Civitas Institute

10/17/2026

Two great conversations with Governor Ron DeSantis at The University of Texas at Austin yesterday: a student roundtable followed by "An Afternoon with Ron DeSantis."

Thank you to everyone who joined us!

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10/14/2026

The academy gives us big ideas. The Civitas Institute puts those ideas to the test in the real world.

-John Yoo, Thomas W. Smith Senior Fellow

10/13/2026

Joel Kotkin & Michael Lind: Today’s progressives should not be confused with the “sewer socialists” that arose in the last century.

10/13/2026

Join us on October 22nd for a lecture by Dr. Christopher Celenza of Johns Hopkins University to consider the origins and history of Western philosophy.

10/12/2026

Russia, China, and Iran's state-owned energy companies cannot be sued.

Former AG Bill Barr recently explained that in 'Suncor,' only U.S. companies will be asked to pay up.

10/12/2026

The course remains open to members of Congress who would appeal to our written constitution and the authority it gives them over the powers of war and death.

10/10/2026

For most of history, human life was characterized as "nasty, brutish, and short."

AG Bill Barr explains how fossil fuels changed that.

10/08/2026

Climate activists failed to win through the legislative process. Their solution?

Take their gripes to blue state courtrooms.

10/07/2026