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  • Decline and Fall of America? Not Yet

    By David Mamet - Nov. 22, 2024

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    Principles of Government · August 26, 2025 ·

    By David Mamet – The mythic hero is aided by the Word of God, contemporary Westerners by heroic example. Winston Churchill inspired in his country’s populace an awareness of their own greatness. So does Mr. Trump.

    Yet half of America not only abides but fervently supports a codependent decline to poverty, crime and a nascent police state. Why? The leftist politicians and their media courtiers and designated beneficiaries profited from the perks of power. But why did the everyday American endorse them and their fear mongering? The actual threat wasn’t global warming, Islamophobia, the Supreme Court, the police, Immigration and Customs Enforcement or Mr. Trump. It was exclusion from the herd. Read More

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    Henry Kissinger, Statesman and Friend

    By Eric Schmidt - Dec. 1, 2023

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    Principles of Government · August 25, 2025 ·

    By Eric Schmidt – Henry had a simple model of geopolitical progress: You try to figure out what the other side wants, understand its motivations and pain points, and then find something that is possible and that it will see as an improvement. He was a fearsome negotiator with an impressive grasp of other countries’ history and an ability to assess their leaders realistically and to think three moves ahead. He viewed American culture as not strategic in this way: We tend to approach adversaries with a list of demands when we should have a conversation about a stable long-term outcome.

    Grand strategy in his mind was exactly that. The exploitation of the Sino-Soviet split was a natural outgrowth of this approach.  Read More

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    The Economics of Slavery

    By Roland Fryer - June 17, 2025

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    Principles of Government · August 25, 2025 ·

    By Roland Fryer – Probing the incentives and institutions that kept slavery alive can help us value what freedom means. Read More

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    Reflections on Lincoln 160 Years After His Murder

    By Paul Wolfowitz - April 14, 2025

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    By Paul Wolfowitz – April 14, 2025 – America’s greatest president had moral vision, strategic genius, and astounding eloquence. Read More

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    Ed Feulner Built Institutions in Support of American Values

    By Mike Pence - July 21, 2025

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    Principles of Government · February 6, 2024 ·

    By Mike Pence – As the founder of the Heritage Foundation, Ed was a leading voice of conservatism for more than 50 years. Under his leadership, Heritage became both a center for scholarship and a powerhouse of strategic influence. 

    What concerned him, as always, was the long-term health of the American Republic, and the strength of the institutions that would defend it for generations to come.

     Ed didn’t just build up institutions; he cultivated a movement that brought ivory tower ideas into the public square and never lost sight of the moral and spiritual foundations of liberty. Read More

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    Characteristics of Government

    • INTRODUCTION
    • SOCIALISM
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    • DEMOCRACY AND VOTING
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