Principles Of Government

All material on this site is for educational purposes only.
This site is designed to generate ideas for a supplementary section on think tank websites.
An online subscription to the Wall Street Journal is required get full use of this site.
(A) Articles are foundational content and (B) Articles are urgently important but may be replaced as they become dated

Articles

  • Categories

    •  

    Habits for Humanity in the Age of AI

    By Ben Sasse - May 8, 2026

    Copyright ©2026 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

    · ·

    By Ben Sasse – May 8, 2026 – America’s experiment in self-government has always depended on wisdom and self-control. These aren’t virtues that politicians or bureaucrats could ever impart. They aren’t fostered by technology’s illusion of endless consumption, infinite options and cost-free disembodiment. No, the virtues for a life well-lived are taught, modeled and practiced in the daily life of society’s smallest but most important platoons—chief among them the family. Read More

    America Needs AI That Can Do Math

    By Jack D. Hidary - Feb. 16, 2026

    Copyright ©2026 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

    · ·

    By Jack D. Hidary – Feb. 16, 2026 – China will release its next five-year plan next month. These plans are important because China pours billions of dollars into, and otherwise gives favorable treatment to, the sectors targeted in these programs. The U.S. will need to use a whole new class of artificial-intelligence models—built for the world of science and math, not language and images—to stay competitive with China as it puts the pedal to the metal in critical sectors. Read More

    Government Won’t Help the AI Job Transition

    By Phil Gramm and Michael Solon - Feb. 5, 2026

    Copyright ©2026 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

    · ·

    By Phil Gramm and Michael Solon – Feb. 5, 2026 – Societal gains from technological change come from what the economist Joseph Schumpeter called “the wave of creative destruction.” The lost jobs and investments rendered unprofitable by new technology free up labor and capital that can be redeployed to produce new and higher-valued goods and services. The more seamlessly the transition from the old to the new, the greater the gain from the new technology. “American exceptionalism,” our ability to generate and sustain higher living standards, has come in part from developing new technology and benefiting from being the first to implement it, and in part from our ability to move labor and capital dislocated by the wave of creative destruction efficiently into higher and better uses. Read More

    America Reclaims Its Dominance in Space

    By Arthur Herman - Feb. 8, 2026

    Copyright ©2026 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

    · ·

    By Arthur Herman – Feb. 8, 2026 – Just two years ago, America’s longstanding dominance in space seemed under threat. China had been surging ahead for more than a decade and planned to become the world’s leading space power. …Most troubling: Beijing continues to test and develop antisatellite weapons that could cripple the GPS and other space-based systems on which the U.S. would rely in time of war. …In the past year, however, the energy and vision in the U.S. government has shifted, thanks to the Trump administration and NASA’s new administrator, Jared Isaacman. Meanwhile, Beijing is struggling to keep its space ambitions on track. Read More

    Black America Needs a Moral Rejuvenation A

    By Robert L. Woodson Sr. Jan. 15, 2026

    Copyright ©2026 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

    · ·

    By Robert L. Woodson Sr. Jan. 15, 2026 – Here is the truth we must confront: Poverty doesn’t produce moral decay. Deprivation doesn’t produce depravity. It never has. We once endured conditions far worse than today without losing our moral compass. During Jim Crow—when racism was written into law—black neighborhoods were safer than today. Elders were respected. Children could walk the streets without fear. Families were intact, churches were full, and black marriage rates during the Great Depression were higher than for any other group in America. We had less money but more order. Less power, but more integrity. Read More