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    There’s a New Way of War, but Is It Evolution or Revolution? AA

    By Yaroslav Trofimov July 7, 2026

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    Principles of Government · July 14, 2026 ·

    By Yaroslav Trofimov July 7, 2026 – The key feature of the war between Russia and Ukraine, and likely of other major conflicts to come, is that what used to be cutting-edge weapons and technologies becomes outdated within months. “If you have an adaptive adversary, it’s the speed of iteration and the rate of learning that matter, rather than the technology per se,” Mosley added….One example of adaptability is Ukraine’s new procurement system for drones, which account for over 90% of enemy losses, electronic warfare systems and some other key weapons. It is fundamentally different from how Western militaries, with their centralized defense budgets, operate. Read More

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    Can the Left Do ‘Abundance’?

    By Andy Kessler March 30, 2025

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    Principles of Government · July 13, 2026 ·

    By Andy Kessler March 30, 2025 – Mr. Gilder noted, “The scarcest resource is time, which always becomes scarce as other things become abundant. It is human genius that transcends the scarcity of time.” That’s economic productivity in a nutshell….. He’s a big fan of time prices, “the one impeachable standard to compare abundance from one era to another era. How many hours does it take a typical worker to earn a set of goods and services?”…“all goods and services from the private sector are radically cheaper in time prices, while government services are the one function that has actually increased in cost in most cases.” Why am I not surprised? Read More

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    Jeff Bezos Earned His Fortune

    By Marian L. Tupy - May 26, 2026

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    Principles of Government · July 13, 2026 ·

    By Marian L. Tupy – May 26, 2026 – The Amazon founder’s innovations save customers 22 hours a year on average, giving them the gift of time. …But Amazon didn’t become valuable by force. It became valuable because hundreds of millions of people chose to use it. …That is capitalism: People get rich by creating something others value enough to buy. Read More

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    What the Founders Didn’t Trust

    By Barton Swaim - July 1, 2026

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    Principles of Government · July 13, 2026 ·

    By Barton Swaim – July 1, 2026 – The doctrine of original sin—and its implication that humans tend toward rank self-interest and degeneracy—animated every part of the constitutional structure the Founders erected. … Even the skeptics and deists among them, of whom there were few, happily adopted Christianity’s moral outlook. …But Hamilton, Jay and Madison aimed chiefly to convince the public that the proposed Constitution, by balancing powers against each other, mitigated man’s propensity for mischief, violence and corruption. Read More

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    Scott Bessent: Hamilton Inspires Trump’s Economic Statecraft

    By Scott Bessent - June 23, 2026

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    Principles of Government · July 13, 2026 ·

    By Scott Bessent – June 23, 2026 – Economic security begins with the capacity to build, invent, finance and scale the industries that will define the next century, among them semiconductors, artificial intelligence, quantum computing, advanced manufacturing, shipbuilding, critical minerals and pharmaceuticals. More than economic sectors, these are sources of national power. The U.S. must lead in all of them. Read More

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    Characteristics of Government

    • INTRODUCTION
    • SOCIALISM
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    • DEMOCRACY AND VOTING
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