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The Declaration and Tradition
As we approach America’s 250th anniversary, we should reflect upon and appreciate the Declaration’s opening paragraphs—but we should not forget to remember the rest of the document or the context in which it was created.
The Supremes Shut Down the Plaintiff’s Bar Crusade Against Monsanto’s Roundup
If the product is safe, then it is dangerous to pretend it is dangerous.
Immigration Indoctrination: Story Time For the Fourth of July
Liberal information asymmetries are difficult to break.
ISS and Glass Lewis Can’t Stop Texas
Texas’ policy is clear: the state wants businesses to thrive as businesses.
Can Civic Friendship Save America?
Start with “civic assimilation” on the way to a more peaceful Union.
The Forgotten Greenspan Great Moderation Legacy
Alan Greenspan deserves to be remembered as one of the most consequential and successful central bankers in American history.
Can Socialist Fantasies Overtake the World?
Yes, if the unworldly philosophers at the Global Justice Project are allowed to have their way.
An AI Commencement Address That Might Not Elicit Boos
Someone has to dare to point the path forward in those communities. We need many more Nehemiahs.
The Green New Dependency: How China Captured Western Climate Agendas
With the help of universities, Net Zero’s rules were quietly written to save China’s export model—with the West as the customer.
The Shrinking Middle Class and Booming Upper-Middle Class: The Plot Thickens
What accounts for this disconnect between perception and reality?
Introducing 'The Civitas Collection 250'
We hope that you, the reader, will deepen your understanding of the Declaration and develop greater devotion to this remarkable country we have been called to uphold and cherish.
Adding Friction to Rushed Federal AI Governance
We don’t want federal policy regarding AI made in Sport Mode.
“Birthright Citizenship” an Invented Tradition?
To truly reopen debate on this issue, it is important to recognize that neither “birthright citizenship” nor “jus soli” was part of the legal world that gave rise to the Fourteenth Amendment.
Russell Kirk: Patron Saint of Populism’s Golden Age?
If Americans would understand their country as a cherished inheritance within the great tradition of Western civilization, they will find within Kirk’s newly collected essays the resources for its renewal.
Can Trump Survive the Iran Debacle?
Trump's on-again-off-again negotiation style has made regime change ever more difficult to obtain.
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The Declaration and Tradition
As we approach America’s 250th anniversary, we should reflect upon and appreciate the Declaration’s opening paragraphs—but we should not forget to remember the rest of the document or the context in which it was created.
The Supremes Shut Down the Plaintiff’s Bar Crusade Against Monsanto’s Roundup
If the product is safe, then it is dangerous to pretend it is dangerous.
Why Justice Alito Should Not Recuse from 'Suncor v. Boulder'
Fidelity to the law as written has been the hallmark of Justice Alito’s twenty years on the Court.
“Texas” and Confessions of Error in the U.S. Supreme Court
Prosecutors have a duty to see justice done.
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Our American Legal Tradition Is Not the Warren Court’s Tradition
Most Americans today have no living memory of the world before the Warren and Burger Courts.
Mansfield’s Insufficient Protest
Harvard’s failings are not episodic but systematic and rooted in a view of the human person that Mansfield himself has consistently tried to resist.
Anger Management
Jonathan Turley’s 'Rage and the Republic' stands out as a worthwhile addition to the growing list of books on the Revolution.
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Ivy League Miseducation
Stefanik is not wrong at all in pointing out what ails higher education. However, her scope is extremely limiting, and her approach rather superficial.
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The Declaration Is a Metaphysical and Political Triumph
It is the nature of genuinely lasting great texts that we observe new things in them that fit our moment.
The Backstory of 1776
The Declaration of Independence was not written to attain liberty. It was written because the founders concluded that England was eroding the liberty they already had.
