gap

Young women and men are gravitating towards opposite political extremes, with potentially explosive consequences.

Joel Kotkin
Politics
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John Yoo: The DOJ Is Being ‘Tricky’ but They May Be Right

Politics
Mar 18, 2025
1:05

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

Politics
Mar 14, 2025
1:05

John Yoo: Musk’s Audits Are Part of Alexander Hamilton’s ‘Energetic Executive’

Politics
Feb 10, 2025
1:05

Lord Andrew Roberts on Winston Churchill and the US-UK Special Relationship, Then and Now

Politics
Sep 26, 2024
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Justin Dyer on Civic Education: Live at AEI's Future of the American University Conference

Politics
May 14, 2024
1:05
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Closing DOE, Funding Federal School Choice

Every child in America would benefit from school choice, not just those fortunate enough to be wealthy or live in states that already generously support school choice.

David C. Rose
Politics
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Cicero's Law

Lawless Republic is the story of the life and times of Cicero.

Graham McAleer
Politics
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Still a “Light to the Nations”

Douglas Murray went to Israel to find out and give “witness” to what happened on October 7.

Paul Seaton
Politics
May 8, 2025
The Survival of the American Nation

Victor Davis Hanson urges America to examine itself dispassionately and recognize that it already possesses many of the characteristics of decline.

Marc LiVecche
Politics
May 6, 2025
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