Principles Of Government

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Principles of Government

Western Culture Elites Are Giving Away Lenin’s Rope A

By Gerard Baker - March 23, 2021

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By Gerard Baker – The larger truth is that the people who control America’s leading cultural institutions and now its government have been eagerly manufacturing ideological rope for the Chinese hangman….The intellectual movement to which they subscribe has been the force behind the planned destruction—of the principal pillars of America’s authority in the world: the idea that the greatest nation on the planet was founded on universal ideals of human freedom and dignity. …How can a nation prevail in a global ideological struggle when its leaders believe its values are intrinsically evil? … Read More

The Breakdown of Higher Education

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By John M. Ellis – The preface cites Bloom’s, The Closing Of The American Mind, Kimball’s, Tenured Radicals, D’Souza’s, Illiberal Education, and Ellis’s, Against Deconstruction, all warning about the dangers of a radicalized campus being created by increasingly radical professors. “This book is of a different kind, since now the campus is already radicalized. …its purpose is to explain exactly what happened and what made it possible; to describe the damage done to all levels of education, ..and to our society; …and to suggest what can be done about this educational and societal catastrophe.” Read More

The American Experiment Is on Life Support A

By Andrew A. Michta - Oct 26, 2020

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 By Andrew A. Michta – … ‘Death to America!” is a common refrain from antifa rioters …. Extremism becomes more entrenched in American politics with each passing day. These acts of violence encapsulate five decades of neo-Marxist indoctrination in American schools,… Neo-Marxists on the street and in institutions want to erase their opponents and deconstruct the country… Read More

Neo-Marxists on the street and in institutions want to erase their opponents and deconstruct the country.

Higher Ed and the Fragmentation of America A

By Orrin Hatch - Jul 27, 2020

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By Orrin Hatch – …Somewhere between the rise of cable news and social media, our shared sense of reality splintered. We live in an era of endless political narratives, in which the phrase “my truth” is supposed to be taken seriously. .. Americans today cannot agree on the existence of facts, let alone what the facts are…. 

This article is included to draw attention to the grave problem of the left’s domination of higher education and its profound influence on our culture, our politics, and our society in ways that threaten our future… Read More

This article is included to draw attention to the grave problem of the left’s domination of higher education and its profound influence on our culture, our politics, and our society in ways that threaten our future.