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In September, 2026, U.S. President Trump announced his intent to have the U.S. Government send $5000 to every American, which would cost tha...

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Strong’s The Antifederalist is a series of essays critical of the American federal system in which governmental sovereignty is “dual,” meani...

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The rule of law is absolutely essential to a representative democracy being able to endure even as strong personalities in public office may...

Whereas in the E.U., universities do not have their own private police departments because the state governments hold the police power, the ...

As if having elected representatives and political parties in the European Parliament were not enough evidence that the E.U. has been a poli...

Does the E.U. itself instantiate a decline in European civilization? So says a National Security Strategy for the United States released by ...

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A report by the E.U. Copernicus Climate-Change Service in 2024 contains the finding that “Europe is the continent with the fastest-rising te...

I submit that in virtually every political party, a distinction can be made between the “rank and file” and the political elite. Kamala Harr...

Even as the federal president of the U.S., Donald Trump, campaigned in 2024 in part on Canada becoming a member of the U.S., statehood in th...

On December 14, 2024, Mikheil Kavelashvili became the president of Georgia, further cementing the Georgian Dream Party’s grip on power at th...

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Before the office of president of the European Commission can be elected by the European Parliament by a simple majority, the European Counc...

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A republic is characterized by the citizenry electing representatives, who in turn legislate (i.e., make law). As an alternative, the citiz...