| 单词 | self-government |
| 例句 | Unlike in classical Athens, however, the power of the city’s civil servants was entirely circumscribed by the king’s, preserving only the outward form, not the substance, of self-government. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z Yali explained to me his role in getting local people to prepare for self-government. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z This era saw baseball teams organized among inmates, as well as the groundbreaking establishment of an organization of inmate self-government, the Mutual Welfare League. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The foundation of self-government was that all men were free to voice their opinions and equal in their value as citizens. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z All bodies of minority rule, advisory boards, councils and authorities shall be replaced by democratic organs of self-government. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The only legitimate form of government, in the end, was self-government. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z The proper role of the League, Lawes believed, ought to be as a “moral force,” not an actual mechanism of self-government. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Osborne’s shortcoming, as Lawes saw it, was that he gave prisoners too much self-government too fast—and that some of what he gave should never be given at all. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Important historically, these were the free people encountered by France and Britain—personifications of democratic self-government so vivid that some historians and activists have argued that the Great Law of Peace directly inspired the U.S. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z He reigned supreme for half a century and his early offerings, Nabucco included, had plots carefully chosen to whip up the Italian people’s desire for self-government, the movement known as the Risorgimento. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z By the nineteenth century many of the majority ethnic Magyars in Hungary were dejected by their lack of self-government - though Liszt himself was far from the turmoil for most of his life. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z Lord of the Flies follows a group of boys’ disastrous attempts at self-government after they find themselves stranded on a desert island. 'Someone missed the point': Lord of the Flies 'all girls' remake spawns social media backlash 2017-08-31T04:00:00Z A close sibling of nationalism was the concept of “tutelage,” another Sun Yat-sen contribution, that described the process Chinese people would need to undergo before finally becoming ready for self-government. ArtsBeat: Q. and A.: Orville Schell and John Delury on China’s Quest for Rejuvenation 2013-07-16T18:46:30Z At Hilton Head and Davos, they tell one another, sometimes with stagey caveats and sighs, that recent meltdowns prove that most people aren’t capable of self-government and need to be ruled or finessed. Our politics are broken and toxic: How both party elites betrayed our trust, birthed Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump 2016-03-10T05:00:00Z The vote to abandon self-government was razor-thin and set husbands and wives, friends and neighbors at odds. Read Your Way Through Newfoundland 2022-07-20T04:00:00Z The Canadian risings of the 1830s obliged the men in London to think much harder about settler self-government. Unfinished Empire: The Global Expansion of Britain by John Darwin - review 2012-12-28T08:00:03Z It looked as though America’s then 80-year experiment with self-government was nearing a violent end; European royalists and aristocrats reacted with glee, republicans with despair. The whole family of man 2015-01-22T05:00:00Z I believe it’s a higher mode of being to participate in your own self-government.” How to Restore Your Faith in Democracy 2016-11-11T05:00:00Z Her goal, she continues, is to reintroduce self-government, law and order, commerce—a.k.a. civilization—to the face of the Earth. The Walking Dead Episode 13 Recap 2015-03-08T05:00:00Z "Astronauts, test pilots, Army Rangers all adhere to a kind of self-government that is infectious," he says. Tom Hanks on 'Pacific' HBO Series, World War II, History 2010-03-04T23:55:00Z He said self-government allowed the residents of Deline to preserve their way of life and to use these traditions to tackle modern problems. A Remote Canadian Lake and Its People: Protecting a Last Refuge 2017-02-07T05:00:00Z In 1757, when Franklin was sent to London to lobby for Pennsylvania’s right to self-government, he enjoyed going to concerts. The enchanting history of Ben Franklin’s glass armonica — ‘the first musical instrument ever invented by an American’ 2016-10-10T04:00:00Z Several months later, the Canadian government granted Deline self-government, ensuring local control in areas like language and education. A Remote Canadian Lake and Its People: Protecting a Last Refuge 2017-02-07T05:00:00Z That’s partly because it outlines the entrenched popular and political partisanship that threatens to render the democratic process a ceremonial ritual rather than a form of self-government. Movie Review: ‘Split: A Deeper Divide,’ Directed by Kelly Nyks‘ 2012-10-12T01:51:34Z For Kulendran Thomas’s purposes, a nascent internet helped Tamil Eelam explore nonhierarchical forms of self-government. An Artist’s High-Tech Dream of a World With No Nations 2022-11-10T05:00:00Z “The founders were conscious of the fact that they were launching an experiment in self-government,” said Mr. West, who graduated from Harvard, from which he received an M.B.A. and a law degree. Two History Buffs Wed Past to Future 2021-03-26T04:00:00Z “I say without fear of contradiction,” he said, “that the average citizen in the rural district is superior in intelligence, superior in morality, superior in self-government, to the average citizen in the great cities.” When SCOTUS still fixed things: What America looked like before the Warren Court 2014-06-29T04:00:00Z “It’s a tool for self-government, not a policing body,” Fisher says. Chicago theaters said ‘Not in Our House’ to sexual abuse and harassment 2017-12-14T05:00:00Z It reminded me that despite the groundbreaking nature of Deline’s self-government and Unesco status, it was still a small town. A Remote Canadian Lake and Its People: Protecting a Last Refuge 2017-02-07T05:00:00Z Blacks should be freed, trained “for self-government” and returned to Africa, according to the antislavery clergyman and former student of Samuel Stanhope Smith. A History of Race and Racism in America, in 24 Chapters 2017-02-22T05:00:00Z Charlie Neyelle is a spiritual and mental health guide for the community, and pushed for self-government and preservation of Great Bear Lake. A Remote Canadian Lake and Its People: Protecting a Last Refuge 2017-02-07T05:00:00Z Taken together, the Unesco and self-government announcements reinforce Deline’s ability to control what happens to Great Bear Lake. A Remote Canadian Lake and Its People: Protecting a Last Refuge 2017-02-07T05:00:00Z Johnson removed military commanders seen as sympathetic to the Radicals, and then further antagonized his foes with an annual message in which he asserted that blacks lacked the qualities required for self-government. The political battle after the Civil War 2015-03-27T04:00:00Z In her new book, Rice will draw on personal and professional experiences to address such issues as self-government, immigration and education. Condoleezza Rice writing book on democracy 2013-03-19T17:10:09Z Are we in danger of a crisis that will shatter our brilliant experiment in self-government? David Frum Rethinks Conservatism 2020-05-26T04:00:00Z That self-government, and by extension democracy or even a republic as we have in America, is hard. "Democracy is never perfected": David Simon on his new HBO series and the 2020 "s**tshow" election 2020-03-16T04:00:00Z Eventually, with the Soviets defeated, all the nations of the world were invited into the liberal fold, where they were encouraged to embrace free markets and democratic self-government. Pankaj Mishra Challenges America’s Self-Deceptions 2020-10-06T04:00:00Z Canada's Indigenous peoples have constitutionally enshrined treaty rights and the right to self-government. Voice referendum: Indigenous rights vote is a reckoning for Australia 2023-10-04T04:00:00Z Without restoring the civility local newspaper stewardships create, we may be coming to the end of our founders’ great experiment in self-government and democracy. A letter from the publisher: Community investment and engagement keeps our local free press going 2023-09-13T04:00:00Z The peace deal led to the creation of the Palestinian Authority, intended to provide interim self-government for just five years while negotiations solved outstanding core issues in the conflict. Oslo Accords: 30 years of lost Palestinian hopes 2023-09-12T04:00:00Z Wisconsin Republicans might, for the first time, show an ounce of restraint and refrain from taking this radical step against self-government. Wisconsin's Republican Party is the most openly authoritarian in the country | Jamelle Bouie 2023-09-08T04:00:00Z In 1946, eight United Nations member countries including the United States created a list of their territories “whose people have not yet attained a full measure of self-government,” in accordance with the U.N. The America That Americans Forget 2023-07-07T04:00:00Z “Instead, those difficult moral and policy questions will be decided, as the Constitution dictates, by the people and their elected representatives through the constitutional processes of democratic self-government.” A year after Dobbs, leaving abortion to states isn’t working | Francis Wilkinson 2023-06-23T04:00:00Z The leaders also agreed to divide Germany into different zones until such time as they could determine how to allow the Germans, purged of Nazism they hoped, to have self-government again. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z By 1938, it seemed that Britain and France were most concerned with avoiding another major war, so to defuse the situation, the Czechoslovak government granted the Sudeten Germans self-government. World History: from 1400 2022-12-14T00:00:00Z They were actively engaged in self-government, thus setting the stage for the establishment of democracy. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z “The people of Northern Ireland are entitled to and deserve self-government,” he said. Peacemaker George Mitchell makes poignant Belfast return 2023-04-18T04:00:00Z One year after Dobbs, how is all that “democratic self-government” going? A year after Dobbs, leaving abortion to states isn’t working | Francis Wilkinson 2023-06-23T04:00:00Z Before this month, only three disapproval resolutions had ever succeeded in the 50-year history of D.C.'s limited self-government. D.C. leaders prepare for GOP grilling in hearing on crime, policing 2023-03-28T04:00:00Z Some groups sought to establish self-government along the lines of Western democracies, while others favored the creation of a communist system. World History: from 1400 2022-12-14T00:00:00Z Romans also transformed former enemies into loyal allies who could enjoy self-government as long as they honored Rome’s other alliances and provided troops in times of war. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z As governor, DeSantis has repeatedly singled out tech and social-media companies, saying their actions "may be one of the most pervasive threats to American self-government in the 21st century." Leaked video: DeSantis pitches retribution to rising “private and confidential” right-wing group 2023-03-22T04:00:00Z Or will fear of being painted as “anti-police,” or disagreement with certain police revisions specific to the D.C. bill, push them away from defending D.C. self-government? D.C. leaders begin lobbying Congress against effort to block policing bill 2023-03-18T04:00:00Z The White House says Biden took his stance against D.C. self-government out of concern for public safety, but it has only emboldened congressional Republicans. Opinion | I helped revise the D.C. criminal code. Biden and Bowser are wrong. 2023-03-14T04:00:00Z This ruling, made at the same time as one that interfered with the century-and-a-half-long tradition of colonial self-government, led many colonists increasingly to regard Britain as hostile to their interests. World History: from 1400 2022-12-14T00:00:00Z Having lost sovereignty and self-government, many Greeks sought personal happiness through new philosophies such as Epicureanism and Stoicism. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z The answer to the first question is easy for this self-government supporter. Opinion | D.C. home rule takes an unnecessary hit 2023-03-10T05:00:00Z “You either support D.C. home rule or you don’t. There are no exceptions. And there is no middle ground on D.C.’s right to self-government.” Perspective | If Congress must tackle D.C. issues, let’s tell them our problems 2023-03-09T05:00:00Z “There are no exceptions and there is no middle ground on D.C.’s right to self-government,” Norton said. Senate voting to block DC crime laws, Biden supportive 2023-03-08T05:00:00Z The sharp division between them and the peninsular Spaniards fueled creoles’ desire for self-government. World History: from 1400 2022-12-14T00:00:00Z Its members still had self-government and paid no tribute to Sparta, but all were expected to have the same friends and enemies as Sparta, which maintained its dominance in the league. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z “To double down and triple down on what the president has said for decades … he believes every city should have the right to self-government. That hasn’t changed,” she said. Biden says he would sign GOP-led resolution blocking D.C. crime bill 2023-03-02T05:00:00Z It states that revenues from gambling in tribal casinos support vital community self-government programs in housing, medical care and education. Federal court deals blow to potential sports gambling expansion in WA 2023-02-21T05:00:00Z Sturgeon has tangled over the years with a string of British prime ministers, most notably Boris Johnson, over issues of self-government. Scotland’s Nicola Sturgeon, flag-bearer for independence, to resign 2023-02-15T05:00:00Z Bolívar’s emphasis on his country’s lack of preparation for self-government was used to reinforce his claim that Spanish Americans in general needed firm guidance and a powerful executive in their newly independent nations. World History: from 1400 2022-12-14T00:00:00Z All this has happened over the past several decades under federal policies that, unlike previous policies, support tribal self-determination through self-government. Maine tribes left out of Native resurgence by 40-year-old law denying their self-determination 2023-02-15T05:00:00Z This fortress of elite privilege is a remarkable break from the habits and patterns of the first century of American self-government. Current American government monstrosity attacks freedoms 2023-02-13T05:00:00Z “The nearly 700,000 D.C. residents, a majority of whom are Black and Brown, are worthy and capable of self-government,” she wrote. Bowser says Congress shouldn’t interfere as it weighs nixing two D.C. bills 2023-02-04T05:00:00Z The First Amendment was written in an era when government censorship was the principal danger to self-government. George Santos: A democracy can’t easily penalize lies by politicians 2023-02-01T05:00:00Z Accordingly, the republic of New Granada, the first to grant its citizens the responsibilities of self-government, limited voting rights to male property owners. World History: from 1400 2022-12-14T00:00:00Z Nonetheless, per capita incomes in Indian Country have grown more than 60% since the start of genuine tribal self-government in the late 1980s. Maine tribes left out of Native resurgence by 40-year-old law denying their self-determination 2023-02-15T05:00:00Z Left unchecked, such collaboration is a long-run threat to self-government, one for which existing law and custom offer no clear defense. Opinion | How the new GOP House panel could target a real threat to democracy 2023-01-13T05:00:00Z One of the key insights driving the creation of the modern welfare state was an adaptation of the older republican idea that self-government could not be sustained in the absence of economic security and independence. But wait, there’s more, to Kevin McCarthy’s deal with Republican radicals 2023-01-10T05:00:00Z The success of America's experiment in self-government may well hinge, I believe, on whether the country's democracy can evolve to deal with new information technologies that help spread falsehoods that undermine democracy. George Santos: A democracy can’t easily penalize lies by politicians 2023-02-01T05:00:00Z This not only reawakened their desire for independence and self-government, but it also showed them that it was possible. World History: from 1400 2022-12-14T00:00:00Z Like other nations in the world, Native nations can falter while trying to exercise powers of self-government. Maine tribes left out of Native resurgence by 40-year-old law denying their self-determination 2023-02-15T05:00:00Z The idea of popular “self-government” had been rendered “perverted” by this organized cartel, such that under law, “if any one man choose to enslave another, no third man shall be allowed to object.” Was the Civil War Inevitable? 2022-12-21T05:00:00Z “Instead of hanging human dignity on the one assumption about self-government,” Lippmann wrote, “you insist that man’s dignity requires a standard of living.” But wait, there’s more, to Kevin McCarthy’s deal with Republican radicals 2023-01-10T05:00:00Z And, among many tasks, she must put together a multibillion-dollar budget and steer it through city lawmakers before delivering it to a Republican-led House of Representatives that is hostile to any semblance of D.C. self-government. Opinion | Journalism and government are struggling. Here’s why I’m optimistic. 2022-12-16T05:00:00Z In 1900, the United States began a “policy of attraction” by promising economic development along with a degree of self-government. World History: from 1400 2022-12-14T00:00:00Z It is a boost for Puerto Rico's movement for greater self-government. U.S. Northeast braced for arrival of sprawling winter storm 2022-12-16T05:00:00Z “On the one hand, the great respect for tribal self-government for the success of Indian tribes with Indian people’s — with recognition of the history of oppression and discrimination against tribes and people,” Kavanaugh said. Law on placement of Native American children divides Supreme Court 2022-11-09T05:00:00Z On the one hand, he said, there was “the great respect for tribal self-government” and “recognition of the history of oppression and discrimination against tribes and people.” Supreme Court Closely Divided in Case on Native American Adoptions 2022-11-09T05:00:00Z It has, after all, become rather a cliché to note that the American experiment in self-government faces a moment of truth with Tuesday’s midterm elections. What kind of country will we wake up to Wednesday? 2022-11-06T04:00:00Z They were disappointed, however, because many British elites considered Indians unfit for self-government, and they feared losing control of their most valuable colony. World History: from 1400 2022-12-14T00:00:00Z Just as self-government requires citizens to know when officeholders abuse their power, democracy requires that the people know when their leaders wield power wisely and well. Opinion | Garland stands up for the First Amendment — and our democracy 2022-10-27T04:00:00Z “Who decides whether regulation in this area counts for Indian self-government?” Law on placement of Native American children divides Supreme Court 2022-11-09T05:00:00Z More generally, he said the First Amendment’s protection of speech was central to democratic self-government. Alito Says Leak of Ruling Overturning Roe Put Justices’ Lives at Risk 2022-10-25T04:00:00Z Hanson argues powerfully that they are destructive and potentially fatal to our country’s prosperity, but more important to our precious, historically unique experiment in self-government. Opinion | It’s good to run into an optimist these days. A roomful is even better. 2022-10-03T04:00:00Z The British left behind not only their schools, hospitals and railways, but at least the idea of democratic self-government. Reckoning with colonialism: The British conquered my country — and built my school 2022-09-18T04:00:00Z In the end, the American people need to be more involved in their own self-government. Scholar who saw all this coming: Americans "do not really understand liberal democracy" 2022-09-12T04:00:00Z “The Commonwealth had its origins in a racist and paternalistic conception of British rule as a form of tutelage, educating colonies into the mature responsibilities of self-government,” noted Harvard University historian Maya Jasanoff. Analysis | Queen Elizabeth II and the end of Britain’s imperial age 2022-09-08T04:00:00Z Palestinian and international human rights groups have condemned the death penalty and urged Hamas and the Palestinian Authority, which exercises limited self-government in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, to end the practice. Hamas authorities execute five Palestinians in Gaza 2022-09-04T04:00:00Z Citing the “extraordinary experiment of self-government” represented by the Constitution, Biden said that “history tells us a blind loyalty to a single leader and a willingness to engage in political violence is fatal to democracy.” Your Friday Briefing 2022-09-02T04:00:00Z This is where we set in motion the most extraordinary experiment of self-government the world has ever known. Full Transcript of President Biden’s Speech in Philadelphia 2022-09-01T04:00:00Z Rather than forcing Native Americans to adapt to American culture, the new program encouraged them to develop forms of local self-government, as well as to preserve their artifacts and heritage. U.S. History 2014-12-30T00:00:00Z For example, the economic system of capitalism in Western Europe and North America developed at roughly the same time as ideas about democratic republics, self-government, and natural rights. American Government 2021-07-28T00:00:00Z Obama noted those changes included pandemic, climate change and threats to democracy that have left “the future of our collective experiment in self-government hanging in the balance.” Obama Foundation revenues down in 2021 amid pandemic, delays in approval for construction 2022-08-11T04:00:00Z It’s hard to see how to adapt outmoded rules of self-government to a time of human-caused climate change and popular demands for gender and racial equality. Opinion | Keep the Constitution forever young (with help) 2022-08-10T04:00:00Z Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said on Tuesday that Tunisia's "dream of self-government" was in danger, adding to U.S. criticism of the president's expansion of powers that has already prompted accusations of "unacceptable interference". U.S. defense secretary raises concerns for Tunisia democracy 2022-08-09T04:00:00Z It proclaimed that citizens of all countries should be given the right of self- determination, self-government should be restored in places where it had been eliminated, and trade barriers should be lowered. U.S. History 2014-12-30T00:00:00Z When American colonists felt that this longstanding tradition of representative self-government was threatened by the actions of Parliament and the King, the American Revolution began. American Government 2021-07-28T00:00:00Z It fostered a deep friendship rooted in shared interests and values: self-determination and self-government, democracy and freedom, human dignity and human rights. Opinion | Nancy Pelosi: Why I’m leading a congressional delegation to Taiwan 2022-08-02T04:00:00Z To state the obvious, a Republican-led House of Representatives could pose an existential threat to the District’s already limited form of self-government. Opinion | The national and local intersect for D.C. in November 2022-07-22T04:00:00Z That applies even to the grandest larceny: stealing the most precious possession of a people, self-government. Seven days in June: A coup more effective than Donald Trump's 2022-07-09T04:00:00Z The goals of the Atlantic Charter had explicitly included self-determination, self-government, and free trade. U.S. History 2014-12-30T00:00:00Z The king, Jefferson charged, had taxed the colonists without the consent of their elected representatives, interfered with their trade, denied them the right to trial by jury, and deprived them of their right to self-government. American Government 2021-07-28T00:00:00Z The majority opinion describes the question of state jurisdiction over crimes as having “newfound significance” after McGirt and insists that the “exercise of state jurisdiction here would not infringe on tribal self-government.” Opinion | The Supreme Court strikes again — this time at tribal sovereignty 2022-07-01T04:00:00Z Spahn, like such leading Revolutionary War scholars as Jack Rakove, believes that “all men are created equal” originally referred less to individual equality than to the rights of a people as a whole to self-government. The long, ongoing debate over ‘All men are created equal’ 2022-07-03T04:00:00Z The result: The next two years might be the end of our experiment in self-government, with permanent Republican control of the national government and most states outside of a few, mostly on the coasts. Abortion ruling forces business to take sides, whether it wants to or not 2022-07-01T04:00:00Z “The Supreme Court has finally corrected this mistake and I highly commend the millions of Americans who toiled for years to achieve this great victory for unborn life and self-government.” A momentous win for pro-life, a devastating loss for pro-choice: reactions to Dobbs pours in 2022-06-24T04:00:00Z It returned to Native American tribes the right to institute self-government on their reservations, write constitutions, and manage their remaining lands and resources. American Government 2021-07-28T00:00:00Z On the Senate floor in 1890, he compared Congress’s decision to abolish self-government in D.C. to slaughtering animals in Kansas to prevent the spread of a disease afflicting cattle. D.C. elected its own mayors in the 1800s — until Congress stepped in 2022-06-21T04:00:00Z Mr. Molloy and the other residents devised the basic rules of self-government that have shaped Oxford House ever since. Paul Molloy, co-founder of housing program for addicts, dies at 83 2022-06-16T04:00:00Z The statement makes clear that not all nations are “capable of self-government.” Opinion | A new conservative manifesto sounds a lot like fascism 2022-06-17T04:00:00Z But they will determine the future of our experiment in self-government. Opinion | Inflation could put election deniers in charge of our democracy 2022-06-15T04:00:00Z First, the British government did allow for a degree of self-government. American Government 2021-07-28T00:00:00Z “If the people in the District are not capable of self-government, popular government will be considered a failure in the nation’s capital. I am not ready to make such an admission,” Emery said. D.C. elected its own mayors in the 1800s — until Congress stepped in 2022-06-21T04:00:00Z Any kind of agreement would be good for democracy, demonstrating that the creaking machinery of self-government can still turn. Opinion | The GOP spin on gun rights is wrong — morally and legally 2022-06-06T04:00:00Z But we should also recognize the costs of their grip not only on American self-government but even on the country’s self-conception. Opinion | Why Are We Still Governed by Baby Boomers and the Remarkably Old? 2022-06-03T04:00:00Z When reporters aren’t around to cover counties, municipalities and school boards, the public lacks the basic raw material with which to practice self-government. Good government requires examination through local reporting 2022-06-03T04:00:00Z The question of the “slave power,” then, was ultimately one of self-government. Opinion | It’s Not Looking Too Good for Government of the People, by the People and for the People 2022-05-27T04:00:00Z What principle of constitutional self-government requires that the permissible age to purchase an AR-15 should be 18 rather than 21? Opinion | After Uvalde, I pray with the grieving — and for bold action on guns 2022-05-26T04:00:00Z The pages bore the title: “Diary of an Angel Destroying Independence” in an apparent reference to Taiwan’s self-government. Alleged gunman sent diary to newspaper before church attack 2022-05-18T04:00:00Z The burden of intelligence, and self-government, is that distinctions must be drawn. Opinion | America’s abortion debate has non-debatable parameters 2022-05-13T04:00:00Z It is not overstating the case to say that the fate of self-government may hang in the balance. Good government requires examination through local reporting 2022-06-03T04:00:00Z What must be understood is that the institutions that enabled this subversion of self-government are still with us, a practically indissoluble part of our constitutional order. Opinion | It’s Not Looking Too Good for Government of the People, by the People and for the People 2022-05-27T04:00:00Z The law granted Disney extraordinary powers of self-government, such as the ability to levy taxes and provide emergency services on land in central Florida that is home to the company’s sprawling theme park resort. In Disney's DeSantis feud, echoes of a culture war that never died 2022-04-15T04:00:00Z But it should be a call to action to the Democratic-controlled Congress and the president to expand the limited powers of self-government to D.C., including legislative and budget autonomy and criminal law policy and enforcement. Opinion | D.C. should focus on expanded home rule before statehood 2022-04-01T04:00:00Z Even if the colonists’ fears were overblown, the centralization that British leaders wanted was incompatible with the degree of liberty and self-government that the colonists thought they deserved. Building the American Republic, Volume 2 2018-01-18T00:00:00Z “King was no stalwart Conservative, yet his core beliefs, such as the power and necessity of faith-based association and self-government based on absolute truth and moral law, are profoundly conservative,” she wrote. Ted Cruz Invokes Dr. King, and Scholars See a Familiar Distortion 2022-03-23T04:00:00Z Most important, freedom of speech is the bedrock of democratic self-government. Opinion | America Has a Free Speech Problem 2022-03-18T04:00:00Z It was another step in self-government in the English colonies. myWorld: Building Our Country 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z “The American experiment in self-government gives work and purpose to each generation.” Voter turnout sagging in troubled voting rights hub of Selma 2022-03-03T05:00:00Z Like Abraham Lincoln, Jefferson Davis had stressed in his inaugural address that the South was defending American rights of self-government. Building the American Republic, Volume 2 2018-01-18T00:00:00Z In return for their service, the British government promised reforms that would eventually lead to self-government. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z That bold figure is meant to symbolize the basic ideas upon which the United States exists—the concepts of individual liberty, of self-government, and of equal rights for all. Magruder's American Government 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z To start a dialogue on interim self-government for the Donetsk and Luhansk regions, in accordance with Ukrainian law, and acknowledge their special status by parliamentary resolution. Factbox: What are the Minsk agreements on the Ukraine conflict? 2022-02-21T05:00:00Z Not so long ago, the country trembled because the civil rights movement properly recognized that the right to vote is a foundation of democratic self-government. From our archives: Todd Gitlin on "Back to the civil rights barricades" after the Bush-Gore election 2022-02-06T05:00:00Z Most Nova Scotians had come from New England, but they depended heavily on military spending, and the Crown controlled their government tightly, while French-speaking Quebec lacked British political traditions of self-government. Building the American Republic, Volume 2 2018-01-18T00:00:00Z They were forced to accept African self-government as a result of two developments. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z In fact, many historians say that if Britain had allowed the other colonies the same freedoms and self-government found in the charter colonies, the Revolution might never have occurred. Magruder's American Government 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z Whatever policy decisions the country faces on inflation, or vaccination, or the defense of Ukraine, a significant portion of the American people support a demagogue who threatens the nation’s form of self-government. Opinion | Think Trump’s influence is slipping? Think again. 2022-02-03T05:00:00Z He was an advocate for rights for working people, immigrants, former slaves and supported self-government for Native American tribes. First Black congressman honored amid calls for justice 2022-02-03T05:00:00Z Boston radicals destroyed a valuable cargo of the British East India Company, and Parliament retaliated by revoking many powers of self-government in Massachusetts. Building the American Republic, Volume 2 2018-01-18T00:00:00Z It provided local self-government and limited democratic elections, but not total independence. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z The colonists became used to a large measure of self-government. Magruder's American Government 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z Far from being a beacon to the world of successful self-government, America offers a case study of failure. The center cannot hold: Manchin and Sinema are wrecking America — here's how to beat them 2022-01-30T05:00:00Z That leeway in journalism is justified because it’s better to give the press a wide berth than to suppress stories that might advance self-government or the truth. Column: Hannity had an unholy alliance with Trump. The 1st Amendment still protects him 2022-01-13T05:00:00Z Such charges were absurd if taken literally, but they accurately reflected the fear that popular majorities were indeed unsuited for self-government. Building the American Republic, Volume 2 2018-01-18T00:00:00Z By the early 1900s, however, they were calling for self-government. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Few of the Framers favored a strong central government based on the British model, and all of them knew that the Revolution had been fought in the name of local self-government. Magruder's American Government 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z It states that revenues from gambling in tribal casinos supports vital community self-government programs in housing, medical care and education. Card-room operator files lawsuit, wants Washington tribal sports-gambling ‘monopoly’ on hold until it is expanded 2022-01-11T05:00:00Z History has entrusted to us the secondary good of self-government. Opinion | Jan. 6 wasn’t the end of a failed plot. It was a new salvo in an unfolding uprising. 2022-01-06T05:00:00Z English authorities would eventually reclaim their authority, but the other early colonies in New England followed Plymouth's example and made self-government a founding principle. Building the American Republic, Volume 2 2018-01-18T00:00:00Z Locke criticized absolute monarchy and favored the idea of self-government. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z It was intended to be a national system of locally independent newspapers that served to bind the citizens of each unique community to our new self-government experiment. From the publisher: A year-end message on saving our country’s local free press system 2021-12-26T05:00:00Z An attack on the theory of republican self-government is being conducted under the air cover of general Republican partisanship. Opinion | What if the eventual Jan. 6 report is rigorous, compelling — and doesn’t really matter? 2021-12-16T05:00:00Z Defeating that assault will require Americans who rise to the defense of self-government with the same intensity as those who pursue victory in the culture wars. Opinion | Jan. 6 wasn’t the end of a failed plot. It was a new salvo in an unfolding uprising. 2022-01-06T05:00:00Z While eliminating self-government, the new administration ended legal privileges for Puritanism and even seized Boston’s South Church for Anglican services. Building the American Republic, Volume 2 2018-01-18T00:00:00Z In Budapest, nationalist leader Louis Kossuth called for a parliament and self-government for Hungary. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z This localism created trust, good local self-government and a national consciousness. From the publisher: A year-end message on saving our country’s local free press system 2021-12-26T05:00:00Z “In my view, the First Amendment was meant in large part to protect the process of self-government.” Can we regulate social media without breaking the First Amendment? 2021-12-16T05:00:00Z Americans’ ignorance about the workings, the theory and the fundamental values inherent in their country’s system of self-government have been painfully plain to see for decades now. Opinion | How higher education can counter the dangerous weakening of American self-governance 2021-12-13T05:00:00Z The process required the revolutionaries to devise new institutions for self-government and to rethink the relations between members of the same community. Building the American Republic, Volume 2 2018-01-18T00:00:00Z As a result, many Texas colonists wanted greater self-government. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z All sides took responsibility for making the mechanisms of self-government work. Opinion | The Summit for Democracy’s challenge for Biden 2021-12-08T05:00:00Z In my view, the First Amendment was meant in large part to protect the process of self-government. Can we regulate social media without breaking the First Amendment? 2021-12-16T05:00:00Z “The Founding Fathers’ legacy is the promise of liberty and justice not only for Americans but for any people willing to invest in democratic self-government,” Mr. Putney said. U.S. ranks 10th in study of ‘most thoughtful countries’ 2021-12-08T05:00:00Z The Post Office Act of 1792 abandoned the goal of raising revenue and re-figured the mail as a crucial means of information for business and self-government. Building the American Republic, Volume 2 2018-01-18T00:00:00Z He alienated the Church and threatened to take away town charters guaranteeing self-government. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z To start a dialogue on interim self-government for the Donetsk and Luhansk regions, in accordance with Ukrainian law, and acknowledge their special status by a resolution of parliament. Factbox: What are the Minsk agreements on the Ukraine conflict? 2021-12-06T05:00:00Z That means that it should accommodate regulations that are intended – and do actually – protect or strengthen the process of self-government, but it shouldn’t accommodate regulations that interfere with that process. Can we regulate social media without breaking the First Amendment? 2021-12-16T05:00:00Z Outside of a certain Tocquevillian nostalgia, it proves difficult to find examples of ordinary Americans exercising anything like self-government, and even that applied only to white men. Opinion | Feeling Hopeless About Today’s Politics? 2021-12-04T05:00:00Z More fundamentally, the new measures reduced the colonies’ long-established powers of self-government. Building the American Republic, Volume 2 2018-01-18T00:00:00Z Consequently, Athens had more citizens engaged in self-government than any other city-state in Greece. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z They want the United States to be the citadel on the hill and provide a path to self-government and freedom that the rest of the world can emulate and embrace. Joe Biden still believes — but in the face of deepening cynicism, is that enough? 2021-11-18T05:00:00Z He viewed the European colonists who settled the continent as acting out a divine plan and the revolution as an almost purely philosophical act, undertaken to model self-government for all the world. The 1619 Project and the Long Battle Over U.S. History 2021-11-09T05:00:00Z Hawley also says the country needs men who can “share in self-government,” the kind “who make republics possible.” Opinion | Where are Hawley’s real ideas for fixing American manhood? 2021-11-11T05:00:00Z The wealth of New Spain gave the colonial authorities every incentive to maintain tight control, so colonial Latin America developed without the tradition of local self-government that would prevail in North America. Building the American Republic, Volume 2 2018-01-18T00:00:00Z Hawley said the same masculine qualities being vilified “have long been regarded as vital to self-government.” Hawley: Masculinity is a virtue, not a danger 2021-11-02T04:00:00Z Were fraud, violence and voter suppression the result of bad actors, or were there certain dangerous tendencies inherent in the very idea of self-government? Opinion | What We Did the Last Time We Broke America 2021-10-29T04:00:00Z And Americans have generally viewed this liberal democratic framework not only as an efficient form of self-government but as a noble one. Opinion | Ideologues exist on the left and the right. Only one side threatens the country. 2021-10-28T04:00:00Z The District’s elected officials, he said, have long “adhered to a cynical policy of ‘self-government for me, but no self-defense for thee.” D.C. resident who won key 2nd Amendment case sues city again over new ‘ghost gun’ law 2021-10-11T04:00:00Z In Massachusetts, crowds shut down courts rather than submit to restrictions on provincial self-government imposed by the Coercive Acts. Building the American Republic, Volume 2 2018-01-18T00:00:00Z D.C. elected officials have long “adhered to a cynical policy of ‘self-government for me, but no self-defense for thee,’ ” wrote George L. Lyon Jr., Heller’s lawyer. D.C.’s ghost-gun law faces legal challenge from Dick Heller, successful gun rights activist 2021-10-09T04:00:00Z The scope of what is happening to self-government in this country seems to be far beyond the ability of many of our professional observers to contemplate. Quit making fun of the Cyber Ninjas' Arizona "audit" — the fascists are still winning 2021-10-02T04:00:00Z Meanwhile, is America’s experiment in self-government up to the task? The climate crisis is also a crisis of capitalism 2021-08-13T04:00:00Z In Griffith's racist fable, Black people are childlike and ignorant, not suitable for self-government and democracy. Birth of a nation: Jim Crow Republicans seek to repeat America's dark history 2021-07-30T04:00:00Z On Tuesday, President Biden warned against “raw and sustained election subversion” that challenges self-government itself and is “a test of our time.” Opinion | Biden must embrace his own logic on voting rights 2021-07-14T04:00:00Z “Nearly 250 years ago, a volunteer army of farmers and shopkeepers, blacksmiths, merchants and militiamen risked life and limb to secure American liberty and self-government,” Mr. Trump said. Reagan’s Independence Day reminder 2021-07-01T04:00:00Z How does inequality hinder lower-income Americans from taking part in self-government? After COVID-19 and Jan. 6, George Packer on the 'Last Best Hope' for an unwound country 2021-06-15T04:00:00Z Enshrined in the First Amendment, the role of the free press in bringing to light information beyond what those in power approve for release is a foundational principle of the American system of self-government. Garland Confronts Long-Building Crisis Over Leak Inquiries and Journalism 2021-06-12T04:00:00Z His remedy: Return equality to its rightful place as the animating idea of our national identity, reorient our economic policies to reduce inequality and relearn the art of self-government. Review | The search for balance among four Americas 2021-06-11T04:00:00Z “But there’s another piece of this,” he added, referring to Republican obstruction, which attempts “to blow up our exercise in self-government and cause the American people to lose faith . . . in the democracy itself.” Opinion | Biden must embrace his own logic on voting rights 2021-07-14T04:00:00Z Other democracies are facing the same journalism crisis and some are moving faster and more boldly to save press systems necessary for self-government. Champion free press at Biden democracy summit 2021-06-11T04:00:00Z Under the terms of limited self-government in the United Kingdom, the Scottish authorities are responsible for matters like health and education, while the British government handles immigration, foreign policy and fiscal policy. Scotland Election Results Complicate Hopes for Independence Referendum 2021-05-08T04:00:00Z Capturing the romance of self-government requires more craft and thought. Opinion | In his address to Congress, Biden will advance his agenda. He’ll also have to defend democracy. 2021-04-26T04:00:00Z For example, locally controlled public education is one of the principal remaining sites of self-government. Review | The search for balance among four Americas 2021-06-11T04:00:00Z "Nationalists" — most often Catholic — wanted self-government for Ireland. Northern Ireland, born of strife 100 years ago, again erupts in political violence 2021-04-25T04:00:00Z But respect for process of self-government ought to require more than a thumb in the eye of the disinterested. Editorial Roundup: Illinois 2021-04-13T04:00:00Z It asked judges to recognize “the principle of participatory self-government” as the heart of the Constitution’s purposes. Opinion | Respectfully, Justice Breyer, court enlargers aren’t the problem 2021-04-10T04:00:00Z This would be a tremendous loss to the rights of ordinary people to engage in self-government. Editorial Roundup: Idaho 2021-03-10T05:00:00Z Young people today don’t understand our unique form of constitutional self-government, which delivers more freedoms than any other nation. Editorial Roundup: Tennessee 2021-03-03T05:00:00Z From its inception, the United States was an experiment, a concept in self-government never before practiced in what was then considered the civilized world. Editorial Roundup: Mississippi 2021-02-17T05:00:00Z They are making many Americans less suited for self-government and more dangerous to their neighbors. Opinion | Trumpism is American fascism 2021-02-01T05:00:00Z Kahlenberg said we needed to confront our failure “at what the nation’s founders saw as education’s basic purpose,” preparing us for self-government. Perspective | Smart people say better civics classes will cure our political ills. Really? 2021-01-21T05:00:00Z In the United States, our core political commitment is to a system of self-government based on the rule of law and the protection of the rights of political minorities. Opinion | A fresh start for Republicans can come only if they abandon authoritarian populism 2021-01-18T05:00:00Z “Our nation was founded precisely so that the free choice of the American people is what shapes our self-government and determines the destiny of our nation.” McConnell Is Said To Be Pleased About Impeachment, Believing It Will Be Easier to Purge Trump From the GOP 2021-01-12T05:00:00Z Despite arguing against accountability for Trump's failed coup, the group went on to say they "celebrate the peaceful transfer of power, a bedrock of our system of self-government." Republicans are now begging Biden, "in the spirit of healing," to stop Pelosi from impeaching Trump 2021-01-10T05:00:00Z “Our nation was founded precisely so that the free choice of the American people is what shapes our self-government and determines the destiny of our nation,” McConnell said late Wednesday. Biden, who ran on unity, now leads a party furious at GOP 2021-01-08T05:00:00Z Sen. Ben Sasse, R-Neb., a frequent Trump critic, said, “Today, the United States Capitol — the world’s greatest symbol of self-government — was ransacked while the leader of the free world cowered behind his keyboard.” Chaos, violence, mockery as pro-Trump mob occupies Congress 2021-01-07T05:00:00Z This most noble experiment in self-government of free people, begun by a ragged band of farmers and merchants in 1776, must not end with mobs and police and VIPs hustled away to undisclosed secure locations. Editorial Roundup: New York 2021-01-06T05:00:00Z Under the terms of limited self-government in the United Kingdom, the Scottish authorities are responsible for public health. Rumored Trump trip to Scottish golf course a no-go, officials say 2021-01-05T05:00:00Z By all means, let’s engrave their names into a marble slab — a roll call of those who failed the most important test of self-government in our lifetimes. Opinion | Let the anti-constitutional Republicans reveal themselves 2021-01-04T05:00:00Z “If the American people are to be regulated by interpretation of these scientific studies, they deserve to scrutinize the data as part of the scientific process and American self-government,” Wheeler wrote. A final EPA rollback under Trump curbs use of health studies 2021-01-04T05:00:00Z "But they're wrong — and this issue is bigger than anyone's personal ambitions. Adults don't point a loaded gun at the heart of legitimate self-government." Trump supporters turn on allies Lindsey Graham, Tom Cotton for breaking with GOP electoral challenge 2021-01-04T05:00:00Z “But they’re wrong — and this issue is bigger than anyone’s personal ambitions. Adults don’t point a loaded gun at the heart of legitimate self-government.” Sasse Slams G.O.P. Effort to Challenge Election Results as a ‘Dangerous Ploy’ 2020-12-31T05:00:00Z The fulfillment of Hawley’s intention — the ultimate overturning of the election — would be the collapse of U.S. self-government. Opinion | Josh Hawley’s heedless ambition is a threat to the republic 2020-12-31T05:00:00Z Anti-constitutional Republicans are teaching, in essence, that partisan and ideological victory is more important than democratic self-government. Opinion | Let the anti-constitutional Republicans reveal themselves 2021-01-04T05:00:00Z “Adults don’t point a loaded gun at the heart of legitimate self-government.” GOP Sen. Sasse: Trump, allies ‘playing with fire’ with Jan. 6 challenge 2020-12-31T05:00:00Z So, our founders built a self-government founded on checks and balances between and among Congress, the White House, the Supreme Court and the free press. From the publisher: Reuniting our divided country, saving our local free press 2020-12-27T05:00:00Z Indulging Mr. Trump’s lies about a stolen election and his corrupt efforts to negate the people’s will corrodes self-government and stains their reputations forever. Opinion | Trump’s final month might make the past four years seem calm 2020-12-22T05:00:00Z The front-runner for the Republican presidential nomination is clearly not committed to democratic self-government. Opinion | Trump is an authoritarian wannabe. He must never hold power again. 2020-12-21T05:00:00Z The Constitution and Bill of Rights were largely an experiment by like-minded individuals united to abrogate authoritarianism and aspiring toward self-government. Editorial Roundup: New England 2020-12-18T05:00:00Z It emerged to defeat Mr. Trump and defend foundational principles such as self-government, liberty and justice, sovereignty, pluralistic society, the sanctity of all life, decency and objective truth. Joe Biden heads to Georgia to support Democrats in crucial Senate runoffs – live 2020-12-15T05:00:00Z America has yet to realize the perfect nation of egalitarian self-government our founders envisioned. From the publisher: Reuniting our divided country, saving our local free press 2020-12-27T05:00:00Z But Republican and populist wokeness now demands a belief that the American form of self-government is systemically corrupt. Opinion | Both political parties have entered existential crises at the same time 2020-12-10T05:00:00Z Congress could have and could still legislate on these questions The self-government that makes our country great has as its ideal the citizen legislator, accountable to his or her fellow citizens. Vanishing Congress cedes too much power to regulators 2020-12-02T05:00:00Z Ultimately, it should not be surprising that the resiliency of self-government depends on the strength of individuals, whether officeholders or citizens. Opinion | This unnerving election does not bode well for the next one 2020-11-24T05:00:00Z “To weaken a democratic people’s faith in its fundamental institutions of self-government is inexcusable.” New tack for Trump: Delay final vote count 2020-11-18T05:00:00Z Government without local newspapers is fast spreading across the country and becoming the greatest threat to our self-government future. From the publisher: Reuniting our divided country, saving our local free press 2020-12-27T05:00:00Z But all of them treasured the self-government articles in the constitution. Tigray crisis: Why Ethiopia is spiralling out of control 2020-11-15T05:00:00Z Ultimately, the goal of conservative politics is to produce competent citizens capable of responsible self-government. Opinion | Goodbye Principled Conservatism 2020-10-30T04:00:00Z Wales, which controls its own health policy under the terms of the United Kingdom’s limited self-government, plans to impose a temporary lockdown on the entire region. As Britain Edges Toward Lockdowns, Long-Held Grievances Flare Up 2020-10-19T04:00:00Z “Lawmakers of both parties recognized the danger that an information chokehold poses to democratic self-government,” says Ellen P. Goodman, a law professor at Rutgers University. The Problem of Free Speech in an Age of Disinformation 2020-10-13T04:00:00Z At one point, only white male property owners who were 21 years old or older held the right to participate in the form of self-government that formed the basis of our society. Editorial Roundup: Mississippi 2020-09-23T04:00:00Z The danger, however, reaches deeper, as we revise our standards of self-government. Opinion | A parting-shot Supreme Court nomination smacks of being a ruthless political game 2020-09-21T04:00:00Z Yet the people continue to assert their right to self-government. Opinion | The regime in Belarus is trying to steal our victory. It won’t succeed. 2020-09-14T04:00:00Z It was a core principle of anarchism, which Dr. Graeber saw as a form of cooperative self-government, not as a lawless, violent society. David Graeber, scholar, anarchist and intellectual leader of Occupy Wall Street, dies at 59 2020-09-05T04:00:00Z Most concisely in the Gettysburg Address, Abraham Lincoln argued that a moral appreciation for self-government requires an understanding of the human cost of sustaining it. Opinion | The cost of loyalty to Trump grows higher and higher 2020-09-10T04:00:00Z Anyone feeding conflict is committing a crime against democracy, a sin against self-government. Opinion | It’s obscene to focus on how violence affects the vote. But it is our reality. 2020-08-31T04:00:00Z But in order to continue to enjoy the gifts of self-government, we as citizens have to be willing to hold the line, even if blurring it would be in our immediate political advantage. Biden tries to turn tables on Trump 2020-08-31T04:00:00Z This experiment in self-government requires us forever returning to try to find common cause with those with whom we disagree. Pence gets tangled in the flag 2020-08-27T04:00:00Z To counter this, she claimed that the GOP's "commitment to individual rights and self-government is as necessary today as it was in 1860 when we won our first presidential election." 5 key moments from the RNC's third night 2020-08-27T04:00:00Z Posner reminds readers that when the founders were creating our constitutional order, they feared that the very nature of democracy might destroy their experiment in self-government. Review | The charismatic, amoral, institution-destroying firebrands of U.S. history 2020-08-06T04:00:00Z He also made a crucial point about our political system, one that bears repeating as we face powerful threats to self-government and the rule of law. Opinion | John Lewis Was the Anti-Trump 2020-07-31T04:00:00Z “We will continue to fight any and all attempts to overturn D.C. laws, regardless of the policy, as D.C. has a right to self-government,” Norton, a Democrat, said in a statement. Activists seek to decriminalize ‘magic’ mushrooms in DC 2020-07-13T04:00:00Z Britain was at its imperial zenith, and most Indians were too starved and poor to consider lofty ideas like self-government. The Indian who became Britain's first Asian MP 2020-07-04T04:00:00Z Our success in these areas will determine if and how long our self-government and the American dream of inclusion and equal opportunity will prevail. Working together for democracy, civility and truth 2020-06-26T04:00:00Z The ideal of popular self-government always sat uneasily alongside the notion of a ruling natural aristocracy, particularly when the elite discredited themselves or abused their power. Review | The charismatic, amoral, institution-destroying firebrands of U.S. history 2020-08-06T04:00:00Z He said the opinion’s “timidity forsakes the court’s duty to apply the law according to neutral principles, and the ripple effects of the majority’s error will be felt throughout our system of self-government.” Trump has no patience for legal intricacies. The Supreme Court is all about them. 2020-06-19T04:00:00Z In Barr’s view, piety lay at the heart of the founders’ model of self-government, which depended on religious values to restrain human passions. William Barr’s State of Emergency 2020-06-01T04:00:00Z Democratic self-government is premised on the expectation that the people’s representatives will not wield the immense powers of law enforcement for their own personal ends, without oversight by the other branches. Opinion | William Barr’s Perversion of Justice 2020-05-09T04:00:00Z What we do in the near-term will determine if our self-government experiment will last. Working together for democracy, civility and truth 2020-06-26T04:00:00Z He dedicated unimaginable sacrifice to a transcendent purpose — the survival of self-government. Opinion | We’ve officially witnessed the total failure of empathy in presidential leadership 2020-04-02T04:00:00Z We need to instill in them that self-government is a fragile inheritance that doesn’t perpetuate itself. Editorial Roundup: US 2020-03-11T04:00:00Z The Mexican Constitution allows indigenous communities — such as the Nahuas, who reside in this part of Guerrero — a measure of limited self-government, including formation of their own police units. In Mexico's Guerrero state, slaughter of band members reflects legacy of violence 2020-02-23T05:00:00Z If they collapse, there would be incalculable damage to both liberty and self-government. Opinion | Imagine That Donald Trump Has Almost No Control Over Justice 2020-02-20T05:00:00Z "It’s called self-government. That is the next revolution we need, that is the lesson of this week." Steve Hilton calls on Trump to 'blow up bureaucracy, decimate the civil service' in second term 2020-02-16T05:00:00Z President Roosevelt went to Yalta with the knowledge that Americans would never support a peace which did not to some extent fit in with their ideas of justice and self-government. Yalta conference shapes the postwar world - archive, February 1945 2020-02-10T05:00:00Z “Classical and traditional architectural styles have proven their ability to inspire such respect for our system of self-government. Their use should be encouraged.” Critics aghast at proposal to make classical America's 'default' architectural style 2020-02-07T05:00:00Z The legislation bans judges from questioning judicial appointments made by the president, limits their self-government rights and bans them from political activity. World Digest: Feb. 4, 2020 2020-02-04T05:00:00Z The prime minister celebrated Brexit as a triumph for self-government, and promised to undertake the “biggest revival of our infrastructure since the Victorians.” At the Stroke of Brexit, Britain Steps, Guardedly, Into a New Dawn 2020-01-31T05:00:00Z Federally recognized tribes are viewed by the U.S. government as “domestic dependent nations” with inherent powers of self-government. Louisiana, Alaskan tribes file UN climate change complaint 2020-01-17T05:00:00Z Franco’s victory ends Catalonia’s self-government and ushers in a dictatorship that sends survivors on the defeated side into exile. Review: Isabel Allende returns to a familiar world rich in history in ‘A Long Petal of the Sea’ 2020-01-15T05:00:00Z We are paying dearly now for things that disserve our country, so maybe nourishing the roots of self-government isn’t such a heavy price to pay after all. 2020: The year America gets its act together 2020-01-12T05:00:00Z Only in the presence of an alternative—the various movements for shared self-government that descend from the Enlightenment—has any other arrangement really been imagined. The Field Guide to Tyranny 2019-12-16T05:00:00Z We thought we had a consensus about basic norms that protect freedom and self-government. Opinion | Our country is accepting the unacceptable 2019-12-11T05:00:00Z Vox’s leader, Santiago Abascal, urged the suspension of Catalan self-government, saying: “Spain isn’t up for discussion; Spain is to be defended at all costs.” At least 80,000 attend march against Catalan independence 2019-10-27T04:00:00Z To believe that Presidents can do anything they like is to give up on self-government. The Invention—and Reinvention—of Impeachment 2019-10-21T04:00:00Z “This is really what was meant by ‘self-government,’” Mr. Barr said. ‘Organized destruction’: William Barr blasts ‘militant secularists’ over assault on religion 2019-10-16T04:00:00Z While he also supports a referendum, he says it should not be about full independence but self-government powers. Catalans keep up pressure for split from Spain with second day of protests 2019-10-15T04:00:00Z Bilal Wahab, a fellow at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, said the two Kurdish experiments in self-government in Syria and Iraq “suffered a nosebleed” in the past two years. Turkish assault in Syria weakens Iraq Kurds, strengthens regional powers 2019-10-15T04:00:00Z Friction grew steadily between Johnson, who contended blacks were incapable of self-government, and many of the Republicans who controlled Congress and favored extending voting rights to blacks. Andrew Johnson back in spotlight for 1868 impeachment brush 2019-10-12T04:00:00Z "The people who lived here in the early days, they had expectations of self-government that basically all frontier communities have." Canada’s 'Wexit' movement heats up 2019-10-04T04:00:00Z The people of our country yearned for a degree of protection via self-government. Brexit boosting independence support - Plaid MP 2019-10-04T04:00:00Z A: In addition to abiding by a foundational notion — no taxation without representation — statehood would allow true self-government in the nation’s capital, supporters say. Q and A: D.C. statehood explained 2019-09-19T04:00:00Z Since openness is essential to a properly functioning system of self-government, Governor Raimondo would be wise to be more forthcoming about the details of her extraordinarily costly deals. Editorials from around New England 2019-09-06T04:00:00Z Government: Denmark granted the island limited self-government in 1979, 26 years after it was incorporated into the country by the Danish constitution. Why does Donald Trump want to buy Greenland? 2019-08-19T04:00:00Z Robust daily newspapers and their digital products remain the principal source of real, professionally vetted news essential for healthy communities and a functional self-government. Saving democracy: The Seattle Times’ 123rd anniversary message to its community 2019-08-11T04:00:00Z It runs through 19th-century British depictions of the Irish as incapable of self-government, unreliable, lazy and inferior. Boris Johnson’s reckless Britain-above-all policies threaten peace in Ireland | Richard McMahon 2019-08-01T04:00:00Z “And the simultaneous desire, equally deep and heartfelt, for democratic self-government in this country.” Boris Johnson, Brexit cheerleader, to become Britain’s next prime minister 2019-07-23T04:00:00Z Our founding fathers argued heatedly over four months at the 1787 Constitutional Convention before agreeing on an outline of self-government. Excerpts from recent editorials in newspapers in Illinois 2019-07-23T04:00:00Z Appearing on MSNBC’s “Hardball” on Monday night, Meacham told host Chris Matthews, “Johnson’s state message said that African-Americans were incapable of self-government and relapsed into barbarism if they weren’t closely supervised.” Jon Meacham: Trump has "joined Andrew Johnson as the most racist president in American history" 2019-07-16T04:00:00Z He proposes a five-year transitional period of Palestinian autonomy in the West Bank and Gaza Strip and negotiations leading to self-government by the Palestinians in association with Jordan. Long line of Israeli-Palestinian peace bids precede Trump push 2019-06-25T04:00:00Z We should treat our fellow citizens with respect because we share a role in, and responsibility for, an experiment in self-government that remains the last, best hope of Earth. Opinion | Civility doesn’t just make our system function — it also makes it noble 2019-06-06T04:00:00Z The first amendment is not only a guarantee of free speech and a free press; it is also an indispensable part of self-government. Perspective | The Red Scare targeted my family. America hasn’t shaken its demons yet. 2019-05-10T04:00:00Z But, occasionally, it entails the most solemn duties of self-government — decisions that echo across the decades. Opinion | House leaders should lay the groundwork for impeachment 2019-04-22T04:00:00Z It is the central instrument of our self-government and the fundamental ground of the legitimacy of republican political institutions. Opinion | Why Congress should try again to override Trump’s veto 2019-04-03T04:00:00Z It calls for an Israeli-Egyptian peace treaty, an Israeli withdrawal in stages from the Sinai and a transitional Palestinian self-government in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. Long line of Israeli-Palestinian peace bids precede Trump push 2019-06-25T04:00:00Z “It was all about the voters who rejected what was going on in Catalonia or were against regional self-government,” he says. Franco’s shadow: reburial battle sees Spain confront its darkest days 2019-03-23T04:00:00Z Have we decided his “important question” by proving ourselves incapable of democratic self-government after all? Many Americans want a new national story: How about this one? 2019-02-25T05:00:00Z The level of ignorance is appalling, and terribly damaging to self-government and the protection of our liberties. Editorials from around New England 2019-02-15T05:00:00Z All who care about liberty and equality, who treasure the opportunity to share in self-government in a body of free and equal citizens, should vote for, endorse or otherwise affirm the veto override. Opinion | Why Congress should try again to override Trump’s veto 2019-04-03T04:00:00Z The accords call for a Palestinian interim self-government and an elected council in the West Bank and Gaza for a transitional period not exceeding five years, along with Israeli troop withdrawals. Long line of Israeli-Palestinian peace bids precede Trump push 2019-06-25T04:00:00Z Having committed to self-government, or Home Rule, in Ireland, the British government faced opposition from Irish unionists, most of whom lived in the northeast of the island. Is Brexit fraying British-Irish relations? 2019-01-27T05:00:00Z And one hopeful role for government is to catalyze volunteerism — employing government to encourage self-government. Opinion | Let’s honor the life of a great American who took an unconventional path 2019-01-24T05:00:00Z Is the decrepit state of American self-government an excuse to work around it and let it further atrophy? The new elite’s phoney crusade to save the world – without changing anything 2019-01-22T05:00:00Z No one is disqualified from self-government by a religious test. Opinion | Anti-Catholic bigotry is alive in the U.S. Senate 2019-01-17T05:00:00Z This makes compromise — the essential ingredient of self-government — impossible. In our new post-truth era, the way we view reality is more important than ever 2019-01-03T05:00:00Z For Jews, with their constant habit of self-expression and their distant dream of self-government, the café was an especially inviting space. What Cafés Did for Liberalism 2018-12-17T05:00:00Z However critical any of us might be of our country’s flaws, we like to see it as presenting at least a passable portrait of what self-government looks like. Opinion | The democratic world is burning while Trump obsesses over a wall 2018-12-12T05:00:00Z “This ought to be a time when democracy leaps forward, an informed citizenry being essential to self-government. Instead, it’s in retreat,” Time notes. Time’s Person of the Year Honors Jamal Khashoggi and the Guardians of the Truth 2018-12-11T05:00:00Z It reflects an abandonment of the disciplines that self-government requires. Opinion | Are Republicans abandoning democracy? 2018-12-09T05:00:00Z Events in Catalonia have also served Vox, which wants to ban Catalan separatist parties and suspend the region’s self-government “until those who tried to carry out a coup are defeated”. Far-right success in Andalucía reflects Spain's fragmented politics 2018-12-03T05:00:00Z Its citizens pride themselves on strong self-government, modeled on the English system, and identify as British Gibraltarians. As Brexit looms, Spain eyes taking greater control over Gibraltar 2018-11-30T05:00:00Z A 100-issue party manifesto begins by stating that the northeastern Catalonia region should lose its self-government after last year's attempt to split from Spain and that separatist parties should be outlawed. Far right seeks acceptance in Spain, 1 suburb at a time 2018-11-22T05:00:00Z A 100-issue party manifesto begins by stating that the northeastern Catalonia region should lose its self-government after last year’s attempt to split from Spain and that separatist parties should be outlawed. Far right seeks acceptance in Spain, 1 suburb at a time 2018-11-22T05:00:00Z But if our system is to endure, they must remain subordinate to the primary principles of democratic self-government. Opinion | The lessons my father, Charles Krauthammer, taught me about being thankful 2018-11-21T05:00:00Z A less romanticized version might be that freedom afforded by democratically based self-government where the only essential constraints on one’s freedom are those that respect and protect the freedom of others. Opinion | Freedom and government are not antithetical 2018-11-11T05:00:00Z The banned vote in the northeastern region caused Spain's gravest political crisis in four decades of democracy, prompting an unprecedented four-month-long suspension of Catalonia's self-government. Catalan separatists indicted for rebellion as trial nears 2018-11-02T04:00:00Z Mutual respect and a willingness to accept disagreement are indispensable qualities for self-government. Review | How disinformation, voter suppression and partisanship destroy democracy 2018-10-26T04:00:00Z Our system of self-government functions poorly without robust elections and an opportunity for the electorate to hold incumbents accountable. Editorials from around New England 2018-10-19T04:00:00Z “None of this augurs well for the future of self-government,” The Wall Street Journal lamented. Editorial Roundup: Recent editorials in Oklahoma newspapers 2018-10-09T04:00:00Z Freedom and government are not intrinsically antithetical; in fact, the stability and order provided by democratic self-government are essential to personal freedom in any complex society. Opinion | Freedom and government are not antithetical 2018-11-11T05:00:00Z None of this augurs well for the future of self-government. Opinion | Ben Franklin Who? 2018-10-03T04:00:00Z Strategic issues aside, Sunday’s vote is above all a victory for the Maldives’ self-government. Opinion | More Belt and Road Backlash 2018-09-24T04:00:00Z About its only lasting substantive achievement is the Palestinian Authority, established as an interim self-government but still going two decades after its expiration date. 25 Years Later, Oslo’s Promise for Mideast Peace Is Unfulfilled 2018-09-13T04:00:00Z Where you have overwhelmingly black and brown communities, an economic crisis or natural disaster becomes the pretext to just do away with any pretense of self-government, of democracy, and impose austerity measures. 'I'm not fatalistic': Naomi Klein on Puerto Rico, austerity and the left 2018-08-08T04:00:00Z Freedom of speech is one of that list’s guarantees of citizens’ self-government against powerful entities – not of their supposed “right” to be governed and silenced by corporations invoking the First Amendment to weaken democracy itself. Free speech on a slippery slope: Why are civil liberties advocates joining forces with the right? 2018-08-03T04:00:00Z One, called “Centrale Palestinienne”, is clad in the colours of the Palestinian flag: it was created around the time of the first Oslo Accord in 1993, which established the right to Palestinian self-government. The tiny, global cities of Bodys Isek Kingelez 2018-07-18T04:00:00Z President Donald Trump says the U.S. supports the British people’s decision to “realize full self-government” as it negotiates an exit from the European Union. The Latest: Trump suggests NKorea disarmament a ways off 2018-07-13T04:00:00Z Perhaps the best-known institution of self-government in town is the jail, widely feared as a dungeon for political prisoners. 25 Years Later, Oslo’s Promise for Mideast Peace Is Unfulfilled 2018-09-13T04:00:00Z And the principle of self-government requires judicial deference to democratic choices, except when constitutional rights are violated. Opinion | We’ve turned the justices into gods 2018-07-09T04:00:00Z A genuinely conservative Court might even help progressives by liberating them to focus once again on the core task of self-government—persuading their fellow Americans through elections, not judicial fiat. Kavanaugh for the Court 2018-07-10T04:00:00Z Institutions that aimed at collective self-government had all but vanished. The Rise of McPolitics 2018-06-25T04:00:00Z The larger damage here is to trust in institutions that are vital to self-government. The Disgrace of Comey’s FBI 2018-06-15T04:00:00Z The region has a higher degree of self-government than Catalonia - which has been seeking independence from Madrid. Long human chain demands Basque vote 2018-06-10T04:00:00Z Their incursions into the city’s limited self-government powers are as predictable as August heat and humidity. Opinion | The Republican Party has punked out in D.C. 2018-05-25T04:00:00Z “First of all, the personal data which became perhaps the most important asset in modern media society. And secondly, on the right of self-government of sovereign nations.” Facebook chief faces EU grilling over his ‘digital monster’ 2018-05-22T04:00:00Z At 93, Bush himself remains a perennial optimist in the experiment of self-government. Facing Trump, a historian appeals to America's soul: 'I think we'll survive' 2018-05-20T04:00:00Z In 2006, as hopes of peace receded further, Hamas won legislative elections for a limited self-government in both the West Bank and Gaza. A suicide in Gaza 2018-05-18T04:00:00Z This is a fundamental question of how majority rule should work, on which the success of American self-government depends. Let the Bipartisan Majority Rule 2018-05-15T04:00:00Z David Burt, the premier of Bermuda, said parliament’s action was a retrograde step after 50 years of “constitutionally sanctioned self-government”. Cayman Islands considers legal action to stop public scrutiny by UK 2018-05-02T04:00:00Z He argued that dignity is the God-given claim of every individual, as is self-government for every people. Macron’s Democratic Vision 2018-04-24T04:00:00Z With the fervor of the early US founders, we need to debate and adopt a new structure for self-government that is strong enough to counter the global monopolies of the 21st century. Facebook is a tyranny – and our government isn't built to stop it 2018-04-18T04:00:00Z The virtues essential to self-government — civility, compromise and moderation of temperament — are devalued. Opinion | American politics are radicalizing. The damage could last generations. 2018-04-09T04:00:00Z And by 1968, with the African American population nudging 70 percent, a strong movement was afoot for municipal self-government. After bloodshed in earlier U.S. riots, D.C. police showed restraint in 1968 unrest 2018-03-23T04:00:00Z That prompted the Spanish government to strip away Catalonia’s large degree of self-government and impose direct rule from Madrid. AP Explains: What next in Catalonia after ex-leader’s arrest 2018-03-26T04:00:00Z Compare today’s platforms to the American Constitution: a large aggregation of citizens organized on the principle of self-government. Mark Zuckerberg Is No James Madison 2018-03-20T04:00:00Z Catalonia's self-government remains on hold, as Madrid refuses to free from jail the man nominated to lead Catalonia's regional government. Swiss model 'attractive for Catalonia' 2018-03-18T04:00:00Z I'm glad that the Times details the conspiracy theories, but in the aggregate they simply indicate that the Palestinians are incapable of self-government, for now. Blast Hits Palestinian Prime Minister’s Convoy in Gaza 2018-03-13T04:00:00Z It forces us to confront our failure “at what the nation’s founders saw as education’s most basic purpose,” readying students for thoughtful and competent self-government, Kahlenberg said. Perspective | Will better civics classes lead to a better America? Don’t count on it. 2018-03-04T05:00:00Z The larger lesson from this shameful interlude is about what self-government demands. Opinion | We’re witnessing a war on public life. This is the cost. 2018-03-04T05:00:00Z It is up to this generation of Westerners — every woman, man and child — to show that self-government can survive the digital revolution. Opinion | The disinformation factory threatening national security 2018-02-16T05:00:00Z If we are truly putting the interests of voters and our system of self-government first, then having better-informed voters is better for all. Editorials from around New England 2018-02-16T05:00:00Z But she added: "That bill has been democratically passed by the Parliament of Bermuda, and our relationship with the overseas territories is based on partnership and respect for their right to democratic self-government." UK will not block Bermuda gay marriage repeal 2018-02-08T05:00:00Z He said the bill “has been democratically passed by the Parliament of Bermuda, and our relationship with the overseas territories is based on partnership and respect for their right to democratic self-government.” UK ‘disappointed’ at Bermuda’s same-sex marriage ban 2018-02-08T05:00:00Z Our system of self-government requires a robust journalistic apparatus to inform citizens of what is transpiring in their name and to keep public officials in check. Editorials from around New England 2018-02-02T05:00:00Z Given my social democratic leanings I would assert, for example, that equal opportunity — including the opportunity to participate fully in self-government — demands a far greater degree of economic security and equality than we currently enjoy. Opinion | We could be a much better country. Trump makes it impossible. 2018-01-14T05:00:00Z Whoever causes this compromise to collapse not only is not public spirited, they are themselves opponents of rational self-government. Opinion | The wall goes up. The ‘dreamers’ stay. 2018-01-11T05:00:00Z District Judge Terence Kern ruled the tribal court lacked jurisdiction because the lawsuit involving six wholesale drug distributors and pharmacy operators does not directly concern tribal self-government. Judge deals setback to Cherokee Nation lawsuit over opioids 2018-01-10T05:00:00Z He calls it an “exploration of self-government” touching upon currents events and such historical moments as the internment of Japanese during World War II. Dozens more ‘resistance’ books scheduled for 2018 2018-01-09T05:00:00Z This was not the case until near the end of British rule, when the colony was allowed a measure of self-government. Colonialism can work – just look at Singapore | Jeevan Vasagar 2018-01-04T05:00:00Z To me, and millions of other fans, America has long been a story about two things: a grand experiment in self-government and the conviction that, over time, we were becoming less racist. Opinion | Please, Disney, remove 2017 from canon 2017-12-22T05:00:00Z Just restoring the self-government that Catalonia usually enjoys and seeking an amnesty for its own leaders may absorb much of the movement’s energy. Catalonia's regional election unlikely to heal bitter divisions 2017-12-20T05:00:00Z District Judge Terence Kern ruled the tribal court lacked jurisdiction because the lawsuit involving six wholesale drug distributors and pharmacy operators does not directly concern tribal self-government. Judge deals setback to Cherokee Nation lawsuit over opioids 2018-01-10T05:00:00Z Democratic self-government allows the people to choose to be poorly governed; the people of Puerto Rico have so chosen. Puerto Rico Orders Review and Recount of Hurricane Deaths 2017-12-18T05:00:00Z In the 1920s, Southern Rhodesia, as it was then known, was annexed by the United Kingdom but with an element of self-government. How UK-Zimbabwe relations went sour 2017-11-15T05:00:00Z At that moment of national testing, Roosevelt felt it necessary to clarify and reaffirm the transcendent commitments that undergird self-government. Opinion | How can America overcome its egotism? 2017-11-02T04:00:00Z The issue of whether to grant Ireland self-government within the UK dominated British politics for decades during the late 19th and early 20th Centuries. Hague: A new EU poll would be hate-filled 2017-11-01T04:00:00Z By speaking up, Bush and Obama have sent a signal that we cannot sit by and allow our system of self-government to disintegrate before our eyes. Opinion | What Trump did to Kelly shows how far we have fallen 2017-10-22T04:00:00Z Our system of self-government is strengthened when citizens pay close attention to how elections are conducted and safeguarded. Editorials from around New England 2017-10-20T04:00:00Z The Supreme Court’s First Amendment jurisprudence, Weiner notes, has generally accorded the most robust protection to speech, and speech that is political, broadly defined — concerned with securing the goods of self-government. Aristotle, freedom of speech — and bikini baristas 2017-10-05T04:00:00Z Greenland is an autonomous Danish dependent territory with limited self-government and its own parliament. A380 engine debris found in Greenland 2017-10-05T04:00:00Z The Supreme Court’s First Amendment jurisprudence, Weiner notes, has generally accorded the most robust protection to speech , and speech that is political, broadly defined — concerned with securing the goods of self-government. Opinion | Bikini-clad baristas serve up a lesson in free speech 2017-10-04T04:00:00Z We too are deeply concerned about their fate, but stress that it is essential to uphold the Constitution and protect our system of self-government, however inefficient and misguided it seems at times. Editorials from around New England 2017-09-29T04:00:00Z Also, the Constitution’s Article 155 allows the government to suspend, totally or partially, Catalonia’s self-government if the region disobeys a court order. AP Explains: How Spain-Catalonia standoff has evolved 2017-09-27T04:00:00Z It will nurture our dedication to the raucous but ultimately unifying project of democratic self-government. Perspective | How Trump is helping to save our democracy 2017-09-22T04:00:00Z Kelly, in a statement, said he was glad that the agreements with the Interior Department and gaming commission “will allow our people to move forward on our journey of self-government once and for all.” New agreement with feds sparks Nooksack election: ‘We’ve got a lot riding on this’ 2017-09-12T04:00:00Z Catalonia is a prosperous region in northeastern Spain that already enjoys ample self-government. Catalan parliament paves the way for independence vote 2017-09-06T04:00:00Z But India’s failure to find a political solution to Kashmiris’ desire for self-government has raised the appeal of hard-line groups. 'The clock is ticking.' In Kashmir, parents try to find their militant sons before Indian forces get to them 2017-08-28T04:00:00Z What can’t be quantified must not be real, says the economist, and how do you measure the benefits of the core faiths of the enlightenment – namely, critical reasoning, personal autonomy and democratic self-government? Neoliberalism: the idea that changed the world 2017-08-18T04:00:00Z Senator Marco Rubio also slammed China’s “shameful treatment of this peaceful hero, who championed the very ideals that are at the foundation of America’s own experiment in self-government”. Death of Liu Xiaobo: activists scorn Trump for hailing 'terrific' Xi 2017-07-13T04:00:00Z The town recruited outside legal expertise to exploit provisions of Mexican law that allow communities with indigenous majorities to set up a form of self-government, incorporating traditional “uses and customs” into their rule. One Mexican town revolts against violence and corruption. Six years in, its experiment is working 2017-07-10T04:00:00Z There is also the question of whether talking to one’s senators, much less yelling at them, will make much of a difference anyway, a pessimistic thought on a day celebrating the ideals of self-government. Senate Republicans Lay Low on the Fourth, or Face Single-Minded Pressure 2017-07-04T04:00:00Z As he would 25 years later at Gettysburg, he focused on the foundations of the American experiment in self-government. It’s a good time to listen to young Abe Lincoln 2017-07-03T04:00:00Z These values are crucial to self-government, and it would be nice if those who govern would speak up for them once in a while, without embarrassment or apology. Opinion | America is hacking away at its own democratic limb 2017-06-29T04:00:00Z Greenland is part of Denmark with self-government over domestic affairs. Child, three adults feared dead in flooded Greenland village 2017-06-21T04:00:00Z More than perhaps any other institution in the country, the legislature represents the notion that a pluralistic society is capable of orderly, democratic self-government. Opinion | The baseball shooting wasn’t an attack on the GOP. It was an attack on all of us. 2017-06-14T04:00:00Z They added: “The protection of speech critical of government officials is perhaps the core concern of the First Amendment, because the freedom of individuals to engage in this kind of speech is crucial to self-government.” Twitter Users Blocked by Trump Seek a Reprieve, Citing First Amendment 2017-06-06T04:00:00Z The revolution was inspired by two such ideals: self-government and human liberty. It’s a good time to listen to young Abe Lincoln 2017-07-03T04:00:00Z And that’s why dark money nonprofits are a clear and present danger to self-government and must be resisted at every opportunity. Recent Missouri editorials 2017-06-06T04:00:00Z “The economic burden and the intrusion into tribal sovereignty interfere and are incompatible with the federal and tribal interests in promoting tribal self-government, self-sufficiency and economic development,” the lawsuit said. South Dakota and Flandreau Santee Sioux tribe clash in court 2017-05-13T04:00:00Z In general, Greenland is heavily subsidized by Denmark under a self-government arrangement, receiving nearly $540 million in 2015 from the European nation. In Greenland’s northernmost village, a melting Arctic threatens the age-old hunt 2017-04-29T04:00:00Z On March 18, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights agreed to consider a lawsuit brought accusing Guatemala of violating the community’s rights to land, natural resources, free determination and self-government by denying their title. Guatemalan land activist wins prestigious Goldman prize 2017-04-23T04:00:00Z In America, the basic fabric of civic self-government seems to be eroding following the loss of faith in democratic ideals. The Crisis of Western Civilization 2017-04-21T04:00:00Z The idea of self-government is in the first three words of the Constitution. Can you pass the US citizenship test? Try it out 2017-04-03T04:00:00Z How else, though, to make voting easier, to fairly apportion legislative districts and the education budget, to impose campaign financing limits and higher ethics standards and to grant localities self-government? New York’s Overstuffed Constitution: Voters Face a Window for Reforms 2017-03-24T04:00:00Z Instead of building self-government from the village level up, the East India Company destroyed what existed. 'But what about the railways ...?' The myth of Britain's gifts to India 2017-03-08T05:00:00Z He saw first-hand that authoritarian rule can take root and flourish in such conditions with terrifying ease, even in republics like Florence that had proud traditions of popular self-government. Have we got Machiavelli all wrong? 2017-03-03T05:00:00Z Leaks, particularly government leaks, are an important source of information for public debate and democratic self-government. Trump Rails Against Leaks. But What Exactly Are They? 2017-02-17T05:00:00Z Egypt, having been led to expect self-government in return for support against Germany, had to tolerate continued British control of its main asset, the Suez canal. Trump’s dangerous delusions about Islam | Christopher de Bellaigue 2017-02-16T05:00:00Z President Trump spoke as a political guardian of the people rather than the representative of a people capable of self-government. Opinion | The immigration ban and its resulting threats to our nation 2017-02-14T05:00:00Z Congress reserved the authority to intervene in D.C.’s laws and budget when it passed the Home Rule Act of 1973, which allowed the city limited self-government. House committee moves to block D.C.’s assisted-suicide law 2017-02-13T05:00:00Z Saying that we can’t “unsign” a treaty is akin to saying that treaties are more powerful than our inherent right of self-government. Trump administration should clear the inbox on treaties 2017-02-06T05:00:00Z “In practice this means that instead of teaching college students the foundations of law, liberty, and self-government, colleges teach students how to organize protests, occupy buildings, and stage demonstrations,” the study says. College civics classes focus more on demonstrations than citizenship, new report says 2017-01-11T05:00:00Z It’s the beating heart of our American idea — our bold experiment in self-government. President Obama's Farewell Speech: Read Full Transcript 2017-01-10T05:00:00Z It’s the beating heart of our American idea – our bold experiment in self-government. President Obama’s Farewell Address: Full Video and Text 2017-01-10T05:00:00Z It’s the beating heart of our American idea – our bold experiment in self-government. Read the full transcript of President Obama's farewell speech 2017-01-10T05:00:00Z Britain voted for self-government in the EU referendum. Editorial Roundup: Excerpts from recent editorials 2017-01-04T05:00:00Z No relic of a bygone era, it is a profound expression of insight into the nature of the human condition and the preconditions of sovereign self-government. Donald Trump will violate the US constitution on inauguration day | Laurence H Tribe 2016-12-19T05:00:00Z But the government rejected any form of self-government, saying that it would “reward terrorists,” while the rebels rejected versions of the deal that did not include it. Syrian Government Moves Closer to Completely Controlling Aleppo 2016-12-12T05:00:00Z The attacks on public education and journalism are attacks on the very foundations of self-government. Fake news may not be new, but it has a new threatening impact 2016-11-30T05:00:00Z Most would concede that this type of hypocrisy is generally harmful for a democracy, in which self-government requires informed choices. Trump’s hypocrisy is good for America 2016-11-28T05:00:00Z “Veterans Day often follows a hard-fought political campaign, an exercise in the free speech and self-government that you fought for,” he said. Obama Reckons with a Trump Presidency 2016-11-17T05:00:00Z But he believes that Jackson was America's first "modern president" and demonstrated to Europe that "the United States was a country to be reckoned with and not some experiment in self-government". Is Donald Trump the modern-day Andrew Jackson? - BBC News 2016-11-12T05:00:00Z In the end, a Trump victory would normalize the belief that the structures of self-government are unequal to the crisis of our time. One final election plea, on the behalf of U.S. ideals 2016-11-03T04:00:00Z About 800,000 residents of the capital city of the USA are totally disenfranchised on the federal level, and since Congress has ultimate control of Washington, DC, the residents have NO true power of self-government. In Hindsight, Backers of Bernie Sanders Lament What Might Have Been 2016-10-18T04:00:00Z There are certain qualities of heart and mind that allow for self-government — civility, tolerance and mutual respect. Trump spirals into ideological psychosis 2016-10-17T04:00:00Z It’s a fact that if Hillary Clinton is elected, the country’s chance to have a Supreme Court that values the Constitution—and the genuine liberty and self-government for which millions have died—is gone. Should Christians Vote for Trump? 2016-10-12T04:00:00Z It was completed by American insistence after the world wars of the 20th century on the right of self-determination, the right of people to self-government. Straight Talk About Christopher Columbus 2016-10-09T04:00:00Z After a week at the school, he has become one of the classroom leaders — each of the 10 rooms now has a person in charge — a loose self-government for an ever more chaotic environment. In Haiti, at least 470 dead and hundreds of thousands left with no relief in sight 2016-10-08T04:00:00Z He believed a nation that practices self-government is dependent on an enlightened and educated citizenry and therefore, a press that is free to investigate and criticize the government was absolutely essential. Tennessee editorial roundup 2016-10-05T04:00:00Z As part of that act, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Ontario and Quebec merged to become the Dominion of Canada, a confederation enjoying full self-government with the exception of international relations. What to Know About the History Behind the British Royals' Visit to Canada 2016-09-23T04:00:00Z And he lives under a Constitution that- from the standpoint of law, at least -guarantees each citizen freedom, justice and self-government. Editorials from around New England 2016-09-10T04:00:00Z They say the people’s right to self-government is “fundamental, inherent and inalienable,” not something bureaucrats should control. Ohio fracking foes claim fundamental right to charter votes 2016-09-07T04:00:00Z For those who believe in learning, and the possibility of democratic self-government, that’s very good news. Why Facts Don’t Unify Us 2016-09-02T04:00:00Z It’s about Trump’s threat to our tradition of self-government. The singular danger of Trump 2016-08-26T04:00:00Z This involved no exchange of territory but freedom for Kashmiris to move between the two sides, demilitarisation and greater self-government for the region. Reviving the cause 2016-08-11T04:00:00Z The Troubles largely ended in 1998 with the Good Friday Agreement, which provided for self-government in Northern Ireland with power sharing among its political factions. Edward Daly, Peace-Seeking Bishop in Northern Ireland’s ‘Troubles,’ Dies at 82 2016-08-08T04:00:00Z It also says something that one of the strongest attacks on the Republican nominee is the defense of self-government. Clinton vs. Trump: A choice between the uninspiring and the unfit 2016-07-29T04:00:00Z This is a more fundamental choice – about who we are as a people, and whether we stay true to this great American experiment in self-government. Transcript: President Obama's Democratic National Convention speech 2016-07-27T04:00:00Z “Any progressive bill concerning customs, tax reform, local self-government or the fight against corruption instantly gets stuck.” Ukraine's Georgian corruption fighter sets his sights higher 2016-07-25T04:00:00Z If, as her apologists would likely argue, Bowser attended the Republican convention to drum up support for the city’s self-government quest, she clearly picked the wrong time and place. The route to D.C. statehood doesn’t go through Cleveland 2016-07-22T04:00:00Z If Mr. Obama’s lawlessness spreads, self-government will suffer across the country. Virginia’s Election Felony 2016-07-20T04:00:00Z What remains to be seen is whether Mr. Erdogan’s revenge does even graver damage to Turkey’s hopes for decent self-government and further destabilizes the world’s most dangerous region. The Revenge of Turkey’s Erdogan 2016-07-17T04:00:00Z Only by working together can we preserve those institutions of family and community, rights and responsibilities, law and self-government that is the hallmark of this nation. READ: Obama's Remarks at Dallas Memorial Service 2016-07-12T04:00:00Z If that means a raucous debate on the floor, then Americans might appreciate the exercise in democratic self-government. Trump and the Delegates 2016-07-11T04:00:00Z Even after 200 years, very few nations share our commitment to freedom and self-government. Gerald Ford in 1976: 'The Heritage of the Nation' 2016-07-01T04:00:00Z Citizens in democratic nations are right to worry when they see intrusions on self-government. The Detroit Road Map for Puerto Rico 2016-06-27T04:00:00Z The revival of nationhood is a prerequisite for the reinvigoration of self-government through reclaimed national sovereignty. Brexit: Britain’s welcome revival of nationhood 2016-06-24T04:00:00Z Democrats will ride to November on a protest politics that is antithetical to self-government, but they do America no good by bringing the methods of the bullying radical left to America’s House. Pelosi Lives Matter 2016-06-23T04:00:00Z With its classical curriculum, uniforms and commitment to teaching the virtues of courtesy, perseverance, self-government, service, honesty and courage, Pineapple Cove already boasts a 400-student waiting list for fall as word spreads. Hillsdale College Nurtures Charter Schools in its Image 2016-06-23T04:00:00Z Are the English ready for self-government, asked one Irish writer? Attempts to elevate the Brexit debate following MP's death begin to fray 2016-06-20T04:00:00Z Greenland is a part of the Kingdom of Denmark with self-government over domestic affairs while leaving defense and foreign policy to Copenhagen. In Greenland, some suggest the unthinkable - rejoin the EU 2016-06-14T04:00:00Z Mr. Axelson, he said, helped put the city on a trajectory toward eliminating its deficit, adopting a balanced budget in three years, and restoring self-government sooner than anticipated. Kenneth Axelson, Who Troubleshot New York City’s Fiscal Crisis, Dies at 93 2016-06-11T04:00:00Z This means showing respect for the institutions of self-government, such as the judiciary. Trump’s Politics of Grievance 2016-05-31T04:00:00Z Or maybe Jeffersonian, emphasizing self-government and the evils of empire. Is ‘Star Wars’ really about behavioral psychology? Search your feelings. 2016-05-25T04:00:00Z Turkey's President Erdogan is as worried as any of his predecessors about Kurdish ambitions for self-government. Inside Cizre: Where Turkish forces stand accused of Kurdish killings - BBC News 2016-05-23T04:00:00Z But that doesn’t answer why a party that professes to champion local control and abhor government overreach would choose to undermine self-government in an American city that is home to 700,000 people. Republicans’ stunningly illogical attempt to end the District’s budget autonomy 2016-05-19T04:00:00Z The case implicates the Constitution’s separation of powers and the basic precepts of self-government. ‘I Am President. I Am Not King’ 2016-04-17T04:00:00Z I was absolutely focused on what we needed to do to make sure that the Palestinian people had the right to self-government. Read a Transcript of the Ninth Democratic Debate in Brooklyn 2016-04-14T04:00:00Z Photograph: Alamy Today we all seem to feel as if we need another such profound course correction, one that is focused on reclaiming our right to self-government and renewing our hope in the American Dream. US elections 2016: ‘The system is rigged, the government coin-operated’ 2016-04-10T04:00:00Z Individualism yielded to collective methods of labour organisation, creating communities of cooperative self-government whose aim went beyond the mere production and management of dwellings. Story of cities #18: Vienna's 'wild settlers' kickstart a social housing revolution 2016-04-08T04:00:00Z “As the founders would have understood, he is a threat to the long and glorious experiment of American self-government. He is precisely the kind of scapegoating, promise-making, fear-driving and deceiving demagogue they feared.” Bernie Sanders resists call by Obama to drop presidential bid – campaign live 2016-03-18T04:00:00Z The First Amendment's purpose is to protect democratic self-government and expressive autonomy, and neither is implicated here. How Apple Could Best the FBI 2016-02-22T05:00:00Z Her people are independent, free, prosperous, peaceful, and enjoying the advantages of self-government. Here's the Only Other Time a Sitting President Visited Cuba 2016-02-18T05:00:00Z If it is functioning well, our country’s project in self-government would be mainly driven by, among other virtuous objectives, national need and appropriate fiscal policy. US elections 2016: ‘The system is rigged, the government coin-operated’ 2016-04-10T04:00:00Z But there are concerns that such a board might improperly curtail self-government on the island. Steps Toward Settling Puerto Rico’s Debt 2016-02-15T05:00:00Z “As the founders would have understood, he is a threat to the long and glorious experiment of American self-government. He is precisely the kind of scapegoating, promise-making, fear-driving and deceiving demagogue they feared.” Bernie Sanders resists call by Obama to drop presidential bid – campaign live 2016-03-18T04:00:00Z “The way we respect — or don’t — each other as citizens will determine whether or not the hard, frustrating but absolutely necessary work of self-government continues,” he said. Returning to his roots, Obama calls for an end to 'poisonous political climate' 2016-02-10T05:00:00Z Allowing five unelected judges to dramatically change the fundamental rules about how we conduct campaigns every few decades based upon their own whims is no way to take self-government, or our Constitution, seriously. End Court-Ordered Corruption 2016-01-29T05:00:00Z Of course, self-government entails the right to choose a leader. Elon Musk, president of Mars? 2016-01-22T05:00:00Z Thomas Jefferson often argued that an educated public was crucial for the survival of self-government. Bile, venom and lies: How I was trolled on the Internet 2016-01-14T05:00:00Z The party platform stressed Taiwan’s right to democratic self-government, and the victory margins received a last-minute boost from an unexpected source: the political bullying of a teen pop star. Taiwan’s New Direction 2016-01-17T05:00:00Z That is just a complete abandoning of the idea of self-government. Koch brothers and other oligarchs beware: Campaign finance reformer says your days are numbered 2016-01-12T05:00:00Z But perhaps chief among them was their stance on self-government - or rather the underlying sense of Scottish identity which drove that issue. Looking ahead to the 2016 Scottish Parliament elections - BBC News 2016-01-03T05:00:00Z Hong Kong people are themselves in open defiance against Beijing for denying the self-government they promised in agreements governing the handover from Britain in 1997. Alibaba Bets Big on Hong Kong 2015-12-13T05:00:00Z The appellate court also ruled against Dollar General, reasoning that the tribe’s ability to hear these types of cases in its courts is “plainly central to the tribe’s power of self-government”. Native Americans' sovereignty is at risk, and the high court must help save it | Stephen Pevar 2015-12-07T05:00:00Z This new effort to confiscate tribal wealth is an all too familiar story and should be opposed by all fair-minded Americans who support upholding treaty promises to respect tribal self-government and self-determination. Unions See Indian Casinos and Think: Jackpot 2015-12-06T05:00:00Z At a gathering of bishops in 1884, Archbishop James Gibbons of Baltimore expressed his peers’ understanding of the American experiment in self-government: The Founders built “better than they knew.” A Lodestar of Religious Liberty 2015-12-04T05:00:00Z Of course, this right, exercised peacefully and with civility, is essential to freedom and self-government. A lesson from Lincoln on Thanksgiving 2015-11-25T05:00:00Z Lennon, as bad a political thinker as he was a grammarian, never learned this: Countries, meaning nation-states, are, for all their shortcoming and dangers, indispensable for making self-government possible and secure. After Paris, we should look to Chris Christie 2015-11-18T05:00:00Z The case, which is scheduled to be argued on 7 December, rightly frightens native tribes all across the United States because it could trample on their right to self-government. Native Americans' sovereignty is at risk, and the high court must help save it | Stephen Pevar 2015-12-07T05:00:00Z Taiwan rejected China’s promise that, in exchange for recognising the authority of the government in Beijing, the island would enjoy self-government and even get to keep its army. The emperor’s descendants 2015-11-12T05:00:00Z My Kurdish escort, a member of the ward parliament, bridled when I suggested that the declaration of self-government had been unwise and the state’s reaction foreseeable. The battle for Turkey: can Selahattin Demirtas pull the country back from the brink of civil war? | Christopher de Bellaigue 2015-10-29T04:00:00Z They were denied basic rights of citizenship and the chance to participate in self-government. Senator Elizabeth Warren's speech on racial inequality in full 2015-09-28T04:00:00Z "This is a once in a lifetime opportunity to get back the independence and self-government of this nation." UKIP conference: Nigel Farage hails 'united' EU Out campaign - BBC News 2015-09-25T04:00:00Z So what is the mission of America's school systems in 2015, if not preparing young American for the rigors of self-government? Mission Disregarded 2015-09-17T04:00:00Z This is great news for self-government, empowering an elected legislature over courts and an unelected bureaucracy. Michigan Union Boomerang 2015-07-29T04:00:00Z This was one of more than a dozen simultaneous experiments in self-government that were declared across Turkey’s Kurdish-majority southeast. The battle for Turkey: can Selahattin Demirtas pull the country back from the brink of civil war? | Christopher de Bellaigue 2015-10-29T04:00:00Z Thus the Boston bow-out is a victory for fiscal restraint and self-government, to the extent residents determined that the financial and logistical dangers were too great. Boston’s Olympic Relief 2015-07-28T04:00:00Z Finally, as with most accounts of the nation’s founding, “The Quartet” leaves the reader most impressed that the American experiment in self-government has survived as well as it has. Follow-up to the revolution 2015-07-01T04:00:00Z As the sun starts to set on another Independence Day, the question arises whether the American experiment in self-government is going down with it. Should We Celebrate the Fourth of July Anymore? 2015-07-04T04:00:00Z No other holiday so clearly elevates secular values, such as liberty and self-government, to almost metaphysical heights. America’s real founding moment: Why we get Independence Day all wrong 2015-07-04T04:00:00Z But social conservatives also need to recognize that, before Obergefell, the process of self-government was moving with unaccustomed haste in the direction of state recognition of gay marriages. The next crucial question on gay marriage 2015-06-29T04:00:00Z He calls the fund's hard-line view of local self-government "ridiculous," but capable of delaying projects and making them more costly. Green group's unconventional fight against fracking 2015-06-29T04:00:00Z The effort to weaken the First Amendment remains problematic because Americans, by and large, still cherish free speech and recognize its importance to freedom, justice and self-government. Editorials from around New England 2015-06-27T04:00:00Z The Heritage Foundation's Ryan T Anderson tweets that the court's decision is a "significant setback for all Americans who believe in the Constitution, the rule of law, democratic self-government". Gay marriage: It's a 'judicial Putsch' warns dissenting Scalia - BBC News 2015-06-26T04:00:00Z Our ancestors did not depart Europe and elsewhere to seek freedom and self-government alone. Gary Hart: America's Principles Are in Danger of Corruption 2015-06-26T04:00:00Z Should it be judges determining and applying an evolving conception of human rights, or legislatures engaged in the slower, messier work of self-government? The next crucial question on gay marriage 2015-06-29T04:00:00Z Some cultures are not ready for self-government, and resource wealth is more a curse than a blessing for them. Corruption Is Killing Children in Angola 2015-06-24T04:00:00Z First, they argued that black Africans were not fit for self-government. Confederate Flag Wasn't the Only Inspiration for Dylann Storm Roof 2015-06-23T04:00:00Z This is a big problem for self-government, since aggregating sustainable majorities is the first task of politicians in democratic countries. Fracturing democracies 2015-04-26T04:00:00Z All that’s at stake, Palfrey argues, is America’s experiment in self-government. When Google is your librarian and Starbucks your WiFi, do we still need public libraries? 2015-04-23T04:00:00Z It lists several rationales for doing so – advancing “democratic self-government” and “political equality,” and protecting the “integrity” of the political process. Clinton's platform comes into focus, including some surprises 2015-04-15T04:00:00Z Like Lincoln, we’re still wrestling with questions and conflicts surrounding race, the balance between state’s rights and federal power, and the frustrations of self-government, he says. ‘Lincoln never dies’ - finding his resonance 150 years later 2015-04-11T04:00:00Z He plans to hold a referendum on self-government within the next two months. Australia's Norfolk Island faces fight for independence 2015-03-25T04:00:00Z Mr. Lee was prime minister from 1959, when Singapore gained full self-government from the British, until 1990, when he stepped down. Lee Kuan Yew, Founding Father and First Premier of Singapore, Dies at 91 2015-03-22T04:00:00Z By menacing our freedom of thought, ubiquitous surveillance poses a threat to self-government. Clash between free speech and privacy in the digital world 2015-03-20T04:00:00Z But while Israeli democracy was always flimsier and more conditional than is implied with this neat-and-tidy dichotomy, there was good reason to see in its elections a genuine commitment to pluralism and enlightened self-government. Neocon’s racial bait-and-switch: How John Podhoretz excuses blatant bigotry 2015-03-18T04:00:00Z Constitution and more than 200 years of self-government. Menendez Must Resign So Effort to Derail Obama Iran Talks Can Live 2015-03-09T04:00:00Z "But the big issue is the obliteration of our legislative assembly and self-government." Australia's Norfolk Island faces fight for independence 2015-03-25T04:00:00Z For founders like Franklin and Jefferson, for leaders like Lincoln and FDR, the success of our experiment in self-government rested on engaging all of our citizens in this work. Text of Obama’s remark at Selma anniversary commemoration 2015-03-07T05:00:00Z For founders like Franklin and Jefferson, for leaders like Lincoln and FDR, the success of our experiment in self-government rested on engaging all of our citizens in this work. Obama's Selma speech: 'Our march is not yet finished' 2015-03-07T05:00:00Z If Selma taught us anything, it’s that our work is never done – the American experiment in self-government gives work and purpose to each generation. Read the Full Text of Obama's Speech in Selma 2015-03-07T05:00:00Z That’s what it’s like when the District decides to take on Congress over an issue of self-government. The right fight, but the wrong reason 2015-02-27T05:00:00Z “The citizens of industrial democracies continue to value their freedom and their opportunity to participate in the task of self-government,” the report said. The new politics of hope in post-recession America 2015-01-16T05:00:00Z Based on those 31 words, the Education Department’s Office for Civil Rights has stripped colleges and universities of a crucial component of self-government. Immigration and Common Core stand in Jeb Bush’s way 2014-12-26T05:00:00Z We secure our rights and responsibilities through a system of self-government, of and by and for the people. Obama's Selma speech: 'Our march is not yet finished' 2015-03-07T05:00:00Z For founders like Franklin and Jefferson, for leaders like Lincoln and FDR, the success of our experiment in self-government rested on engaging all our citizens in this work. Read the Full Text of Obama's Speech in Selma 2015-03-07T05:00:00Z The principle of self-government — the right of citizens to determine their own destiny — is too precious to forfeit out of fear that our overseers might take umbrage. The right fight, but the wrong reason 2015-02-27T05:00:00Z |
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