| 单词 | form of government |
| 例句 | Both sides were convinced that their form of government was best. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z “Well, it’s good to know that you think your mother is more than a form of government.” Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z Fascism, which we associate so strongly with the Nazi Party, is a form of government rooted in nationalism, in which democracy gives way to a dictator. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z These two conservative barons had never yielded to Arthur, and they did not believe in any form of government except the rule of force. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z In 1949, West Germany became an independent state, ruled by a democratic form of government modeled after those of the United States, Britain, and France. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z When, in 1917, the Bolsheviks gained control of the Russian government, they installed a Communist form of government. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z Because there’s no way a kid can grow up in an environment where ninety-three percent of the families are on some form of government assistance. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z They apply to the organization of entire countries: remember the perennial arguments about whether the best form of government is a benign dictatorship, a federal system, or an anarchical free-for-all. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z From the ruins, the Bolshevik Party would become the Communist Party, and Lenin would emerge as the head of a new nation with a new form of government. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z No one should wonder if, in speaking of principalities that are completely new as to their ruler and form of government, I cite the greatest examples. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z The only legitimate form of government, in the end, was self-government. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z A somewhat touchy correspondence then ensued, in which Jefferson attempted to remind Adams that their much-valued friendship did not depend on complete agreement about forms of government. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z “Thanks to you, I know all about the different forms of government. Mussolini was a fascist. Franco was a fascist. And Dad says Reagan is a fascist.” Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z Principalities of this type are usually endangered when they are about to change from a civil government into an absolute form of government. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z Derby spoke movingly of the American form of government, with freedom and justice and opportunities and fair play for all. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z African nationalism was our battle cry, and our creed was the creation of one nation out of many tribes, the overthrow of white supremacy, and the establishment of a truly democratic form of government. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z How could they not have paid heed to the novel forms of government coming into view across the Atlantic? 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Internal shake-ups eventually followed as Denmark shifted its form of government from absolute monarchy to parliamentary democracy. The Danish Experience: Art That Marries Real and Ideal 2023-03-23T04:00:00Z The measure provides for complete annexation, without the exaction of any conditions on the part of the Hawaiians regarding the form of government to be adopted. From the archive, 15 June 1897: A volume filled with horrors 2010-06-15T15:22:00Z Democratic republicanism is the best form of government when it is functioning well, but instant, majoritarian mob rule is one of the most grotesque when it is moving fast. Ben Sasse: By the Book 2018-11-21T05:00:00Z A visit to the Royal Shakespeare Company’s blood-saturated production of “Julius Caesar” offers a harsh corrective to the idea that an alternative form of government would present a more appealing option. | 'Julius Caesar': Cry Havoc! The Blood Sport Called Politics 2011-07-31T22:23:03Z WISEMAN: City government touches more aspects of our lives than any other form of government. Frederick Wiseman on the life of American institutions 2020-10-01T04:00:00Z “Polls indicate,” Mr. Feifer writes, “that rather than a Western form of government, many of the disgruntled probably still want a strongman in the Kremlin — just a better one.” Books of The Times: ‘Russians,’ by Gregory Feifer, Portrays the Putin Era 2014-02-17T23:06:32Z At one point earlier this year, DeYoung, host of the “Prophecy Today” program, asked a guest whether the vaccine rollout could be “another form of government control of the people.” Four conservative radio talk-show hosts bashed coronavirus vaccines. Then they got sick. 2021-08-31T04:00:00Z A form of government in which the supreme power is vested in a tyrant by a terrified general electorate. Review: ‘Doomocracy’ Looms at Fright Night in Brooklyn 2016-10-13T04:00:00Z Without some form of government aid, many said, they would go out of business in six months to a year. Small Clubs Are Where Rock History Is Made. How Many Will Survive? 2020-05-06T04:00:00Z Tour highlights: Being in “the room where it happened” — the upstairs study with a view of the Virginia countryside where Madison researched forms of government and drafted the Constitution. Montpelier was the home of James Madison most of his life 2016-10-12T04:00:00Z His simple shift of emphasis changed my whole view of the American form of government!C. Critic?s Notebook: On the Stage, Old Words Are Reborn 2010-12-31T22:25:35Z The press criticism, from all sides, reminds me of the oft-quoted quip about democracy: “the worst form of government except for all the others.” Perspective | Press coverage of Kavanaugh is imperfect. But imagine if we didn’t have it. 2018-10-01T04:00:00Z The only thing that seems to be binding Inland's fragmented society together is a form of government called "the mincery", which acts as church and state together. Why Riddley Walker rivals the Passion as the perfect Easter story 2013-04-01T09:00:02Z The founders knew that without a virtuous citizenry, the Constitution was a mere piece of paper and, in Madison’s words, “no theoretical checks — no form of government can render us secure.” Can Donald Trump Be Impeached? 2018-03-12T04:00:00Z The other is what he describes as neo-Mamluk forms of government. Burning down their house 2015-08-06T04:00:00Z But no form of government guarantees economic or social equality, as we've seen in the struggles of the democracies born in the Arab Spring. 'Massacre' a sobering chronicle of the Paris Commune 2014-12-05T05:00:00Z In the end, “Republic” forces us to consider whether our form of government is a given that can be taken away — and what, if anything, theater can do about it. When Political Theater Ditches the Disguises of Fiction 2020-11-16T05:00:00Z The Missouri Compromise left a strip of land 34.5 miles wide and 167 miles long without any form of government or laws until Congress attached it to the new Oklahoma Territory in 1890. Driving Through the Heart of Texas 2010-03-24T20:56:00Z “Whatever you do, whatever you call your form of government, you end up with a sultan at the top.” From Turkey to China to Norway, These Novels Take You Back in Time 2021-02-03T05:00:00Z “It is not unusual to witness this form of government intervention,” he said. What Happens When Americans Join the Global Internet 2020-09-22T04:00:00Z There is no major movement in Spain to eliminate the monarchy and restore a republican form of government. Spanish monarchy's popularity hits new low 2013-02-22T12:04:10Z Cage did intend for one line to serve as the piece’s anchor: “The best form of government is no government at all and that is what we’ll have when we are ready for it.” Review: Revisiting a Luxuriously Gonzo Side of John Cage 2017-12-05T05:00:00Z Democracy is, as Winston Churchill said, "the worst form of government except for all others that have been tried." Jared Diamond: Here are the four ways America is ruining itself right now 2019-06-24T04:00:00Z There were riots, fueled by an economic drought — and by “racism, xenophobia, foreign influence, class anger, and a simmering paranoia” — combined with a pervasive distrust of all forms of government. ‘Queens Row’ Review: Richard Maxwell on Life After Doomsday 2020-01-10T05:00:00Z The United States helped partly because it wanted to stop the Soviet Union from spreading communism, a form of government in which there is little or no private property, to Western Europe. Europe: 100 years of war and transformation The Republican hostility to most forms of government activity recalls the stances of Hamilton’s opponents who argued that a powerful federal government would attack liberty and waste taxpayer money. Books of The Times: ?That Used to Be Us? by Friedman and Mandelbaum - Review 2011-10-02T21:07:08Z They even invoked Congress’s war powers and the federal guarantee of a republican form of government to every state in Article IV, Section 4, to threaten slavery in the states. Was the Constitution a Pro-Slavery Document? 2021-01-12T05:00:00Z In the 19th century, Ralph Waldo Emerson wrote that “the form of government which prevails, is the expression of what cultivation exists in the population which permits it.” Henry Adams’s 1880 Novel, ‘Democracy,’ Resonates Now More Than Ever 2018-09-11T04:00:00Z And it was then in the late 1860s, as Japan rushed to adopt Western technology and forms of government, that it also imported more rigid Western notions of gender and permissible sexual expression. When Japan Had a Third Gender 2017-03-10T05:00:00Z Nearly two centuries ago, James Madison warned: “Is there no virtue among us? If there be not, we are in a wretched situation. No theoretical checks—no form of government can render us secure.” Cut Trump supporters off: The horror of migrant kids taken from parents demands personal action 2018-06-14T04:00:00Z You profess to despise the faceless, nameless forms of government that oppress. Growing older without growing up: Graffiti artist Borf 10 years later 2015-08-10T04:00:00Z “He’s a dictator in the sense that he’s a guy who runs a country that is a communist country that’s based on a form of government totally different than ours.” Defense Secretary Austin affirms U.S. defense commitment to Taiwan in wake of Xi-Biden summit 2023-11-16T05:00:00Z "Look, he is. He's a dictator in the sense that he's a guy who runs a country that is a communist country that's based on a form of government totally different than ours," Biden said. Biden calls Xi a dictator after carefully planned summit 2023-11-16T05:00:00Z "He's a dictator in the sense that he is a guy who runs a country... based on a form of government that is totally different from ours," he said. US and China agree to resume military communications after summit 2023-11-15T05:00:00Z There were concerns that some might “view ATK production of commercial ammunition on a U.S. Army facility as a form of government subsidy,” he said in a recent email interview. Army Ammunition Plant Is Tied to Mass Shootings Across the U.S. 2023-11-12T05:00:00Z Democracy is a legitimate form of government for one very important reason: It works. Cancel the Donald Trump reality show: War in the Middle East makes Don's courtroom antics irrelevant 2023-11-09T05:00:00Z “Government censorship of private speech is antithetical to our democratic form of government, and therefore today’s decision is highly disturbing,” wrote Justice Alito. Supreme Court blocks ruling in White House social media censorship case 2023-10-20T04:00:00Z “Government censorship of private speech is antithetical to our democratic form of government, and therefore today’s decision is highly disturbing,” Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. wrote, joined by Justices Clarence Thomas and Neil M. Gorsuch. Supreme Court Lifts Limits for Now on Biden Officials’ Contacts With Tech Platforms 2023-10-20T04:00:00Z Most Americans still know little or nothing about the hundreds of Native nations who already lived on those lands, each with their own unique forms of government, culture and language. 'Killers of the Flower Moon' is but one story of destructive policies against Native Americans | Op-Ed 2023-10-20T04:00:00Z Liberia’s flag, constitution, form of government and many laws are modeled on those of the U.S. Liberian President George Weah seeks a second term in a rematch with his main challenger from 2017 2023-10-10T04:00:00Z They complained that the GOP speaker reached across the aisle too often and dealt with the opposition party — you know, like the founders envisioned when they created our democratic form of government. Column: McCarthy devoured by the tiger he created 2023-10-09T04:00:00Z Those guidelines identified two forms of government aid as signs that a person was or would be a financial burden: cash benefits and long-term institutional care. Receiving food stamps won't kill your green card chances. How 'public charge' works 2023-09-17T04:00:00Z And without federal intervention to enforce a “republican form of government,” as the Constitution phrases it, the voters themselves have no other choice but to leave for greener pastures if they hope to govern themselves. Wisconsin's Republican Party is the most openly authoritarian in the country | Jamelle Bouie 2023-09-08T04:00:00Z Whatever the explanation for their electoral success, such as it is, the bottom line is that they have in one way or another coopted a democratic form of government to achieve undemocratic ends. "Democracy needs its gatekeepers": The Republican Party is too corrupt to care about the country 2023-08-22T04:00:00Z The framers considered the peaceful transfer of power fundamental to the new form of government they were devising. Trump’s Case Has Broad Implications for American Democracy 2023-08-01T04:00:00Z Republicans opposed the drug pricing provisions, which they regard as a form of government price control. Drugmakers Are ‘Throwing the Kitchen Sink’ to Halt Medicare Price Negotiations 2023-07-23T04:00:00Z Many of us, myself included because of the current writers’ strike, are on some form of government assistance. Opinion: I'm a tenant in the mass eviction at Barrington Plaza. This developer decision could devastate L.A. 2023-07-17T04:00:00Z The committee said Giuliani’s conduct "transcends all his past accomplishments" and was “calculated to undermine the basic premise of our democratic form of government: that elections are determined by the voters.” Giuliani should be disbarred over 2020 election case, ethics panel finds 2023-07-07T04:00:00Z France has pledged to invest 12 billion euros in such urban renewal projects between 2014 and 2030 while many priority areas also benefit from other forms of government aid and subsidies. For many, French urban spending can't shake the ghetto feeling 2023-07-07T04:00:00Z Haugen has repeatedly argued that the path forward will require some form of government regulation. Shutting down the right-wing rabbit hole is possible: First, follow the money 2023-06-30T04:00:00Z Churchill said, "democracy is the worst form of government except for all others". "Cataclysmic evidence against him": Espionage Act expert explains how Trump faces "historic" trouble 2023-06-27T04:00:00Z "No, and the form of government that China has is a matter for the Chinese people," Hipkins told reporters. New Zealand PM disagrees with Biden, says Xi Jinping not a 'dictator' 2023-06-22T04:00:00Z She added that people like her, as well as Cuban and Venezuelans, saw how that form of government destroyed their home countries. In Visit to Little Havana, Trump Plays for Sympathy and Votes. 2023-06-13T04:00:00Z "There is a distinct lack of medical care, financial support or any form of government or public recognition for the position that I have found myself in," she said. Carers in Northern Ireland begging for help, says report 2023-06-05T04:00:00Z In the aftermath of the war, the most important and noticeable political change in the west was the nearly universal triumph of democratic forms of government. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z Do capitalist countries develop democratic forms of government? World History: from 1400 2022-12-14T00:00:00Z Asked by a reporter whether the Chinese people had a say in the form of government, Hipkins said: "if they wanted to change their system of government, then that would be a matter for them." New Zealand PM disagrees with Biden, says Xi Jinping not a 'dictator' 2023-06-22T04:00:00Z Some form of government must have organized the labor and materials necessary to construct the walls and tower at Jericho, which may have served as an observatory to mark the passage of the solar year. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z The city has a strong-mayor form of government, giving the mayor broad administrative powers. In Florida Upset, Democrat Wins Jacksonville Mayor’s Race 2023-05-17T04:00:00Z There were no further mainstream political parties or movements that attempted to create authoritarian forms of government; fascism and the war had simply been too traumatic. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z Hidalgo’s plan envisioned a more tolerable form of government that provided benefits for the poor by seeking an end to abuses by the elite, but it lacked a program and effective leadership. World History: from 1400 2022-12-14T00:00:00Z America is a stratocracy, a form of government dominated by the military. The intoxication of war 2023-05-07T04:00:00Z The progressive historian might explore the growth of democratic legal systems or people’s increased interest in republican forms of government. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z The politicians who ruled after 2011 also failed to improve economic conditions and to create jobs, eroding people's faith in their new form of government. Tunisia: Is democracy there being destroyed? 2023-04-20T04:00:00Z They claimed that the best forms of government were those with rational laws oriented to serve the public interest. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z He advocated a republican form of government anchored in a powerful hereditary senate. World History: from 1400 2022-12-14T00:00:00Z Chaperones must present a valid form of government identification at ticket entry and must be available by phone and stay inside the park during the party’s visit. Teen brawl at Missouri amusement park leads to new chaperone rules 2023-04-13T04:00:00Z President Carter issues a statement supporting the establishment of a form of government in Northern Ireland but says his administration has "no intention of telling the parties how this might be achieved". Timeline: Why is America so interested in Northern Ireland? 2023-04-11T04:00:00Z “This election will determine whether our constitutional form of government will continue,” he said. Liberal Wins Wisconsin Court Race, in Victory for Abortion Rights Backers 2023-04-04T04:00:00Z Almost no Enlightenment thinkers openly rejected monarchy as a form of government – indeed, some Enlightenment thinkers befriended powerful kings and queens – but they roundly condemned cruelty and selfishness among individual monarchs. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z The government stipends given to daimyo and samurai were made subject to taxation in 1873, and beginning in 1876 they were distributed in the form of government bonds. World History: from 1400 2022-12-14T00:00:00Z Historian Christopher Lasch insisted that if you see “argument as the essence of education,” then you’ll “defend democracy not as the most efficient but as the most educational form of government.” Opinion | Cecilia Rouse did her best to make democracy educational again 2023-04-02T04:00:00Z Access issues also have arisen among the roughly 37,000 Amish in Ohio’s Holmes County, where the largely conservative voters reject being photographed and often lack other forms of government ID. GOP states press voter photo ID rules, with unclear effects 2023-03-26T04:00:00Z “The integrity of these processes is fundamental to our representative form of government and influences the confidence and participation of our electorate,” Logan said in the statement. Signatures of hundreds of dead people were found in D.A. Gascón recall petition 2023-03-23T04:00:00Z The Kulturkampf was in part a product of Germany’s unique form of government. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z He and those who voice similar sentiment believe that the changes Netanyahu and his ultra-Orthodox and extreme nationalist ruling partners are planning would create a new form of government in Israel. Longtime Israel backers in U.S. turn outraged critics — but Biden administration remains distant 2023-03-21T04:00:00Z By the end of the study, a majority said they preferred China’s form of government to that of the United States. Column: How I became a tool of China’s giant anti-American propaganda machine 2023-03-03T05:00:00Z “It really is a form of government policing and surveillance over low-income women, and it is unacceptable,” McCreery said after the vote. More Medicaid for moms gets Missouri nod after abortion deal 2023-03-02T05:00:00Z But attorneys representing a coalition of media organizations had urged McBurney to unseal the report, calling it a “matter of profound public interest that goes to the heart of the nation’s democratic forms of government.” Part of Georgia grand jury report on Trump election interference to be released 2023-02-13T05:00:00Z This system arose because of the absence of other, more effective forms of government and the constant threat of violence posed by raiders. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z This is obviously possible in any country, but it is an especially big risk for China because its authoritarian form of government concentrates power with less public accountability. China’s Self-inflicted Pain 2023-01-18T05:00:00Z “It’s the Chinese Communist Party, the Russians, the North Koreans, the Iranians who are pointing to democracy and calling it dysfunctional, saying you better side with us and not this form of government.” House speaker chaos brings glee and gloom for national security state 2023-01-06T05:00:00Z Those exposed to the control tweet were just as likely as those exposed to Trump's attacks to agree with the statement "Democracy may have problems, but it is better than any other form of government." New research shows that Donald Trump's fascist attacks on democracy may have backfired 2023-01-06T05:00:00Z This weakness in our education system explains the difficulties we are having holding onto our democratic form of government. Opinion | Democracy is failing, and our textbooks show us why 2022-12-25T05:00:00Z Just as had the French revolutionaries in the early phase of the revolution, most liberals early nineteenth- century liberals looked to constitutional monarchy as the most reasonable and stable form of government. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z At $1.4 billion, Albuquerque has a similar general fund for its budget and, like Seattle, a strong mayoral form of government. Albuquerque built non-police 911 response fast — why can’t Seattle? 2022-12-15T05:00:00Z This unique form of government gives a county supervisor the power to not just come up with new legislation or initiatives, but actually see it across the finish line, she said. Powerful and a little incognito: What it's like to become an L.A. County 'supe' 2022-12-07T05:00:00Z The authors argue persuasively that some regimes are capable of moving from authoritarian forms of government to democracy. Review | Why do some Asian countries embrace democracy while others reject it? 2022-11-30T05:00:00Z Winston Churchill has surely been vindicated in his belief that democracy is the worst form of government — except for all the others. Opinion | Enough about democracy’s weaknesses. Let’s talk about its strengths. 2022-12-01T05:00:00Z But many Taiwanese people consider their self-ruled island - with its own form of government and a democratic system - to be distinct. Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen quits as party chair after local elections 2022-11-26T05:00:00Z But many Taiwanese people consider their self-ruled island - with its own form of government and a democratic system- to be distinct. Taiwan votes in local elections amid China tensions 2022-11-25T05:00:00Z He said the party will accept any unity government or any other form of government decided by the king. Reformist leader Anwar close to becoming Malaysia’s next PM 2022-11-23T05:00:00Z “Without the peaceful transfer of power in a democratic form of government, you have nothing,” Hoovestal wrote. Montana man gets 3 years in prison for role in Capitol riot 2022-11-23T05:00:00Z In the first half, covering the next couple of years before the next general election, there is support for households, in the form of government spending and further support with energy bills. Will chancellor Jeremy Hunt's plan to fix the UK economy work? 2022-11-17T05:00:00Z The measure will scrap Portland’s unusual commission form of government, under which City Council members act as administrators of the city’s bureaus, and replace it with the more common mayor-council system. Voters approve drastic overhaul of City Hall in progressive Portland 2022-11-15T05:00:00Z As a political philosopher, I spend a lot of time studying those who believe in authoritarian, totalitarian and other repressive forms of government, on both the right and the left. Why some people think fascism is the greatest expression of democracy ever invented 2022-11-08T05:00:00Z It’s akin to the theory that the best form of government is benevolent despotism, which emerged during the Enlightenment of the 18th century. Column: Meta and Twitter show the drawbacks of giving self-satisfied billionaires too much power 2022-11-03T04:00:00Z For democracies are more than a form of government. Full Transcript of President Biden’s Speech on Democracy 2022-11-02T04:00:00Z The proposal would scrap a century-old commission form of government that Portland is the last major U.S. city to use, and also implement a rare form of ranked choice voting. ‘People are mad’: Progressive Portland weighs complete City Hall overhaul 2022-11-02T04:00:00Z It “would be treasonous fighting against what I saw as an illegitimate form of government,” Dolan explained. 2nd Oath Keepers cooperator says he saw Jan. 6 as ‘Bastille-type’ moment 2022-10-31T04:00:00Z The deeper problems are the ugly falsehoods, racism and antisemitism perpetuated by those who, for reasons of philosophy, hate or just old-fashioned grifting, would like to a see a form of government other than democracy. Column: 'It's getting worse.' The sad part of the Pelosi attack is it doesn't surprise us 2022-10-29T04:00:00Z Putin and Xi’s misrule serves to confirm Winston Churchill’s dictum “that democracy is the worst form of government except all those other forms that have been tried.” Opinion | Democracies correct their mistakes. Dictatorships double down. 2022-10-26T04:00:00Z “We’ve gotten away from that representative form of government in recent years,” he said. Nebraska struggling to OK ban despite anti-abortion history 2022-10-25T04:00:00Z Sonenshein said counties are a “very old form of government,” while many of the cities in Southern California “grew through a movement to incorporate cities and control land use.” L.A. has city and county governments. Why both? 2022-10-24T04:00:00Z More than 30,000 Washingtonians rely on some form of government subsidy to supplement the cost of housing, according to the District. D.C. wins historic $10 million in housing voucher discrimination case 2022-10-20T04:00:00Z "Suddenly you have people like Pat Buchanan, who are arguing that maybe democracy isn't the best form of government." Perfecting the "art of polarization": How these '90s conservatives created today's radicalized right 2022-10-17T04:00:00Z At the heart of the problem is a loss of faith in traditional forms of government and democratic solutions. The return of fascism: Fueled by widening inequality and the bankruptcy of liberalism 2022-09-27T04:00:00Z The Western world in recent years has seen an assault on liberal democracy as a form of government. Liberal Politics Needs a Lifeline. Emotion Could Be it. 2022-09-27T04:00:00Z Standing next to Zad on Sunday was her sister Nogol, 38, who said a new form of government is needed in Iran. Hundreds in Sherman Oaks protest the death of Iranian woman who was in police custody 2022-09-25T04:00:00Z Or should they come in other forms of government assistance in Black communities? California reparations task force starts to dig in on specifics 2022-09-25T04:00:00Z Opponents in both parties argued that student loan cancellation is a form of government spending and that Congress, not the executive branch, controls the purse strings. Poll shows Biden’s student-loan forgiveness plan is a liability for candidates 2022-09-12T04:00:00Z I’m curious what you think of the argument that constitutional monarchies are a surprisingly effective form of government. Britain’s Mourning Rituals 2022-09-11T04:00:00Z “It’s not just that she’s been there in the background for people in Britain for all of their lives, but that this form of government has really been shaped around her,” Professor Murphy said. Planning for the End of Elizabeth’s Reign Began at the Beginning 2022-09-08T04:00:00Z Opponents on both sides of the aisle argued that student loan cancellation is a form of government spending and Congress, not the executive branch, controls the purse strings. Shaky start for Biden’s college debt relief, loan servicers in the dark about the plan 2022-08-31T04:00:00Z In 1787, at the conclusion of the Constitutional Convention, a woman on the street in Philadelphia reportedly asked Benjamin Franklin what form of government the convention had created. It's happening: Abortion rights and the threat to democracy are reshaping the midterms 2022-08-25T04:00:00Z Mr. Biden’s opponents, and some Democrats, have argued that student loan cancellation is a form of government spending and Congress, not the executive branch, controls the government’s wallet. Biden pushes back against critics of student loan cancelation, says plan ‘economically responsible’ 2022-08-24T04:00:00Z His view is that, despite the imperfections in its implementation of democracy, Athens has the best form of government in existence. Introduction to Philosophy 2022-06-15T00:00:00Z Six months later, Jefferson’s Declaration of Independence affirmed the break with England but did not suggest what form of government should replace monarchy, the only system most English colonists had ever known. U.S. History 2014-12-30T00:00:00Z “We need to think about how to marry different forms of government subsidy with private capital and supercharge the development of more affordable housing,” Zandi adds. A model for neighborhood renewal 2022-08-18T04:00:00Z This form of government will run the economy, the military, society, and culture, and often tries to control the private lives of its citizens. American Government 2021-07-28T00:00:00Z Remarkably, for its time, it launched a reasonably democratic form of government, bounded by declared human rights, that has survived for more than 230 years. Opinion | Keep the Constitution forever young (with help) 2022-08-10T04:00:00Z Distinguish between representative and totalitarian forms of government. Introduction to Philosophy 2022-06-15T00:00:00Z Another model of municipal government reform took shape in Staunton, Virginia, in 1908, where the citizens switched to the city manager form of government. U.S. History 2014-12-30T00:00:00Z “Boston did not make the raising and flying of private groups’ flags a form of government speech,” the court wrote in the ruling. Christian flag at center of legal battle flies over Boston 2022-08-03T04:00:00Z As discussed earlier, another nondemocratic form of government is oligarchy, in which a handful of elite members of society, often those who belong to a particular political party, hold all political power. American Government 2021-07-28T00:00:00Z “We love Germany. We are pleased if Germany is great and powerful. And we do not oppose any particular form of government, if only the Catholics can live in accordance with their religion.” Review | The pope who thought he could negotiate with Hitler 2022-07-29T04:00:00Z This section looks at some of the most common forms of government and examines their social and ideological roots. Introduction to Philosophy 2022-06-15T00:00:00Z In what ways does the United States Constitution manifest the principles of both republican and democratic forms of government? U.S. History 2014-12-30T00:00:00Z It’s almost too crazy to fathom in our democratic form of government. Opinion | How to stop Trump’s sneak attack on the civil service 2022-07-26T04:00:00Z Newspaper editors also published commentary and opinion about the new document and the form of government it proposed. American Government 2021-07-28T00:00:00Z The data, he added, instead supports a conclusion sometimes attributed, perhaps apocryphally, to Winston Churchill, the former British leader: “Democracy is the worst form of government except all the others that have been tried.” With Crisis Everywhere, Do Democracies Have an Edge? 2022-07-26T04:00:00Z Monarchies have existed at least since 3000 BCE and have been a common form of government around the globe. Introduction to Philosophy 2022-06-15T00:00:00Z The pamphlet proved immensely popular and was soon available in all thirteen colonies, where it helped convince many to reject monarchy and the British Empire in favor of independence and a republican form of government. U.S. History 2014-12-30T00:00:00Z The happy outcome, of course, is that Roosevelt did not dispense with Congress, or the rule of law, or a republican form of government. Perspective | When the court shrinks the administrative state, Congress loses power 2022-07-22T04:00:00Z Monarchies and other nondemocratic forms of government do not share this assumption, which can complicate foreign policy discussions immensely. American Government 2021-07-28T00:00:00Z If we can’t agree on that, then we don’t have the core foundation of a democratic form of government, and that is dangerous,” he said. Wisconsin Assembly elections panel chair calls for voiding 2020 results 2022-07-22T04:00:00Z How do ideas about social class or castes inform different forms of government? Introduction to Philosophy 2022-06-15T00:00:00Z “Our form of government is not inevitable,” Pottinger recalled thinking during an interview two years ago with the Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and Institute. White House insiders to talk about Trump’s actions on Jan. 6 2022-07-20T04:00:00Z By the same token, The Post needs a name for those Republicans engaged in dismantling our representative form of government, especially the ones on our highest court. Opinion | Aren’t we all ‘democracy advocates’? 2022-07-07T04:00:00Z A third, and related, unique challenge for the United States in the foreign policy realm is other countries’ varying ideas about the appropriate form of government. American Government 2021-07-28T00:00:00Z "There's a growing realisation that democracy is not a perfect form of government, and it won't fix everything," he says. Arabs believe economy is weak under democracy 2022-07-05T04:00:00Z This will allow him to govern alone, a rare situation nowadays in Spain where fragmentation and political instability have made coalitions the most widespread form of government in the last five years. Conservative People's Party wins a resounding solo victory in Andalusia 2022-06-19T04:00:00Z “And it shouldn’t be taken for granted. But it’s a form of government very much worth fighting for.” White House insiders to talk about Trump’s actions on Jan. 6 2022-07-20T04:00:00Z Minnesota, which has a more extensive township form of government than most states, had the greatest number of governments declining to apply for the federal aid. Local governments, including in WA, turn away $73M of federal pandemic aid 2022-06-02T04:00:00Z Or they may believe in a theocratic form of government. American Government 2021-07-28T00:00:00Z As for adults under 30, a Harvard Kennedy School poll in April found that 85 percent supported some form of government action on student debt, though only 38 percent favored total cancellation. Biden plunges into the risky politics of student loans 2022-05-15T04:00:00Z Trust mattered more than smoking prevalence, health spending or form of government, a study of 177 countries in The Lancet recently found. How Australia Saved Thousands of Lives While COVID Killed 1 Million Americans 2022-05-15T04:00:00Z Eighty years ago, Winston Churchill shared his own observation that “democracy is the worst form of government except for all the others.” Ukraine emerges as our tumultuous world’s new ‘beacon of light’ 2022-05-04T04:00:00Z Justice Stephen G. Breyer wrote the majority opinion against his adopted hometown, rejecting the city’s contention its flag-raising program was a form of government speech. Supreme Court says Boston was wrong to refuse raising Christian group’s flag 2022-05-02T04:00:00Z A third is other countries’ varying ideas about the appropriate form of government. American Government 2021-07-28T00:00:00Z They not only were free from import and export taxes, but could set up their own internal forms of government, as well as courts, security forces, schools and even social security systems. Honduran economic zones in ‘limbo’ after government repeal 2022-04-30T04:00:00Z It has been just three decades since the fall of the Berlin Wall and the collapse of one of the most dehumanizing forms of government the modern world has known. Perspective | A penetrating look behind the Iron Curtain Each of these segments underpinned one of the three classic forms of government: monarchy, or government by one; aristocracy, or government by a few; and democracy, or government by many. Building the American Republic, Volume 2 2018-01-18T00:00:00Z Unlike conventional nations, whose peoples can be readily mobilized for self-defense, empires are, by dint of their extraterritorial reach and the perils inherent in any foreign military deployment, a surprisingly fragile form of government. The geopolitics of the Ukraine war 2022-03-13T05:00:00Z “Do you want to see these kinds of incentives driving 12 different areas of public policy? It could lead to a very, very perverse form of government.” The Texas abortion ban created a ‘vigilante’ loophole. Both parties are rushing to take advantage. 2022-02-22T05:00:00Z They wished to end decades of brutal dictatorship and demanded a more democratic form of government. myWorld: The Growth of Our Country 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z American Indians made decisions through different forms of government. myWorld: Building Our Country 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z After some fumbling with other forms of government, most proprietors ruled their provinces much like the Crown. Building the American Republic, Volume 2 2018-01-18T00:00:00Z He established a commonwealth, a republican form of government. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z When the responsibility for the exercise of these powers rests with a majority of the people, that form of government is known as a democracy. Magruder's American Government 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z Arlington is unique among Virginia counties in that it relies on a county manager form of government, with no county executive and a county bureaucracy that almost entirely reports to the county manager. With first veto, Youngkin overrules bill on Arlington policing oversight 2022-03-01T05:00:00Z The debates revolved around the best form of government, what rights should be protected, and what powers should be given to the nation and states. myWorld: Building Our Country 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Crushing Indian resistance, the colonists re-created as much of English life as possible, including familiar forms of government, an established Anglican Church, and the presence of women and children. Building the American Republic, Volume 2 2018-01-18T00:00:00Z Many philosophes, including Voltaire, believed that the best form of government was a monarchy in which the ruler respected the people’s rights. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Thus, as a sovereign state, the United States can determine its form of government, frame its own economic system, and shape its own foreign policies. Magruder's American Government 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z Throughout the pandemic, Newsom and public officials have been pressured to lift restrictions from some business owners and a vocal minority of Californians who have remained opposed to most forms of government intervention. Newsom's new COVID-19 plans for California pose familiar challenges 2022-02-18T05:00:00Z This form of government has a constitution and citizens elect representatives to Congress. myWorld: Building Our Country 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Following military takeovers in five different African countries in the past year, some have suggested that democracy may not be the best form of government on the continent. Democracy in Africa: Spate of coups don't mean democracy's end 2022-02-07T05:00:00Z During the 1850s, the colonies in both Australia and New Zealand became self-governing and created parliamentary forms of government. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Many Americans use the terms democracy, republic, representative democracy, and republican form of government interchangeably, although they are not the same. Magruder's American Government 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z Libmeldy is a so-called orphan drug - a pharmaceutical agent developed to treat a medical condition which, because it is so rare, may not be profitable to produce without some form of government assistance. Libmedly: World's 'most expensive' drug recommended for NHS use 2022-02-03T05:00:00Z For surely those who perpetrate these ugly prejudices here are seeking to destroy our democratic form of government just as surely as the Axis forces. Mitch McConnell's moment of truth: For many whites, Black people aren't real "Americans" 2022-02-01T05:00:00Z The poor performance of authoritarian forms of government on African soil, and the universal desire to have a say in decisions that affect our own lives, helps to explain why support for democracy remains high. Democracy in Africa: Spate of coups don't mean democracy's end 2022-02-07T05:00:00Z As she took the oath of office, Aquino promised to usher in a more open and democratic form of government. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Dictatorship is probably the oldest, and it is certainly the most common, form of government known to history. Magruder's American Government 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z Giessel said she thinks the open primary “is going to more accurately result in a representative republic form of government in Alaska.” Election overhaul in Alaska aimed at reducing partisanship 2022-01-16T05:00:00Z Fascism is unsustainable as a form of government. The disturbing parallels between the 2020s and 1940s in the U.S. 2022-01-11T05:00:00Z “He understood that democracy is more than a form of government — democracy is a way of being,” Biden said of Warner. Biden, funerals and a bygone America 2022-01-07T05:00:00Z Upon taking office, the new president hailed the virtues of democracy and urged her fellow Indonesians to do what they could to maintain such a form of government: World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z From this standpoint, three basic forms of government exist: unitary, federal, and confederate. Magruder's American Government 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z In those cities, older forms of government persisted – ones in which people voted on things. Trumpism is rooted in twisted visions of medieval Europe 2022-01-06T05:00:00Z People who received other forms of government assistance or loan forbearance from their lenders are still eligible to apply for the new program. California has a new COVID mortgage relief program. Here's how to get help 2022-01-04T05:00:00Z Benjamin Franklin famously remarked, when questioned by Elizabeth Willing Powel of Philadelphia about the form of government that had been devised, that we had "a republic, if you can keep it." Are we normalizing the "death of democracy" by talking about it so much? Definitely not 2022-01-04T05:00:00Z Totalitarianism is a form of government in which the national government takes control of all aspects of both public and private life. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z This classification yields two basic forms of government, known as parliamentary and presidential. Magruder's American Government 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z The Constitution guarantees to all Americans a republican form of government, Harrison said. Opinion | Every Day Is Jan. 6 Now 2022-01-01T05:00:00Z The group’s website references the “deep state” and says it believes in dissolving all forms of government, and that it opposes mandatory vaccinations and coronavirus restrictions. Australia’s Old Parliament House is set on fire during protest 2021-12-29T05:00:00Z Today that form of government is in crisis in America, as that core right to vote that defines republicanism is under attack by Republican legislators in red states across our nation. Will Congress use its unused 232-year-old power — just in time to save our republic? 2021-12-27T05:00:00Z Like his grandfather Nicholas I, Alexander III clung to the principles of autocracy, a form of government in which he had total power. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z In this form of government, those who rule cannot be held responsible to the will of the people. Magruder's American Government 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z So much of the discussion promoting democracy rather than other forms of government centers on its effectiveness. Opinion | The moral ideal of equal justice under the law 2021-12-22T05:00:00Z In practice, a failure to raise the debt ceiling would be a form of government shutdown. Debt limit wrangling serves as bleak reminder of how Republicans have broken our political system 2021-12-10T05:00:00Z Authoritarianism is on the rise in some some ostensibly democratic countries, alongside shifting attitudes about the best forms of government amid anti-democratic influences and commentary from China and Russia. Can democracy still deliver? Biden convening global summit 2021-12-08T05:00:00Z But democracy is more than a form of government. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Be careful not to confuse the unitary form of government with a dictatorship. Magruder's American Government 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z They thought there were some forms of government that are incompatible with democracy. The "Guarantee Clause": Could this one weird trick save American democracy? 2021-12-05T05:00:00Z Mr. Strickland does not yet have a bank account, a phone or a form of government identification. More Than $1 Million Raised to Help Missouri Man Exonerated After 43 Years 2021-11-27T05:00:00Z At the conclusion of the Constitutional Convention, Benjamin Franklin was asked by a lady he knew what form of government the convention had produced. Classical education critical for preserving Constitution 2021-11-23T05:00:00Z Over the years Bangladesh has attempted with great difficulty to create a more democratic form of government. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z In this case, people accept a certain form of government because their society has long been governed in that way, and people expect their institutions and traditions to be carried on into the future. Magruder's American Government 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z It includes a variety of different promises that the federal government is making to the states, not just a guarantee of a republican form of government — for example, a guarantee of protection against invasion. The "Guarantee Clause": Could this one weird trick save American democracy? 2021-12-05T05:00:00Z “We cherish free speech in this country but we also cherish our form of government,” said U.S. N.Y. man gets 19 months for urging ‘slaughter’ of lawmakers who OK’d election results 2021-11-22T05:00:00Z Even if wielded in this manner, the Supreme Court may determine there’s nothing the judiciary can do to insure a “republican form of government.” James Madison on gerrymandering 2021-11-14T05:00:00Z As Rome enlarged its territory, its republican form of government grew increasingly unstable. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Australia, Canada, Mexico, Switzerland, Germany, India, and some 20 other states also have federal forms of government today. Magruder's American Government 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z But the framers were very worried that there would be certain forms of government that would just be incompatible with each other, and that the country would fall apart. The "Guarantee Clause": Could this one weird trick save American democracy? 2021-12-05T05:00:00Z He sees it as the form of government that best recognizes human dignity and agency, and that can deliver well-being and prosperity for the greatest number of people. Opinion | It’s Time to Get Honest About the Biden Doctrine 2021-11-12T05:00:00Z How does one determine whether a state has maintained a “republican form of government?” James Madison on gerrymandering 2021-11-14T05:00:00Z Meanwhile, another great European power, England, had been developing a form of government that limited the power of absolute monarchs, as you will see in Section 5. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z It proved so successful as a form of government that it lasted for some 200 years. Magruder's American Government 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z Because if it was taken seriously, it was not going to be possible to reconcile a republican form of government with slavery. The "Guarantee Clause": Could this one weird trick save American democracy? 2021-12-05T05:00:00Z In the early days of the republic, it was not uncommon to ask if the American form of government was worth saving. Opinion | For a model of how to teach on the subject of American racism, turn to Frederick Douglass 2021-11-08T05:00:00Z Winston Churchill was right: “Democracy is the worst form of government — except for all those other forms that have been tried.” Opinion | Democrats are too shortsighted 2021-11-07T04:00:00Z While the Chinese explored the best ways to govern, ancient Greece also was experimenting with different forms of government, as you will read in Chapter 5. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z The Virginia Plan also provided that all State officers should take an oath to support the Union, and that each State be guaranteed a republican form of government. Magruder's American Government 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z The Guarantee Clause promises that the United States "shall guarantee to every state in the Union a Republican form of government." The "Guarantee Clause": Could this one weird trick save American democracy? 2021-12-05T05:00:00Z Mr. Mohler argued the requirement “is a form of government coercion, turning a religious institution into a form of government coercion, that we must resist.” Religious organizations ask federal courts to block Biden’s vaccine mandate 2021-11-05T04:00:00Z If he remains in office, he stands to benefit from voters’ approval of another ballot question Tuesday — one that moves the city to a strong-mayor form of government. In Minneapolis, Frey’s reelection bid goes to overtime 2021-11-02T04:00:00Z The introduction of direct democracy, a form of government in which citizens rule directly and not through representatives, was an important legacy of Periclean Athens. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Each of the 50 States has a unitary form of government—an arrangement in which a central government that creates local units of government for its own convenience. Magruder's American Government 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z Well, it deserves our attention because it was created, in part, for a moment like the moment we're in, where we have movement away from compatible forms of government between the states. The "Guarantee Clause": Could this one weird trick save American democracy? 2021-12-05T05:00:00Z This was not just an insurrection against our form of government. Adam Schiff on Jan. 6, Republican lies big and small — and prosecuting Donald Trump 2021-10-30T04:00:00Z He also instituted a Cabinet form of government and appointed minorities, Democrats and even out-of-state experts to important jobs in his administration. A. Linwood Holton Jr., Virginia governor who took bold stance on integration, dies at 98 2021-10-28T04:00:00Z All the Hausa city-states had similar forms of government. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z The Supreme Court has held that the question of whether a State has a republican form of government is a “political question.” Magruder's American Government 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z The "republican form of government" is a very broad term, it can mean a lot of different things at different moments in history. The "Guarantee Clause": Could this one weird trick save American democracy? 2021-12-05T05:00:00Z The popular game Roblox requires players to upload a form of government identification — and a selfie to prove the ID belongs to them — if they want access to a voice chat feature. Anonymity No More? Age Checks Come to the Web. 2021-10-27T04:00:00Z You can draw a straight line from that to maintaining our form of government and democracy. Attorney General Bob Ferguson on why local newspapers matter 2021-10-22T04:00:00Z Greek city-states had many different forms of government. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z The act also made it a crime to “willfully utter, print, write, or publish any disloyal, profane, scurrilous, or abusive language about the form of government of the United States.” Magruder's American Government 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z Spillover effects is a concept not necessarily related to the question of a "republican form of government." The "Guarantee Clause": Could this one weird trick save American democracy? 2021-12-05T05:00:00Z “We believe that if the United States Congress wants to hold steadfast to its representative form of government, then congressional staffers hired to construct and inform legislation should be reflective of the United States’ population.” As Some Black Staff Members Leave Congress, Those Who Remain Call for Change 2021-10-17T04:00:00Z A study by the Political Economy Research Center at the University of Massachusetts found that military spending creates fewer jobs than almost any other form of government spending. Congress fights over money for child care — but never questions billions for war 2021-10-07T04:00:00Z Since the late 1200s, the city-state of Florence had a republican form of government. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z “This is bigger than President Trump! It is the very essence of our republican form of government, and it has to be done!” The lawyer behind the memo on how Trump could stay in office 2021-10-02T04:00:00Z In a convergence of political theory and patriot passions, a form of government unknown before was created. 55 statesmen revolutionized governance in creating Constitution 2021-09-28T04:00:00Z Hospital workers have refused to get immunized for several reasons, administrators say, but most commonly because they do not believe the vaccines are safe or because they consider vaccine mandates a form of government overreach. N.Y. hospitals brace for staff shortages as vaccine mandate begins: ‘This is just one more body blow’ 2021-09-27T04:00:00Z The instructions suggest a return to the strict rulings of the group's past tenure in power, despite promises of a milder form of government. Afghanistan: Taliban ban Helmand barbers from trimming beards 2021-09-26T04:00:00Z A republic is a form of government in which power rests with citizens who have the right to vote for their leaders. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z This is not about vaccines; it is about preserving our form of government. State Supreme Court oversteps on mandating vaccine 2021-09-22T04:00:00Z It is a very essence of our republican form of government, and it has to be done. Mike Pence's 6-point plan to steal the election: Republicans leave roadmap for future authoritarians 2021-09-22T04:00:00Z Many liberal and conservative legal experts alike say the practice is a form of government overreach and a means to go after immigrants under a legally flawed pretext. How ICE uses Interpol to deport immigrants who could be wrongly accused of crimes 2021-09-17T04:00:00Z Outside the town’s Family Dollar store, Robert Benford Jr., 47, who trains and boards horses for a living, senses a prevailing fear that mandates are just another form of government overreach. Two teachers die, and a small Texas town rethinks masks 2021-09-07T04:00:00Z That can certainly mean freedom from forms of government coercion. Opinion | Labor Day is a celebration of solidarity — and freedom 2021-09-05T04:00:00Z The zones are exempt from import and export taxes and can set up their own internal forms of government, as well as courts, security forces, schools and even social security systems. Honduras economic development zones worry residents, experts 2021-09-03T04:00:00Z She said the international community has clout because whatever form of government emerges in Afghanistan needs international support — and human rights and respect for international law “are red line issues.” The Latest: UK says sees scope for dialogue with Taliban 2021-09-02T04:00:00Z Many opponents claimed that vaccine mandates were a form of government overreach or even discrimination, particularly as more and more places become off-limits to the unvaccinated. Landmark FDA approval could turbocharge COVID-19 vaccinations in California 2021-08-24T04:00:00Z To understand all this, keep in mind the two basic forms of government that are opposite to each other. Republicans claim to fear left-wing authoritarianism — but there's no such thing 2021-08-14T04:00:00Z It marked a decisive break from the dominance of a form of conservative politics that cast even the most basic forms of government action as wasteful. Opinion | Biden cannot sit back and let our democracy sink. He’s now showing us he gets that. 2021-08-01T04:00:00Z Liberal democracy is the Goldilocks form of government. Opinion | The world is reminding us that democracy is hard 2021-07-29T04:00:00Z As a result, our constitutional form of government is the best in the world and, to this day, is strongly supported by the American people. Opinion | Dominating democracy 2021-07-23T04:00:00Z But just because moratoriums are expiring doesn’t mean all forms of government aid for tenants are going away: Billions of dollars of federal rental assistance remain available. The Pandemic Safety Net Is Coming Apart. Now What? 2021-07-18T04:00:00Z One form of government is monarchy, which is rule by a king or a dictator. Republicans claim to fear left-wing authoritarianism — but there's no such thing 2021-08-14T04:00:00Z But it's very hard to sell a form of government. Chris Matthews on Jan. 6, the danger to democracy and what he learned from #MeToo 2021-06-25T04:00:00Z That may be why a form of government that resembles the exact opposite of those traits is on the rise: strongman rule. Iran’s System Keeps Its Grip, Despite the Chaos (or Because of It) 2021-06-20T04:00:00Z Notwithstanding Mr. Bowie’s references to “our democracy” and “a national democracy,” the form of government that the Constitution established is not a “democracy” but rather a republic. Opinion | Dominating democracy 2021-07-23T04:00:00Z More than half of families in the district receive some form of government assistance. No Witchcraft, but Specter of Covid Shaped a Classroom in Salem, Mass. 2021-06-20T04:00:00Z Without a tax, or some other, more intrusive form of government intervention, the energy price cycle is likely to continue, despite climate change. Big Oil Takes a Beating, but Its Investors Are Riding High 2021-06-18T04:00:00Z The reinstatement line of succession actually functions similarly to the line of succession in a form of government that’s even older than the American Constitution: monarchy! Opinion | What my civics textbook says about Trump getting ‘reinstated’ 2021-06-04T04:00:00Z Biden also referred to the threats to the country’s form of government. Public swarms Arlington National Cemetery on Memorial Day for the first time since the pandemic 2021-05-31T04:00:00Z They’re low by historical standards, by international standards and relative to what you receive in the form of government services. Opinion | Americans just got a tax cut. But most of them don’t realize it. 2021-05-10T04:00:00Z He said the United States as the leader among democratic nations must show through its own example and success that its form of government is superior. A blinking light ahead: Slowing population growth raises questions about America as a land with unlimited horizons 2021-05-09T04:00:00Z Didn’t we fight a war 2½ centuries ago trying to break from such a form of government? Perspective | The Washington Football Team won’t find a better name than it already has 2021-04-20T04:00:00Z But at one edge of the opinion spectrum lies an influential group of economists, many of them inspired by Mr. Friedman, who are hostile to almost any form of government involvement in economic life. Why the Markets Need a Strong Government Hand 2021-04-02T04:00:00Z It's to make them fear for their safety, their children's safety, their homes, their neighborhoods, their quality of life and even their form of government. Fox News is stoking anti-immigration hysteria again. Are we ready to defeat it this time? 2021-02-26T05:00:00Z Baker’s search for a radically different form of government eventually took him to Syria, where Kurdish groups were seeking to build a socialist democracy underpinned by feminism and environmental sustainability. The FBI warned about far-right attacks. Agents arrested a leftist ex-soldier. 2021-02-14T05:00:00Z He and the Greenwood Voters League, an organization he founded in 1966, paved the way for Black representation in the majority-Black city by fighting to change Greenwood’s form of government. Mississippi politician Jordan giving up 1 of his 2 offices 2021-02-15T05:00:00Z While Americans are downbeat on the current state of democracy, they are unified that such a form of government is still the desired approach. AP-NORC poll: Few in US say democracy is working very well 2021-02-08T05:00:00Z “My nomination this year is ... for the fight to preserve democracy as a form of government in Europe,” Christensen said. Navalny, WHO and Thunberg among nominees for Nobel Peace Prize 2021-01-31T05:00:00Z Its great buildings, most of all the Capitol, are manifestations of the nation’s power and prosperity and of its peculiar form of government: of the people, by the people and for the people. Opinion | The Capitol Attack Was a Failure of Policing, Not Architecture 2021-01-30T05:00:00Z If fear of “public ridicule” is enough to keep folks from ever running for office, maybe it’s time to ditch this whole experiment in democracy and representative form of government. Editorial Roundup: New England 2021-01-29T05:00:00Z "Local governments tend to be the most accessible form of government," she said. 38 countries have declared a "climate emergency." Should the U.S. be next? 2021-01-28T05:00:00Z Trump's presidency forces us to revisit basic questions about our constitutional form of government and whether it works or not. Author Rick Perlstein on the challenge ahead: "Biden knows that he is managing a dying regime" 2021-01-25T05:00:00Z When word got around, Birmingham voters changed the city’s form of government, forcing Connor out of his job. Tom Lankford, civil rights reporter secretly in league with police, dies at 85 2021-01-16T05:00:00Z The primary purpose of the American form of government is not to defeat evil; it is to allow people of diverse views and backgrounds to live in peace with one another and find common purpose. Opinion | A fresh start for Republicans can come only if they abandon authoritarian populism 2021-01-18T05:00:00Z In an interview last week with The Times, he called the presidential election a “sham” and said there were “pissed-off patriots that are not going to accept their form of government being stolen.” Why veterans of the military and law enforcement joined the Capitol insurrection 2021-01-15T05:00:00Z I think that would give great comfort to many citizens who deeply believe in our form of government. Opinion | The despicable display on Jan. 6 2021-01-11T05:00:00Z “I intend to vigorously defend our form of government by opposing this effort to disenfranchise millions of voters in my state and others,” Toomey said. Cruz, cadre of other GOP senators vow not to certify Biden win without probe of baseless voter fraud claims 2021-01-02T05:00:00Z If some form of government of national unity or a transitional government were agreed upon, Mr. Ghani would be unlikely to continue as president. What to Know as Troubled Afghan Peace Talks Enter a New Phase 2021-01-01T05:00:00Z When Plato derided democracy as a form of government too reliant on easy promises, he likened it to fashion. Opinion | Fashion Will Not Disappear. It Will Transform. 2020-12-22T05:00:00Z If you want to talk about what sedition is, in a broader sense, it is a repudiation of our republican form of government and of the country's Constitution and history of constitutional rule. Richard Painter: Trump is an "incompetent dictator" — but a "shrewder" plot might have worked 2020-12-17T05:00:00Z Governmental transparency is what separates democracy from other forms of government. Editorial Roundup: Tennessee 2020-12-16T05:00:00Z One of them was this: “It has been said that democracy is the worst form of government, except for all those other forms that have been tried.” Trump putting democracy to the test after his loss to Biden 2020-11-14T05:00:00Z “Because there are people and countries who want to change our nation, its ideals, forms of government and way of life, we must leave our homes and families to fight,” he continued. Editorial Roundup: Pennsylvania 2020-11-11T05:00:00Z What he meant was that the Trump-era tariffs on Chinese goods were ultimately underwritten by American taxpayers in the form of government subsidies to compensate farmers and others who lost sales. The End of ‘America First’: How Biden Says He Will Re-engage With the World 2020-11-09T05:00:00Z If tens of millions of people were to actually believe this, it would reduce the legitimacy and, potentially, the stability of the U.S. form of government. Opinion | The election is over, but there’s no end to Republican bad faith 2020-11-09T05:00:00Z His election is a reminder that democracy is the best form of government because it offers the people the opportunity to change their government by peaceful means. US election: African leaders congratulate Joe Biden 2020-11-08T05:00:00Z Some solutions exist in the form of government intervention or assistance from a nonprofit provider, such as the Central Virginia Electric Cooperative. Teleworking in a parking lot. School on a flash drive. The coronavirus prompts new urgency for rural Internet access. 2020-10-14T04:00:00Z For us all, the United States is a democratic republic, and we should realize the words “democracy” and “republic” cannot be used interchangeably to accurately describe our form of government. Opinion | Readers critique The Post: Bijan Ghaisar’s name belongs with George Floyd’s and Breonna Taylor’s 2020-10-09T04:00:00Z Caserta identifies himself on social media as an anarchist who opposes all forms of government and said in a YouTube video this year that “every person who works for government is your enemy.” FBI charges six who it says plotted to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, as seven more who wanted to ignite civil war face state charges 2020-10-08T04:00:00Z Lee, who is among a swath of Republicans who recently tested positive for coronavirus, wrote: ‘The word “democracy” appears nowhere in the Constitution, perhaps because our form of government is not a democracy. Republican senator says 'democracy isn't the objective' of US system 2020-10-08T04:00:00Z "His election is a reminder that democracy is the best form of government because it offers the people the opportunity to change their government by peaceful means," Mr Buhari said. US election: African leaders congratulate Joe Biden 2020-11-08T05:00:00Z “This was an intentional effort to deprive the people of Decatur of their constitutional right to choose their own form of government,” Cole said. Judge: Decatur can ignore 2010 vote, keep full-time mayor 2020-09-20T04:00:00Z My work finds that discontented Americans don't want an entirely different form of government, despite global concerns that the U.S. is "backsliding" toward authoritarianism. Angry Americans: How political rage helps campaigns but hurts democracy 2020-09-17T04:00:00Z In “The Utopia of Rules,” Dr. Graeber also maintained that the U.S. democratic form of government had been, in his view, improperly equated with the capitalist economic system. David Graeber, scholar, anarchist and intellectual leader of Occupy Wall Street, dies at 59 2020-09-05T04:00:00Z Instead it retained its 1662 charter from King Charles II, and the laws made under the charter, as its form of government. How democracy beat back lies, fear-mongering and conspiracy theories — in 19th-century Connecticut 2020-09-12T04:00:00Z “Public corruption erodes faith in our democracy and decays the very soul of our form of government,” Hurst said. Former education head, contractors accused of fudging bids 2020-09-03T04:00:00Z The fact is that the President seeks to put in place a form of government that is no longer anchored in the basic principles of democracy. 5 epic failures of Donald Trump that illustrate the U.S.’s decline 2020-08-29T04:00:00Z This technology, in the hands of abusers — in the hands of government, any form of government — is a surveillance nightmare. Contact tracing app at Michigan college is a surveillance-state nightmare 2020-08-22T04:00:00Z Dr. Graeber was both a scholar of anarchism — technically, a society without a form of government — and an advocate of it in the public sphere. David Graeber, scholar, anarchist and intellectual leader of Occupy Wall Street, dies at 59 2020-09-05T04:00:00Z Their theocratic form of government was how things had always been, and to change anything instituted by their wise and pious forefathers would lead to all manner of vice and chaos. How democracy beat back lies, fear-mongering and conspiracy theories — in 19th-century Connecticut 2020-09-12T04:00:00Z An initiative was floated to change the county’s form of government, and Grayeyes’s opponent unsuccessfully challenged his candidacy, claiming Grayeyes’s primary residence was outside the county. How the Navajo Nation won a hard-earned political voice in Utah 2020-08-06T04:00:00Z The main form of government aid approved in an earlier round of relief, the Paycheck Protection Program aimed at helping businesses reopen, doesn’t address the prospect of lengthy closures with no revenue. Editorial Roundup: Louisiana 2020-08-05T04:00:00Z Those forms of government support could be masking an underlying condition. Interest Rates Are Low, but Loans Are Harder to Get. Here’s Why. 2020-08-04T04:00:00Z They overruled city mask mandates, arguing that it amounted to a form of government overreach. Will Herman Cain’s Death Change Republican Views on the Virus and Masks? 2020-07-30T04:00:00Z In essence, he wrote, the ruling claimed that “The poor barbarians can’t understand our civilized Republican form of government.” Column: It's time to chop down the 'lynching tree' from this California city's logo 2020-07-30T04:00:00Z It bodes well that voters countywide threw out the referendum on changing the county’s form of government, which Grayeyes and Maryboy had contended was a thinly veiled attempt to dilute their power. How the Navajo Nation won a hard-earned political voice in Utah 2020-08-06T04:00:00Z The agreement between the United States and the Taliban does not outline what form of government will rule postwar Afghanistan. Taliban declares cease-fire in Afghanistan for Eid, as pressure builds for peace talks 2020-07-28T04:00:00Z There's so much more on their Marxist plan to overthrow our form of government but it begins with getting us to hate America ... it's founder, liberator, the author of our liberty. Black Lives Matter is "spewing hatred for America": A brief debate with Rudy Giuliani 2020-07-17T04:00:00Z In 1823, President James Monroe declared that to safeguard liberty and individual rights at home, the nation must protect the Western Hemisphere from the unfree forms of government that then characterized Europe. Opinion | American diplomacy must again ground itself in the nation’s founding principles 2020-07-16T04:00:00Z Walmart said that 65 percent of its stores, which include Walmarts and Sam’s Clubs, are in areas where there was already some form of government mandate to wear masks. Walmart, Nation’s Largest Retailer, Will Require Customers to Wear Masks 2020-07-15T04:00:00Z And yet, by every measure of well-being that has ever been studied, citizens of democracies are doing better than any other form of government. American democracy is less broken than you think 2020-07-03T04:00:00Z Three truths of all societies and forms of government are that power and wealth will relentlessly seek three things: more power, more wealth and information control. Working together for democracy, civility and truth 2020-06-26T04:00:00Z “That’s exactly why we have a republic and a representative form of government — to represent our very needs, our wishes and desires.” Churches plan big Pentecost services despite orders: ‘It’s part of our faith to be together’ 2020-05-31T04:00:00Z Persuading those of other cultures to adopt our forms of government is a fool’s errand. Editorial Roundup: New England 2020-05-29T04:00:00Z The vote on a proposal to change Atlantic City’s form of government was conducted via mail because of the coronavirus outbreak, and additional votes will still be arriving at election headquarters through Thursday. Atlantic City voters keep their government amid pandemic 2020-05-13T04:00:00Z His four employees were owed a form of government assistance — but they hadn’t received it yet. Italy loosens Europe’s longest coronavirus lockdown 2020-05-04T04:00:00Z Congress in 1803 forgot to ratify the proposed Ohio constitution, and without such ratification Ohio’s republican form of government was ‘without form and void.’ Even as pain deepens, huge resistance to reopening 2020-04-29T04:00:00Z Desperate for America to appear bigger and better than everyone else – and to promote US democracy as the superior form of government – Jefferson then hired several groups of hardy pioneers to secure him a mammoth. Lions, tigers and bears: the US presidents who took animal ownership to extremes 2020-04-23T04:00:00Z “In the short term some form of government assistance is likely needed because the price levels we are currently transacting at are unsustainable for U.S. producers.” ‘I’m Just Living a Nightmare’: Oil Industry Braces for Devastation 2020-04-21T04:00:00Z And we are glad you didn’t see it through until the end… This is supposed to be a key advantage for the republican and federal forms of government. Incumbency advantages grow in era of weak parties 2020-04-14T04:00:00Z Through House Bill 1637, they tried it with our very form of government. Recent Missouri editorials 2020-04-14T04:00:00Z Now, EIC is offering the company a more radical form of government support. Watch out Silicon Valley: European Union gets into the venture capital game 2020-04-08T04:00:00Z Like Luz, many domestic workers are undocumented and do not qualify for most forms of government assistance. They Cleaned Other People’s Homes. Now They Fear They’re Sick. 2020-04-06T04:00:00Z Lee said he’s concerned about business owners who might not have the technical know-how or language skills to complete grant applications and access other forms of government financial assistance. D.C. restaurants, and their employees, try to survive a coronavirus catastrophe 2020-03-30T04:00:00Z The justices ruled that the denial isn’t viewpoint discrimination because a state’s specialty license plate is a form of government speech. Gasoline foe’s ‘obscene’ license plate joins fight for free expression 2020-03-24T04:00:00Z “Mr. Greenberg pretty well invented a new way to cover big science—as a form of government spending no different, in budgetary terms, from defense procurement or agricultural support,” The Economist wrote in 2002. Daniel Greenberg, science journalism pioneer who shaped Science’s News section, dies at 88 2020-03-23T04:00:00Z Franke said the industry “desperately needs” some form of government support and that he was confident a deal would be reached. Frontier Airlines private equity owner sees good buys in industry turmoil 2020-03-20T04:00:00Z What the coronavirus crisis thus demonstrates is that there is no implicit or explicit contrast between these two forms of government. The deglobalization virus? 2020-03-19T04:00:00Z First, there is the sharp but presumably brief global recession that will result from the novel coronavirus, requiring short-term stimulus in the form of government spending. Perspective | A market crash was coming, even before coronavirus 2020-03-09T04:00:00Z The new form of government also would eliminate the public’s right to seek ballot questions through the initiative and referendum process. Judge weighs canceling Atlantic City government change vote 2020-03-09T04:00:00Z Democracy is the worst form of government — except for all the others. Pissed about Super Tuesday? Suck it up: Beating Trump means supporting the Democratic nominee 2020-03-05T05:00:00Z This cultural metamorphosis is underway despite a high-profile denial of socialism from one nation familiar with this form of government. Voters cozy up to Democratic socialism 2020-02-19T05:00:00Z The country’s supreme court later ordered Bukele to abstain from using the military “contrary to constitutional purposes and which jeopardise the republican, democratic and representative form of government”. Nayib Bukele's military stunt raises alarming memories in El Salvador 2020-02-16T05:00:00Z The founders of this country, conscious that they were creating a new form of government, leaned heavily on the available ancient precedents. Opinion | What’s So Great About Fake Roman Temples? 2020-02-07T05:00:00Z It is to say that the rule of law is all that separates a democratic form of government from dictatorship. America's fatal flaw: The founders assumed our leaders would have some basic decency 2020-02-08T05:00:00Z Their stability embodies the strength and durability of America’s unique form of government.” Critics aghast at proposal to make classical America's 'default' architectural style 2020-02-07T05:00:00Z "Its members aren't thinking about right or wrong, our constitutional form of government, or the American people," he wrote. Trump accused of “jury tampering” after allegedly threatening GOP senators not to vote against him 2020-01-24T05:00:00Z Lots of the population actually lived in the dictatorship, and they tend to romanticize and idealize it as a superior form of government. Glenn Greenwald on Brazil’s Charges Against Him 2020-01-22T05:00:00Z “I don’t think any form of government ought to have a power to order a citizen to do something that is against their religious freedoms and rights,” he said Wednesday. Bryant: Mississippi improved in 8 years of governorship 2020-01-10T05:00:00Z However, the government's large majority means private members' bills are still likely to need some form of government support to succeed. Labour's Mike Amesbury wins MPs' bill ballot 2020-01-09T05:00:00Z The polarization in America — the worst since the eve of the Civil War — foreshadows a nasty presidential election and a fundamental shattering of our form of government in the years ahead. How climate change, politics and our basic ability to coexist will shape the new decade — and Seattle’s future 2020-01-05T05:00:00Z Old-style, “big L” libertarianism rejects this view, contending that any form of government action is inherently unjust and creates more problems than it solves. Opinion | Libertarianism is losing its grip on conservative thought. Good. 2020-01-02T05:00:00Z Polls are increasingly showing they question whether our democracy is the best form of government and whether capitalism is the best form for an economy. Save the Free Press initiative: A public service of The Seattle Times 2019-12-20T05:00:00Z All fiercely advocated for a belief in the efficacy of free markets and a marked hostility toward any form of government regulation. In ‘The Economists’ Hour,’ Binyamin Appelbaum measures the far-reaching effects of unrestrained markets 2019-12-13T05:00:00Z The Yakima City Council will not put a proposal to switch to a new form of government before voters in a Feb. 11 special election. Yakima City Council pulls strong mayor question off February ballot 2019-12-11T05:00:00Z The idea of impeachment was therefore absolutely central to the republican form of government ordained by the Constitution. Key Excerpts From Legal Scholars’ Arguments on Impeachment 2019-12-04T05:00:00Z The common denominator among many countries is where democracies — even if only for a relatively short period of time — fall into a more authoritarian form of government. Radio host Thom Hartmann: If Trump's re-elected, "we may slide into straight fascism" 2019-11-22T05:00:00Z The Oxford English Dictionary defines self-determination as: "The action of a people in deciding its own form of government; free determination of statehood, postulated as a right." Your Questions Answered: The election in Scotland 2019-11-17T05:00:00Z The value of the assets would be set by Parliament, with shareholders receiving compensation in the form of government bonds, Labour said in a statement. Free broadband? UK Labour Party promises nationalization 2019-11-15T05:00:00Z The council voted 4-3 in November to ask voters to change the city’s charter to set up a strong mayor form of government. Yakima City Council pulls strong mayor question off February ballot 2019-12-11T05:00:00Z Eventually it became clear to them they, too, loved this form of government. An excerpt from 'The Plot to Betray America' 2019-11-14T05:00:00Z The East German student activists wanted an alternative form of government that was neither capitalist nor communist. 30 years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, German-born Seattleites reflect on life in a divided world 2019-11-09T05:00:00Z It was the vindication of Churchill’s aphorism that democracy is the worst form of government except for all the others. Opinion | Charles Krauthammer: The authoritarian temptation 2019-11-08T05:00:00Z It was the essence of almost every known previous form of government to make certain that there were no whistle-blowers—that the spear-carriers just did whatever the chieftain told them to. Why Is Trump Obsessed with Outing the Whistle-Blower? 2019-11-07T05:00:00Z Democracy, like other forms of government, is a means of solving a collective problem by outsourcing decision-making and other responsibilities to elected officials and other social and political elites. Donald Trump's war against democracy: Is it already too late to save America? 2019-10-31T04:00:00Z It’s hard to imagine that Illinois judges at any level would find it unconstitutional to give voters the power to choose their form of government. Excerpts from recent editorials in newspapers in Illinois 2019-10-29T04:00:00Z Party disagreement is limited to government policy, a class of political concerns that does not call the fundamental form of government into question. When Republicans were actually republican: Is that a basis for renewal? 2019-10-13T04:00:00Z But the simple yearning for stability is a big reason why people who are not octogenarian royals are embracing this form of government. ‘Our political system is irrevocably poisoned’: the rise of monarchism 2019-10-01T04:00:00Z After The Times began the survey, Protect Democracy, a nonpartisan group of former officials seeking to prevent a decline “into a more authoritarian form of government,” lobbied the candidates to participate. Presidential Power Must Be Curbed After Trump, 2020 Candidates Say 2019-09-10T04:00:00Z As Washington framed things in his farewell message: “The spirit of encroachment tends to consolidate the powers of all the departments in one, and thus to create, whatever the form of government, a real despotism.” Trump seems to think he's an emperor – but we are not entertained | Lloyd Green 2019-08-25T04:00:00Z A small-R republican form of government is a representative form of democracy that is governed by laws and by people that we elect. Constitutional scholar Laurence Tribe: Framers would tell us to impeach him right now 2019-08-22T04:00:00Z Whether a new ruling class is poised to tear down and replace our republic with a worse form of government? When Republicans were actually republican: Is that a basis for renewal? 2019-10-13T04:00:00Z “I can’t remember a specific moment when I thought for the first time, ‘monarchy is the best form of government,’ it was just a gradual change. ‘Our political system is irrevocably poisoned’: the rise of monarchism 2019-10-01T04:00:00Z Yet the voting process continues to provide us the most effective form of government ever tried. Editorials from around New York 2019-08-07T04:00:00Z Folcher also disputed assertions that GOP members wanted to change the form of government to keep the local election from being tied to the 2020 general election. New NJ law makes changing municipal government harder 2019-07-28T04:00:00Z This form of government only works if the people pay attention to what is happening in their own country and what its leaders are doing. Constitutional scholar Laurence Tribe: Framers would tell us to impeach him right now 2019-08-22T04:00:00Z Beginning as a group of 22 men - two chosen by the white male residents of each of the eleven major settlement areas - the body eventually evolved into a two-house form of government. Events in Virginia mark beginnings of American democracy 2019-07-28T04:00:00Z Beginning as a group of 22 men — two chosen by the white male residents of each of the eleven major settlement areas — the body eventually evolved into a two-house form of government. Events in Virginia mark beginnings of American democracy 2019-07-28T04:00:00Z A petition filed this month seeks signatures to put the question to voters to change the form of government from the current three-person commission to an expanded, five-person commission. Utah County commissioners submit plan for government change 2019-07-25T04:00:00Z The Press of Atlantic City reports that the legislation will directly affect the current effort to change Atlantic City’s form of government. Bill raises bar for required petition signatures 2019-07-15T04:00:00Z Recently, the administration unveiled its so-called “public charge” regulation, which could deny green cards — a step toward citizenship — to immigrants who receive certain forms of government assistance, such as Medicaid. Are Democrats helping Trump by promising healthcare to undocumented migrants? 2019-07-09T04:00:00Z Democracy remains the best form of government if only because all the alternatives are worse. Opinion | Are we becoming too stupid to govern ourselves? 2019-05-29T04:00:00Z Democrats “getting a spine” isn’t just good politics; it may be the last hope to salvage our republic and preserve our constitutional form of government. How republics die 2019-05-26T04:00:00Z “Now is the time of testing whether we can keep our republic, or whether this republic is destined to change into a different, more tyrannical form of government. We must resist this.” #ConstitutionalCrisis? Trump's battle with Congress comes to a head 2019-05-09T04:00:00Z The statement was coordinated by a non-profit, non-partisan group called Protect Democracy, which says it was formed “to prevent our democracy from declining into a more authoritarian form of government.” Mueller report justifies obstruction charges vs Trump: ex-U.S.... 2019-05-06T04:00:00Z But a coalition of state lawmakers intervened, arguing the fee was a form of government overreach that would impose an undue financial burden on poor New Yorkers. Paper or Plastic? Time to Bring Your Own Bag 2019-04-22T04:00:00Z Diamond acknowledges the country’s great natural advantages in climate, geography, population and form of government. Seven nations that survived apocalypse 2019-04-16T04:00:00Z I don’t think it’s responsible with our form of government with three branches, I don’t think it’s EPA’s job to write the legislation on its own. Text: Transcript of Reuters interview with EPA Administrator Andrew... 2019-04-11T04:00:00Z New Zealand’s form of government makes it easier for the ruling party to pass legislation. Editorial Roundup: Excerpts from recent editorials 2019-04-10T04:00:00Z They represent a form of government best suited to the agrarian lifestyle of 100-plus years ago. Excerpts from recent editorials in newspapers in Illinois 2019-04-10T04:00:00Z They drew attention to a long-simmering debate over whether “republic” is a better term than “democracy” to describe the American form of government. Is the U.S. a Democracy? A Social Studies Battle Turns on the Nation’s Values 2019-04-07T04:00:00Z The fourth article of the Constitution guarantees to every state a republican form of government. Opinion | Why Congress should try again to override Trump’s veto 2019-04-03T04:00:00Z Secretary of State Mike Pompeo spoke in Hanoi last year about "the once-unimaginable prosperity and partnership" the U.S. has come to enjoy with Vietnam and noted Vietnam was able maintain its form of government. From bombers to Big Macs: Vietnam a lesson in reconciliation 2019-02-22T05:00:00Z Secretary of State Mike Pompeo spoke in Hanoi last year about “the once-unimaginable prosperity and partnership” the U.S. has come to enjoy with Vietnam and noted Vietnam was able maintain its form of government. From bombers to Big Macs: Vietnam a lesson in reconciliation 2019-02-22T05:00:00Z “The spirit of encroachment tends to consolidate the powers of all the departments in one, and thus to create, whatever the form of government, a real despotism.” George Washington's Farewell Address to be read on Senate floor in annual tradition 2019-02-18T05:00:00Z A republic is a form of government in which the people’s elected representatives make decisions. Is the U.S. a Democracy? A Social Studies Battle Turns on the Nation’s Values 2019-04-07T04:00:00Z The vote to override the president’s veto pursues that constitutional guarantee to preserve our republican form of government. Opinion | Why Congress should try again to override Trump’s veto 2019-04-03T04:00:00Z He spoke of democracy the way the poet Walt Whitman did, as both our nation’s form of government and its special reason for existing. What would Lincoln do? 2019-02-17T05:00:00Z But this has nothing to do with socialism as a political theory or form of government. Opinion | We’re having the wrong discussion about socialism 2019-02-14T05:00:00Z We said then this is antithetical to the sort of democratic republican form of government upon which this country was founded. Recent Kansas Editorials 2019-02-12T05:00:00Z “When you read Article IV, Section IV, it says you’re guaranteed a republican form of government,” said Patrick Colbeck, a Republican former state senator, citing the United States Constitution. Is the U.S. a Democracy? A Social Studies Battle Turns on the Nation’s Values 2019-04-07T04:00:00Z We might infer from that guarantee an equal responsibility on the part of our federal elected officials to preserve for us a republican form of government at the national level. Opinion | Why Congress should try again to override Trump’s veto 2019-04-03T04:00:00Z He said the goal had been “a form of government that combines two elements—Islam and republicanism. Islam and democracy.” Iran Celebrates the Revolution’s Fortieth Anniversary—Twelve Blocks from the White House 2019-02-10T05:00:00Z They would write essays on a chosen topic, like whether democracy was the best form of government, and circulate them for feedback. He Committed Murder. Then He Graduated From an Elite Law School. Would You Hire Him as Your Attorney? 2019-02-02T05:00:00Z The belief that constitutional democracy is superior to other forms of government rests in part on its capacity to encourage open debate and thus social learning. Opinion | The media’s bias should be toward democracy 2019-01-13T05:00:00Z And some of his more conservative advisers have suggested a national emergency declaration is a form of government overreach that is antithetical to conservative principles. White House Considers Using Storm Aid Funds as a Way to Pay for the Border Wall 2019-01-10T05:00:00Z Hayat suggested that the gilets jaunes movement is, at core, conservative—they don’t want to overthrow the current form of government but, rather, to restore a state that can actually address their problems. The Complicated Politics of the Gilets Jaunes Movement 2018-12-13T05:00:00Z "Such actions pose a grave threat to our democratic form of government," he said. Google chief denies political bias claims 2018-12-11T05:00:00Z Let’s begin with the checks and balances that are supposed to be the foundations of our three-part form of government. A roundup of recent Michigan newspaper editorials 2018-12-10T05:00:00Z Almost half of Washington’s child-care workers are on some form of government assistance, and the turnover rate for preschool teachers is about 45 percent a year, according to the state Department of Early Learning. ‘You should get on a waiting list’: Seattle’s child-care crunch takes toll on parents, providers 2018-12-09T05:00:00Z Unlike conventional nations whose peoples are, in normal times, readily and efficiently mobilized for self-defense, empires, thanks to their global reach, are a surprisingly fragile form of government. Trump’s trade Czar, the latest architect of imperial disaster 2018-12-08T05:00:00Z Trefzger said that public investment—perhaps in the form of government loans—had to be a part of the solution. An Evacuation in North Carolina, and the Danger of Climate Disasters for an Aging Population 2018-11-21T05:00:00Z “What people are hungry for is a new form of government.” Female politicians gain ground in New Mexico 2018-11-08T05:00:00Z Our representative democracy - to paraphrase Winston Churchill - is the worst form of government except for all the others. Alabama editorial roundup 2018-11-07T05:00:00Z Substantial evidence exists showing that gender equality and greater participation of women in the democratic process leads to more inclusive and socially oriented forms of government. Authoritarians like Trump target trans people for a reason | Mischa Haider 2018-10-22T04:00:00Z The protector of Islam’s holiest sites, Saudi Arabia champions a strict, Wahhabi interpretation of Islam, while Kemal Ataturk, the founder of modern Turkey, promoted a strictly secular, nationalist form of government. Jamal Khashoggi killing gives Turkey chance to hit Saudi Arabia 2018-10-18T04:00:00Z And that’s something everyone should be rooting for, because our form of government only operates effectively when its leaders are selected by an informed and engaged electorate. Editorial Roundup: Recent editorials in Oklahoma newspapers 2018-10-16T04:00:00Z For almost 2,000 years, most western political theorists agreed with Aristotle, Burke and Adams: nobody could imagine seriously advocating democracy as an ideal form of government. Could populism actually be good for democracy? 2018-10-11T04:00:00Z The Trump administration recently announced a proposed regulation that would allow federal immigration authorities to deny green cards to immigrants who receive certain forms of government assistance. Patient advocates decry Trump administration move to restrict immigrants' access to healthcare - Los Angeles Times 2018-10-10T04:00:00Z A 2017 survey by the Pew Research Center found that only 8% of Brazilians think representative democracy is a “very good” form of government, the lowest of 38 countries surveyed. Voting underway in Brazil's bitterly contentious presidential race 2018-10-07T04:00:00Z Vadim Rossman, author of Capital Cities: Varieties and Patterns of Development and Relocation, says the relocation of capitals is typically part of a political project to promote a federal form of government. 'There’s no other option’: the radical plan to move Mexico's government 2018-10-02T04:00:00Z The Trump team is also making structural changes to restrict the ways that ordinary citizens can, in the future, challenge such a plutocratic form of government. Trump’s new (non-Democratic) normal 2018-09-25T04:00:00Z I remember the excitement I felt, thinking about big questions about forms of government and how people reacted to them. Analysis | What Doris Kearns Goodwin thinks Trump could learn from Lincoln’s ‘hot letters’ 2018-09-17T04:00:00Z For the first time in decades, there is a worldwide debate about the best form of government and economic system. Opinion | We responded with urgency to 9/11. Now we need to respond as urgently to China. 2018-09-10T04:00:00Z Yet most of America’s founders abhorred democracy as a form of government. Perspective | Five myths about democracy 2018-09-07T04:00:00Z Strongman systems are by far the likeliest form of government to collapse, more so than even the world’s most oppressive states. Turkey’s Crisis Exposes the Perils of Strongman Rule 2018-08-14T04:00:00Z He also wrote widely about such issues as wiretapping, the theft of Social Security numbers, information gathered online about individuals and various forms of government surveillance. Robert Ellis Smith, lawyer who published journal on privacy, dies at 77 2018-08-09T04:00:00Z The form of government they would like to see in the United States is a kind of feudalist-capitalist regime. Trump vs. the Koch Brothers 2018-08-09T04:00:00Z Almost all American adults — 96 percent — have received some form of government assistance, yet hostility to government is at or near an historic high. Democrats can win on health care: But only if they explain why our whole system is broken 2018-08-05T04:00:00Z Jail reform is an opportunity to address a pernicious form of government overreach that disproportionately affects those constituencies that conservatives most need to court: minorities, youth, and the poor. The conservative case for criminal justice reform 2018-08-05T04:00:00Z We leverage three questions widely used in the World Values Survey on attitudes toward democracy that ask whether a particular form of government would be a good way of running the country. Are white people ready to bail on democracy? These researchers say the danger is real 2018-08-02T04:00:00Z And it is the only form of government that has the possibility of making that idea real.” Editorials from around New England 2018-07-20T04:00:00Z “The history of the monarchical forms of government have taught us,” Duane wrote triumphantly in the Aurora, “never to trust power to any man” and to “preserve inviolate the freedom of the press.” Donald Trump is taking America back — to 1798, when John Adams colluded with an enemy power 2018-07-18T04:00:00Z When he sat down for tea, it was with a monarch who is widely acclaimed — even by supporters of a republican form of government — as a force for stability and dignity in a changing world. From Truman to Trump, Queen Elizabeth Has Met 12 U.S. Presidents 2018-07-13T04:00:00Z Pakistan’s parliamentary form of government means that people vote for their local candidate, not directly for the national leader. Pakistan Vote to Turn on Pivotal Province 2018-07-08T04:00:00Z A democratic form of government, one with robust checks and balances on runaway power, is not a given - not even in the United States of America. Excerpts from recent Minnesota editorials 2018-07-02T04:00:00Z The concept and philosophy of the movement has become known as “seasteading”, with the floating communities having a unique form of government, independent of the host nation. Company that builds 'floating islands' offers $100,000 bounty to any takers 2018-06-28T04:00:00Z In a study for the Mercatus Center of George Mason University, Scott Winship reports that “75 percent of inactive prime-age men are in a household that received some form of government transfer payment.” Why Aren’t More Men Working? 2018-06-15T04:00:00Z This form of government might not be perfect, but it’s the one that people gravitate to instead of away from. Alaska Editorials 2018-06-13T04:00:00Z Obtaining a journalist’s data without permission is considered by First Amendment advocates to be a highly aggressive form of government intrusion. Press Groups Criticize the Seizing of a Times Reporter’s Records 2018-06-09T04:00:00Z Back then, it was easier to envision the Communist Party evolving into a more open form of government. Chinese Legal Maverick, Facing Political Gales, Bides His Time 2018-05-18T04:00:00Z Jesus’ message that “The truth will set you free” is at odds with constraints imposed under repressive forms of government, he said. This conservative Christian guide to the nation’s capital vows to tell you what other tours won’t 2018-05-15T04:00:00Z A new center-right party in California would also serve as a check on single-party rule and all the pitfalls that can come with that form of government. Opinion | How California Could Bust Up the Two-Party System 2018-05-12T04:00:00Z “It’s like Winston Churchill said about democracy, ‘Democracy is the worst form of government, except for all the others.’ When Wikipedia’s Bickering Editors Go to War, Its Supreme Court Steps In 2018-05-07T04:00:00Z “Churchill’s famous conclusion was that democracy constituted the ‘worst form of government – except for all those other forms that have been tried’,” Johnson wrote. Boris Johnson uses Fox & Friends to urge Trump to stay in Iran deal 2018-05-07T04:00:00Z This latter approach was the very essence of James Madison’s advocacy of a republican form of government. Perspective | Many GOP politicians dislike Trump. They’re terrified to admit it. 2018-05-01T04:00:00Z A YouGov survey of 6,000 young Europeans in seven countries last year showed that just half of Europeans aged 16 to 26 believe democracy is the best form of government. How to Get a (Free) Ticket to Ride Across Europe This Summer 2018-05-04T04:00:00Z First, he was not immune to “the great American faith in the curative power of his country’s form of government and persuasive power of his country’s example”. George Marshall won the war and rebuilt Europe, but lost China 2018-05-03T04:00:00Z The vote Tuesday is the largest margin of victory in any Sioux Falls mayoral race since the city converted to the mayoral form of government in 1994. TenHaken wins Sioux Falls’ mayor’s race 2018-05-02T04:00:00Z Trump appointee Carl Higbie resigned after the publishing of his earlier complaints that black women think “breeding is a form of government employment.” Opinion | Is it a coincidence that Trump uses the language of white supremacy? 2018-04-20T04:00:00Z As Pierson and Lien wrote, Zuckerberg largely disarmed members of Congress by saying he could support some form of government regulation, without agreeing to any specifics. Washington holds its breath, waiting for Trump to fire: What? Or whom? 2018-04-13T04:00:00Z But it made for an unwieldy "lowest common denominator" form of government. Good Friday Agreement - 20 years on 2018-04-09T04:00:00Z The lawsuit was filed in Fairfax, Virginia, by the group Protect Democracy, which describes itself as a nonprofit "dedicated to preventing our democracy from declining into a more authoritarian form of government". Cyclist sacked for insulting Trump sues 2018-04-05T04:00:00Z “The basic American system of checks and balances and accountability that we bring to all forms of government is certainly appropriate for the WIAA,” Baumgartner said. Why the WIAA, which governs high-school sports, often can’t investigate recruiting and other allegations 2018-03-23T04:00:00Z When Donald Trump entered the race for president, he was introducing a new component into our form of government. Editorials from around New York 2018-03-21T04:00:00Z "He is definitely better than Trump, for example. Sure, the same people shouldn't rule forever. On the other hand, Russia's traditional form of government is monarchy." 'Better than Trump': What young Russians think of Putin 2018-03-13T04:00:00Z “That is the only thing that separates our government from other forms of government,” Baumgartner said as he spoke against the deadly-force compromise. WA Legislature reaches finish line with some victories and some maneuvering 2018-03-08T05:00:00Z For all its shortcomings, most citizens seemed deeply committed to their form of government. How populist uprisings could bring down liberal democracy | Yascha Mounk 2018-03-04T05:00:00Z We hope Mr. Nixon was able to impress the visiting head of state from the Mother Country with the grandeur and style of our form of government.” Perspective | Trump wants a French-style parade. Doesn’t he remember Nixon’s uniform goof? 2018-02-26T05:00:00Z A lack of understanding of our government by our people is as corrosive of our republican form of government as is the injection of unlimited money under the guise of "protected political speech." Rewrite Iran Deal? Europeans Offer a Different Solution: A New Chapter 2018-02-26T05:00:00Z The typical Dollar General shopper is white, working class and tends to rely on some form of government assistance. The profitable business of selling to the hard-up 2018-01-25T05:00:00Z Since democracy in any workable sense is an attribute, rather than a form, of government, democratic forces were aligned with the idea of a republican form of government as opposed to a monarchy. Populism Is Waning, Which Is Reason to Party in Davos 2018-01-22T05:00:00Z The written and unwritten rules and misconceptions are deeply ingrained in Brazilian society, not only surviving but thriving throughout different reigning ideologies or forms of government. Upending Brazil’s Presidential Race, Court Upholds Ex-Leader’s Conviction 2018-01-24T05:00:00Z Also at Monday night’s meeting, the board voted 3-2 to approve a change in the town charter to adopt the council-manager form of government. Coastal town investigates police department, chief on leave 2018-01-15T05:00:00Z Republican forms of government that respect human rights correlate with capitalism and are in themselves important, but first and foremost the driving force behind this New Enlightenment is the free market. Opinion | Why 2017 Was the Best Year in Human History 2018-01-06T05:00:00Z Led by Mauro F. Guillén, a management professor at the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, the study found “robust and quantitatively meaningful evidence” that monarchies outperform other forms of government. What’s the Cure for Ailing Nations? More Kings and Queens, Monarchists Say 2018-01-06T05:00:00Z The problem with this global offense is that it is like making the world safe for democracy, which translates into world hegemony or making ourselves safe by changing forms of government everywhere. Homeland Security Increasingly Means Putting Agents Outside the Homeland 2017-12-26T05:00:00Z Going directly to staff rather than convening a City Council discussion contradicts the spirit of the city’s strong-city manager form of government. Recent editorials from Texas newspapers 2017-12-19T05:00:00Z Many conservatives often argue against renewable power by stressing their opposition to tax credits or other forms of government encouragement. Renewable energy industry’s growth dismissed by conservatives 2017-12-12T05:00:00Z Rising debt costs will leave less room for other forms of government spending, absent unpopular changes such as tax hikes. U.S. tax bill adds to debt need as interest costs weigh 2017-12-05T05:00:00Z “The US, people have to remember, was founded on white supremacy and slavery, and it didn’t dismantle white supremacy as its form of government until the mid-1960s,” she said. Are media giving neo-Nazis the oxygen of publicity or exposing ugly truth? 2017-12-03T05:00:00Z But just as Churchill supposedly said that “democracy is the worst form of government, except for all the others,”an independent, pragmatic Federal Reserve is better than any other. Trump’s reshaped Fed won’t reveal itself until the next crisis 2017-11-30T05:00:00Z Almost half had received some form of government assistance in the previous year. Retail Jobs Don’t Need to Be Bad. Here’s Proof. 2017-11-28T05:00:00Z The group, which attracted as many as 2,000 people at a time, eventually formed a political party and aimed to overthrow the current form of government, the agency said. China sentences Taiwanese man to 5 years in prison for advocating democracy – LA Times 2017-11-28T05:00:00Z Rising debt costs will leave less room for other forms of government spending, absent unpopular changes such as tax hikes. U.S. tax bill adds to debt need as interest costs weigh 2017-12-05T05:00:00Z The plutocrats shoving a bill down the throats of the population with virtually no debate is NOT the way our form of government was meant to run. Tax Bill Thrown Into Uncertainty as First G.O.P. Senator Comes Out Against It 2017-11-15T05:00:00Z Pure democracy is a form of government in which people vote on all policy initiatives directly. Opinion | Let the People Pick the President 2017-11-07T05:00:00Z I ask you, how is allowing billions to influence rigged elections not really a form of government takeover? Wooing Trump, Xi Jinping Seeks Great Power Status for China 2017-11-06T05:00:00Z “There is a quote I’m going to say: ‘Democracy is messy,’ but it’s better than any other form of government,” Evans said in remarks after the meeting. Two weeks of feuding between Metro board chair and Maryland end in a whimper 2017-10-26T04:00:00Z Seventy-one percent of the 495 recruits said the final tipping point that motivated them to join an extremist group was some form of government harassment or abuse. A Somalia bombing killed hundreds; officials figure it must have been Shabab extremists — again 2017-10-16T04:00:00Z Responding to the suggestion that gerrymandering could lead to one-party states, Mr. Gorsuch inquired, “Is that a republican form of government claim?” Opinion | Gerrymandering’s damage to democracy 2017-10-08T04:00:00Z True democracy is a form of government in which people vote on all policy initiatives directly. Opinion | Let the People Pick the President 2017-11-07T05:00:00Z Fascism is a form of government in which individual liberties are stripped away & the power in the country is amalgamated in the corporations, wealthiest citizens, & political leadership all married together to rule over the populace. Opinion | A German Who Explains Trump 2017-10-06T04:00:00Z Medicare Advantage, an alternative to the standard fee-for-service Medicare in which private insurers manage health benefits, is the fastest growing form of government healthcare, with enrollment of 18 million people last year. U.S. suffers setback in lawsuit against UnitedHealth 2017-10-06T04:00:00Z Brazilians’ support for democracy over other forms of government dropped to a third last year from more than half in 2015, according to a poll. The parting shots of Brazil’s chief prosecutor 2017-09-21T04:00:00Z Many observers fail to see that its liabilities are another form of government debt, claiming instead that they “distort” the market for Treasuries. The case against shrinking the Fed’s balance sheet 2017-09-20T04:00:00Z In just over 4,000 words, the Constitution set forth a new form of government. Excerpts from recent editorials in newspapers in Illinois 2017-09-19T04:00:00Z Imagine yourself back in 1776, when representatives of the 13 colonies descended upon Philadelphia to fashion a new form of government. Craft distillers creating gins, vodkas and whiskeys that give the big companies a good run 2017-09-18T04:00:00Z Medicare Advantage, an alternative to the standard fee-for-service Medicare in which private insurers manage health benefits, is the fastest growing form of government healthcare, with enrollment of 18 million people last year. U.S. suffers setback in lawsuit against UnitedHealth 2017-10-06T04:00:00Z The actions of the Deep State constitute a direct challenge to our republican form of government. Inside the Beltway: A new warning about the ‘Deep State’ 2017-09-13T04:00:00Z Without urgent intervention in the form of government grants or EU funds, owners, they say, will simply lack the means to keep up with repairs. Forget the Parthenon: how austerity is laying waste to Athens' modern heritage 2017-09-12T04:00:00Z At the same time, the commission form of government ensured that, by featuring at-large districts, African American voters would always be outnumbered in local elections. Perspective | The racial strife that can blow in with a hurricane 2017-08-25T04:00:00Z Therefore, the crucial question is how to use the digital opportunities of today and upgrade democracy, “the worst form of government, except for all the others,” as Churchill joked. How to make democracy work in the digital age 2017-08-10T04:00:00Z But legal experts say pursuing that goal while the companies were under a form of government control called conservatorship flouted the law that led to the rescue, the Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008. U.S. Foresaw Better Return in Seizing Fannie and Freddie Profits 2017-07-23T04:00:00Z He admires the Greek statesman’s “frank and manly self-confidence,” and quotes his address to the people of Athens on what sets their city, and their form of government, apart. Writers on the Right and Left React to Trump in Europe 2017-07-09T04:00:00Z New Hampshire was the ninth state to agree to the new form of government. Move Over, Fourth of July. There May Be a Better Day to Celebrate America's Independence 2017-06-29T04:00:00Z |
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