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See How a Chinese Attack on Taiwan Would Be Japan’s Problem

By Niharika Mandhana and Daniel Kiss - Dec. 28, 2025

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Principles of Government · January 29, 2026 ·

By Niharika Mandhana and Daniel Kiss – Dec. 28, 2025“The balance of power in Asia would be tipped quite decisively in favor of China should Taiwan fall into China’s hands,” said Robert Ward, Japan chair at the International Institute for Strategic Studies. …In a conflict, Taiwan’s fate would become quickly intertwined with the U.S.-Japan security alliance. To repel a full-scale attack, Taipei would need America—its main defense partner—to join the fight. To fight effectively, American forces would need Japan.  Read More

Filed Under: (A) China and the Far East, (A) National Defense and Foreign Policy, Articles

The Biggest Fraud in Welfare AA

By Phil Gramm and John Early - Dec. 17, 2025

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Principles of Government · January 18, 2026 ·

By Phil Gramm and John Early – Dec. 17, 2025 – Yet even as our economy has experienced broad-based growth, real federal welfare spending has soared by 765%, more than twice as fast as total federal spending, and now costs $1.4 trillion annually. Were that money simply doled out evenly to the 19.8 million families the government defines as poor, each household would receive more than $70,000 a year. The source of this dramatic mismatch is a fraud built into how various programs determine welfare eligibility: The government doesn’t count any refundable tax credits or benefits that aren’t paid in cash as income to the recipients. Read More

Filed Under: (A) Fiscal Policy, (A) Social Policy, Transfers and Entitlements, Articles

Higher Ed Needs Receivership, Not Reform

By John Ellis - Nov. 10, 2025

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Principles of Government · January 16, 2026 ·

By John Ellis – Nov. 10, 2025 – The discrepancy between what we fund the campuses for and what they are doing is enormous. Promotion of knowledge and understanding has given way to inculcation of a poisonous fringe ideology. Students are encouraged to despise their society and kept ignorant of anything that might make them think otherwise. The only viable solution is to place schools in “receivership,” a well-established procedure to reform ailing college departments. A new chairman is imposed on a department with a free hand to make whatever appointments he thinks necessary to restore the department to health. By action of lawmakers or trustees, a new president can be imposed on a campus with a mandate to return the school to its proper mission by appointing subordinate administrators, especially deans, committed to reform. Read More

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America Is the Sole Superpower Again

By Arthur Herman - Jan. 14, 2026

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Principles of Government · January 16, 2026 ·

Arthur Herman – Jan. 14, 2026 – It happened after World War II and after the Cold War—and it is happening now. President Trump has thrust the U.S. into another “unipolar moment,” a time when a single great power dominates the globe and crafts a new world order. The strike against Iran’s nuclear sites, the cease-fire in Gaza, and the capture of Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro together show that the U.S. controls the tempo and direction of world events. Which may also come to include regime change in Iran. Read More

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Jewish History Is the Antidote to Antisemitism AA

By Eric Cohen - Sept. 23, 2025

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Principles of Government · November 19, 2025 ·

By Eric Cohen – Sept. 23, 2025 – Attacks on Jewish college students provoked a larger national debate about the radicalization of the humanities and anti-American animus that have corrupted so many universities. The confrontation between Israel and its enemies has forced the democratic nations of the world to reckon with—or self-righteously deny—the true costs of defending civilization against barbarism. …The Jews are a thermometer for the moral condition of the Western world and the health of our civic institutions. Read More

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Characteristics of Government

  • INTRODUCTION
  • SOCIALISM
  • COMPETITION
  • DEMOCRACY AND VOTING
  • SOCIAL POLICIES EFFECTS ON DEMOCRATIC GOVERNMENT
  • GOALS OF PROGRESSIVISM AND THE MODERN LEFT
  • EVOLVING IDEOLOGIES
  • DEMOCRACIES AND NATIONAL DEFENSE

Principles of Government

  • INTRODUCTION
  • CITIZENSHIP
  • BELIEF SYSTEM
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