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06/03/2026
Read senior research fellow Joel Kotkin’s recent essay ‘The Strange Afterlife of Fascism’ on RealClearInvestigations.
More here: https://www.realclearinvestigations.com/articles/2026/06/02/the_strange_afterlife_of_fascism_1186177.html
06/03/2026
What makes dynamic societies lose their dynamism and how should we respond?
In an essay for our ‘London Symposium Series,’ Mark Pennington tells us that the only way to confront economic stagnation is to attack the underlying narratives.
Read the full research paper here: https://civitasinstitute.pulse.ly/qazqoazng6
06/03/2026
‘The Civitas Collection 250’ challenges readers to consider the weighty questions of liberty and equality, self-government, executive power, religion, race, and the persistent effort to diminish what the founders established.
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There is no shortage of smart people championing noble causes. What we need are courageous and principled individuals.
Watch Justice Thomas’ full lecture here: https://youtube.pulse.ly/3zrupsp2jt
Jurists are not moral philosophers.
Pacific Legal Foundation’s Larry Salzman offered his thoughts on living constitutionalism and the is-ought dilemma at our event ‘America 250: Liberty, Law, and the Pursuit of Happiness.’ Watch the full video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yYpM0_hpVnM&t=5190s
06/02/2026
Senior research fellow Richard Epstein analyzes the Trump administration’s controversial $1.776 billion settlement fund, arguing that it represents a profound breach of constitutional norms, public trust, and basic principles of good government.
Listen to the most recent episode of ‘The Libertarian’ here: https://ricochet.pulse.ly/feiesika8d
06/02/2026
The anti-AI backlash is building against tech oligarchs playing God.
Read senior research fellow Joel Kotkin’s latest for 'Telegraph' here: https://telegraph.pulse.ly/8u1rucue5y
06/02/2026
“In the early twenty-first century, we inhabit a world profoundly different from that of the founders — or even from Lincoln’s or King’s America.”
Read Justin Dyer’s contribution to The Civitas Collection 250 here: https://civitasinstitute.pulse.ly/iflzxppceh
Students are waking up to the reality of bureaucratic expansion. Dan Bonevac tells us what this means for the future of governance and institutional administration in the newest episode of ‘Peter Robinson Unbridled.’
Watch more here: https://youtube.pulse.ly/ah6siihmhu
06/01/2026
Hosts Steven Hayward, John Yoo and the pseudonymous Lucretia break down the week's top stories and continue long running arguments about first principles all while critiquing the world’s best whiskeys.
Find more episodes of 3 Whisky Happy Hour on your preferred platform: https://flow.pulse.ly/8hqh1rrttg