Politics
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Huey Long’s Populism Is Back In Fashion
JD Vance’s admiration for Huey Long reveals how readily today’s populist right embraces the high spending and economic control it once condemned on the left.
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The Right’s Long March Toward Illiberalism
Laura K. Field’s ‘Furious Minds’ traces the intellectual evolution of the New Right and the ideas driving its rejection of liberalism.
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Fauci Didn’t Create Faucism. He Exposed It
The deeper threat to liberty isn’t one powerful expert, but a society willing to surrender its judgment to prevailing opinion.
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Postliberalism Gets the ‘Common Good’ Wrong
Individual liberty is an essential feature of the constitutional order, not a competing good. To claim otherwise, critics must reject or rewrite our Founding.
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Don’t Let Washington Pick the Next Apple
BlackBerry’s collapse shows why consumers, not Washington, should decide which AI company wins the next technological revolution.
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When ‘Consumer Protection’ Protects Producers from Competition
Claims to “protect consumers” often shield established industries from competition. The century-old battle over the definition of “whiskey” shows how.
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How Congress Turned Budget Reconciliation Into a Tool for More Spending
A process designed to overcome political obstacles to deficit reduction is now helping Congress avoid the reforms that matter most.
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Britain’s Problems Didn’t Begin with Brexit
Brexit disappointed both its critics and supporters, but Britain’s economic malaise runs much deeper than the 2016 referendum.
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Rereading the Declaration in an Age of Polarization
A new collection from Civitas explores old arguments about what the Declaration means — and who gets to define the nation’s founding ideals.
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Too Connected to Fail: Washington’s New Tech Oligarchy
From Intel to Dell, federal policy has helped create a tightly interdependent system where government power and private firms reinforce one another through subsidies, contracts, and political access.
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Huey Long’s Populism Is Back In Fashion
JD Vance’s admiration for Huey Long reveals how readily today’s populist right embraces the high spending and economic control it once condemned on the left.
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•
The Right’s Long March Toward Illiberalism
Laura K. Field’s ‘Furious Minds’ traces the intellectual evolution of the New Right and the ideas driving its rejection of liberalism.
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•
Fauci Didn’t Create Faucism. He Exposed It
The deeper threat to liberty isn’t one powerful expert, but a society willing to surrender its judgment to prevailing opinion.
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Postliberalism Gets the ‘Common Good’ Wrong
Individual liberty is an essential feature of the constitutional order, not a competing good. To claim otherwise, critics must reject or rewrite our Founding.
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Don’t Let Washington Pick the Next Apple
BlackBerry’s collapse shows why consumers, not Washington, should decide which AI company wins the next technological revolution.
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•
When ‘Consumer Protection’ Protects Producers from Competition
Claims to “protect consumers” often shield established industries from competition. The century-old battle over the definition of “whiskey” shows how.
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•
How Congress Turned Budget Reconciliation Into a Tool for More Spending
A process designed to overcome political obstacles to deficit reduction is now helping Congress avoid the reforms that matter most.
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•
Britain’s Problems Didn’t Begin with Brexit
Brexit disappointed both its critics and supporters, but Britain’s economic malaise runs much deeper than the 2016 referendum.
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•
Rereading the Declaration in an Age of Polarization
A new collection from Civitas explores old arguments about what the Declaration means — and who gets to define the nation’s founding ideals.
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•
Too Connected to Fail: Washington’s New Tech Oligarchy
From Intel to Dell, federal policy has helped create a tightly interdependent system where government power and private firms reinforce one another through subsidies, contracts, and political access.