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Can Kevin Warsh Save the Fed from Fiscal Dominance?
Without fiscal reform, no chairman, Warsh included, will be able to escape the dismal reality for long.
Canada Doesn't Need to Win
Trump has offered Canada subordination. What would be more beneficial for both parties is coordination.
Charles Sumner’s Harmony with the Declaration
Sumner used the Declaration to increase the Constitution’s pursuit of forming a more perfect union.
The Economic and Constitutional Vices of California’s “Once-only” Wealth Tax
California's proposal to tax billionaires seems at first menacing, but could have drastic negative consequences for the future of the state.
Storm Over the Appointment Process
This is not your grandfather’s appointment process; in fact, it’s not even your older brother’s.
Can Kevin Warsh Save the Fed from Fiscal Dominance?
Without fiscal reform, no chairman, Warsh included, will be able to escape the dismal reality for long.
The Economic and Constitutional Vices of California’s “Once-only” Wealth Tax
California's proposal to tax billionaires seems at first menacing, but could have drastic negative consequences for the future of the state.
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California’s Proposed Billionaire Tax and Its Portents for Normal People
The deeper significance of California's billionaire tax is in how it redefines what it means to own property in the United States.
The Civitas Outlook Energy Symposium
Energy policy in America has become, over the past few decades, one of the most fraught debates in American politics.
From Energy Repression to Energy Dominance
Even the most powerful computers on earth have no idea how much energy America will need for the next generation. What, then, is the path forward?
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Storm Over the Appointment Process
This is not your grandfather’s appointment process; in fact, it’s not even your older brother’s.
The Clash of Civilizations at 30
Three decades on, Huntington did not foresee the extent to which the West would erode, but he did perceive the warning signs.
How FDR’s Bold Experimentation Blinkered the American Economy
Overall, False Dawn is a disciplined, evidence-heavy challenge to the New Deal’s most self-flattering myth: that bold experimentation rescued the American economy.
Might the "New Right 5.0" Be the Old Fusionism?
Since the self-conscious conservative movement came together in the 1950s, a "new right" has emerged every few years.
Forging a Political Constitution
Thomas Rives Bell urges that separation-of-powers conflicts between Congress and the Executive branch be regarded as political questions beyond federal court intervention.
Trump's Jeffersonian Foreign Policy
The Constitution creates a presidency that can respond forcefully to prevent serious threats to our national security.
ICE and the Fourth Amendment
The agency needs judicial oversight, not so-called administrative warrants.
Looking For Solidarity in the Wrong Place
Only by drawing a caricature of American legal history can R. R. Reno assert that we need a figure like Woodrow Wilson to correct liberalism’s excesses.
One Nation Spaced Out
Kevin Sabet’s new book addresses a problem that has bedeviled us for thousands of years: What should individuals and society do about the use of psychoactive substances?
The AI Frontier Must be Fiercely Competitive
In the long run, overregulation could run the risk of making AI less safe.
What Is History's Role in Civic Education?
Regrettable trends within the professional discipline of history have forfeited its vaunted former status in civic education.
McNamara in the Rear-View Mirror
There is much more to the McNamara story than simply a Ford CEO becoming a government executive, as Philip and William Taubman lay out in McNamara at War: A New History.
The Quintessential American: Ben Franklin, Man of All Ages
Franklin’s prudence is as welcome 320 years on as his legendary serenity.
The Moral Case for America in a Nutshell
America’s proponents now have no choice but to articulate their own simple and effective moral case for our way of life.
The Wealth of Nations at 250: Adam Smith’s Blueprint for the American Economy
Ideas of few books have shaped the economic logic of the American experiment more profoundly than The Wealth of Nations, even when Americans have not always realized it as an agent that promotes prosperity and reduces poverty.
