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The Military Should Reject DEI and CRT

By Patrick H. Brady and Mike Waltz - March 24, 2023

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Principles of Government · March 28, 2023 ·

The U.S. military faces a self-inflicted threat to its preparedness to deter, fight and win wars. An essential, battle-tested element of military culture—colorblindness—is being undermined. Unless the trend is reversed, our national security will be at increased risk. The reversal could be done at no cost, requiring only a policy decision and the reorientation of relevant training.

At the Air Force Academy, cadets have been taught that the term “colorblind” is offensive and that it’s preferable to be “color conscious.” Rather than teach future military leaders that “colorblindness” is a cultural imperative, the Pentagon unnecessarily focuses on, and even elevates, race and maintains an obsessive focus on racial demographics. Worse, it uses racial preferences in officer accession programs and sometimes in command, promotion and schooling selections. Such practices aren’t merely antithetical to true selflessness and the law; they also threaten military cultural norms like unit cohesion and the forces’ “selfless servant warrior ethos.”

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Emission Cuts Will Fail to Stop Climate Change. What to Do Then?

By Tunku Varadarajan , Nathan Myhrvold - Feb. 17, 2023

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Principles of Government · February 26, 2023 ·

“There are activists who oppose funding or experiments. There’s no evidence I can see that many of the people involved in the climate debate want a solution.”…

Geoengineering would appear to be the application of science par excellence. …

“Opponents worry that once you have geoengineering, people won’t make sacrifices to cut emissions. They want a sword of Damocles hanging over humanity as a means to force us to follow their ideology.”….. In climate change, he says, this moralistic attitude takes the following form: “I don’t like aspects of our society, I don’t like technology, I don’t like capitalism, and this is nature’s retribution. And so we have to change the way we live.” Such beliefs “have become a very powerful disincentive, particularly for academic researchers.”

…He calls it “insane” not to fund such research and invokes another analogy: heart surgery and stents.

“You could imagine a world in which cardiology doesn’t exist because the medical profession said, ‘You fat bastards. You did it to yourselves. We’re not going to help you.’ ” Read More

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DEI Spells Death for the Idea of a University

By Matthew Spalding - Feb. 10, 2023

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Principles of Government · February 13, 2023 ·

Wherever this agenda is allowed to take root, free expression and academic integrity are doomed.

The first object of government, James Madison tells us in Federalist 10, is the protection of “the diversity in the faculties of men.” By diversity, Madison meant different opinions to be encouraged to preserve liberty. Equity is an ancient legal concept of justice in particular cases, developed over centuries of English common-law practice. …

All good words with respectable origins. Yet in true Orwellian fashion, they have been redefined.

Diversity is no longer a term to describe the breadth of our differences but a demand to flatter and grant privileges to purportedly oppressed identity groups. Equity assigns desirable positions based on race, sex and sexual orientation rather than character, competence and merit. Read More

Filed Under: Articles, Education, Culture, Ideology

Yes, Use the Debt Ceiling to Control Government Spending

By Phil Gramm and Michael Solon - Feb. 1, 2023

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Principles of Government · February 12, 2023 ·

The upcoming debt-ceiling vote poses the first real test of the new but small Republican majority in the House. The Biden administration and Democrats will have little incentive to negotiate on the debt ceiling unless House Republicans are capable of passing a debt ceiling that contains reforms that the general public views as being reasonable and responsible. Simply casting an easy “no” vote on the debt ceiling will spawn a crisis that puts Democrats back in control of spending as Republicans are ultimately forced to break ranks and join the Democrats in raising the debt ceiling. Republicans can govern or protest, but if they protest, the Democrats will govern, the spending spree will continue and the debt will keep ballooning.

The challenge now for Republicans in the House is to put together 218 Republican votes to pass a debt ceiling with spending constraints that will be popular enough with the American public to force Mr. Biden and the Democrats to negotiate or acquiesce. There is a clear target for spending retrenchment that is timely, reasonable and appealing. Read More

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Congress Once Constrained Government Debt

By John F. Cogan - Jan. 23, 2023 

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Principles of Government · February 12, 2023 ·

In 1920, lawmakers curbed spending by putting a single committee in charge of the overall budget. Some 50 years ago, Congress voted to insulate itself from external discipline, creating what one critic called ‘congressional government.’ The U.S. Treasury began taking steps last week to avoid default on the nation’s $31.4 trillion national debt. The government… Read More

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New York vs. Florida, by the Numbers

By The Editorial Board - Feb. 9, 2023

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Principles of Government · February 11, 2023 ·

Some numbers tell a story about comparative governance.

Comparative governance is a useful course of study, not least because bad governance is so costly to people and prosperity. We often write about the migration from the Northeast to Florida and other states, but sometimes the contrast is best illuminated with some data. Read More

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School Choice Is Sweeping the Nation From Florida to Utah

By Jeb Bush - Feb. 3, 2023

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Principles of Government · February 11, 2023 ·

… Last month, Speaker Paul Renner introduced House Bill 1, which will make Florida’s school choice program the most expansive, inclusive and dynamic in the country and will accelerate Florida’s leadership in reimagining education.

…First, Arizona and West Virginia started nipping at Florida’s heels. Even as Florida made important improvements and expansions to its programs, both of these states enacted universal education savings account programs, or ESAs, surpassing Florida’s reach by delivering educational freedom to all families.

ESAs are a game changer. They empower families to personalize their children’s education.
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Why the Right Turned Left

By Barton Swaim - Feb. 3, 2023

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Principles of Government · February 8, 2023 ·

“Once you decide that human nature is a fiction, that human beings are merely the sum of impressions made on them by their surrounding culture, then politics acquires an enormous jurisdiction. Consciousness becomes a political project, and the point of politics becomes the control of culture in order to control the imposition of proper consciousnesses.”…

Progressives really do think, he says, that “consciousness is to be transmitted by the government. And they’re working on it, starting with kindergarten. The academic culture, from the Harvard graduate school of education to kindergarten in Flagstaff, Ariz., is the same now, coast to coast, as far as I can tell.” A core mission of K-12 education, in the progressive view of things, is to inculcate the values of diversity and equity. This Marxian project of consciousness-formation is “all over the country now,” he says. “Think of the DEI statements you’re supposed to make. It’s the threshold step in being considered for a faculty position. You express support for, enthusiastic support for, a political agenda. It’s quite explicit.” 

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Congress Must Halt Big Tech’s Power Grab

By William P. Barr - Jan. 22, 2023

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Principles of Government · February 8, 2023 ·

All these dominant platforms, though distinctive, pose the same threefold danger. First, they have a chokehold over essential channels of communication and commerce, allowing them to be gatekeepers to the digital world. Second, they vacuum up a trove of personal information about users—what they see, hear, read, think and buy. This raises profound privacy concerns and permits these companies to manipulate users’ beliefs and behavior. Third, they distort the “marketplace of ideas.” The gatekeepers can shape the flow of information to advance their own economic and political agendas. Read More

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Paul Volcker’s Recipe for Prosperity

By Judy Shelton - Jan. 31, 2023

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Principles of Government · February 7, 2023 ·

Now that the U.S. economy seems to be turning the corner on the worst inflation in 40 years, it’s important to remember that sound money and sound finances go hand in hand. While the Federal Reserve will continue to focus on reducing demand through restrictive interest rates, Congress should concentrate on expanding supply. Yet it all needs to be accomplished while also pursuing a balanced budget. Read More

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