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    Rediscovering Order in an Age of Populism AA – lengthy article

    By Mike Pence & Ed Feulner - Summer 2025

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    Principles of Government · November 1, 2025 ·

    By Mike Pence & Ed Feulner – Summer 2025 – An existential identity crisis now grips the American right. A political movement once united by a commitment to limited government, moral order, and a robust defense of American ideals now appears fractured, its purpose clouded by populist grievances and ideological drift. The urgency of this moment demands a return to first principles, along with a reexamination of what conservatism means and what it seeks to achieve in an age marked by cultural upheaval and political polarization. Read More

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    Elon Musk Wants to Give You Money for Nothing

    By Jason L. Riley - Aug. 19, 2025

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    Principles of Government · September 2, 2025 ·

    By Jason L. Riley – A single unrestricted cash-transfer system that replaces the welfare state bureaucracy, the thinking goes, would be more efficient. Unfortunately, the country’s thriving poverty industry, which includes powerful lobbyists and politicians who get elected to protect it, are unlikely to take that trade. The more probable outcome is that an income guarantee would be added to the hundreds of existing entitlement programs instead of replacing them. Read More

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    Send Harvard’s Chinese Students Home

    By Mike Gallagher - Aug. 19, 2025

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    Principles of Government · September 5, 2025 ·

    By Mike Gallagher – Thousands of Chinese citizens are working and studying in such labs. The U.S. hosted 1.1 million international students last year. Of those, 25% came from China. In 2022 foreign nationals (many of them Chinese) accounted for almost 40% of science doctorates. In AI specifically, nearly 40% of top-tier researchers at U.S. institutions are of Chinese origin. Beijing is aggressively cultivating American-educated and American-employed researchers via the Thousand Talents program. Read More

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    Teach the Republic: Why Every Civics Crisis Traces Back to Teacher Preparation AA

    By Samuel J. Abrams - September 05, 2025

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    Principles of Government · September 8, 2025 ·

    By Samuel J. Abrams – If our aim is to sustain a functioning, self-governing republic, then it is not only appropriate but essential that deep constitutional study be centered in ordinary institutions. We cannot confine this work to boutique seminars for the well-connected and already powerful. The work must also happen where most Americans – especially future teachers – actually train: regional public universities, teaching-focused colleges, and continuing education programs that are accessible and affordable. Read More

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    Pentagon Has Two Years to Prevent World War III

    By Mike Gallagher - Nov. 13, 2024

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    Principles of Government · September 8, 2025 ·

    By Mike Gallagher – Pete Hegseth, Mr. Trump’s nominee, will have to confront the collapse of deterrence in Europe and the Middle East, resource constraints on Capitol Hill, recruitment challenges, and a deteriorating balance of power in the Indo-Pacific. The only way to promote peace is to go to war on day one—not with China, Russia or Iran but with the Pentagon bureaucracy. 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
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    Principles of Government

    • INTRODUCTION
    • CITIZENSHIP
    • BELIEF SYSTEM
    • GOVERNMENT STRUCTURE AND POLITICAL SYSTEM
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    Characteristics of Government

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    • DEMOCRACY AND VOTING
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