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Hoover Institution Hosts November Retreat 2009The Hoover Institution’s November Retreat began on Wednesday, November 18th, with before-dinner remarks by Victor Davis Hanson, the Martin and Illie Anderson Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution.
Reduce payroll taxesMichael Boskin, a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution and the T. M. Friedman Professor of Economics at Stanford University, discusses alternative stimulus plans, taxes, and jobs on CNBC’s Kudlow Report.
Roadshow visits the Hoover InstitutionAntiques Roadshow visited the Hoover Archives last summer to film its treasure trove of political posters from around the world. The show is slated to air in the spring, but anyone can view the posters by visiting the archives. Thousands of posters can also be browsed online, using searches by country, artist, or subject.
An Alternative Stimulus Plan
Wall Street Journal, November 17, 2009
by Michael J. Boskin
While the economy has finally started to grow, the disturbingly high unemployment rate is increasing pressure from the left to double down on this year's poorly designed fiscal stimulus bill. . . .
Holder's reasonable decision
Washington Post, November 20, 2009
by Jack Goldsmith
Reasonable minds can disagree about Attorney General Eric Holder's decision to prosecute Khalid Sheik Mohammed and four other alleged Sept. 11 perpetrators in a Manhattan federal court. . . .
Obama's Beijing balancing act points to the new challenge for the west
Guardian (UK), November 18, 2009
by Timothy Garton Ash
There needs to be a real conversation about competing values. . . .
Universal standards
Cafe Hayek, November 18, 2009
by Russell Roberts
There are advantage to universal standards. . . .
1. Condoleezza Rice
2. The world with Václav Klaus
3. How to Cure Health Care
4. Holder's reasonable decision
5. A Primer on America's Schools
6. Harry Reid Has A Problem
7. Major Hasan’s Islamist Life
8. Why No One Expects a Strong Recovery
9. Here’s a Second Opinion
10. Looking Backward and Forward: Policy Issues in the Twenty-first Century
Fun with Damaged Tapes
November 17, 2009
Damaged materials are fun. Looks weird, right? But it’s true. We in the audio staff naturally focus on the conservation and preservation of naturally decaying and obsolete materials.
Tackling the Challenges of Audio Archives
November 10, 2009
Because archival materials are collected to be used (in this case, heard), we’d like to introduce you to the vast array of sound recordings housed at the Hoover Archives.
Remembering a revolutionary
November 6, 2009
Bertrand Patenaude is a Hoover research fellow and author of a meticulous biography, Trotsky: Downfall of a Revolutionary.
Jazz at Liberty
November 3, 2009
Recently I asked a colleague, “How many times have you gone looking for John Kennedy’s speech at the Brandenburg Gate and wound up listening to Phil Woods blowing sax?”
November 19, 2009
Panelists tackle college graduation stagnation
Chester Finn, a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution and chairman of Hoover’s Task Force on K–12 Education, participates in a panel discussion concerning college acceptance rates verses graduation rates. . . .
November 18, 2009
Timothy Garton Ash: Democracy is still under threat 20 years after the Velvet Revolution
In 1989, Hoover senior fellow, British writer, and Oxford historian, Timothy Garton Ash, reported on the wave of democratic revolutions that swept Europe. . . .
November 17, 2009
The pros and cons of standardized testing
Bill Evers, a research fellow at the Hoover Institution and a member of the Institution’s Koret Task Force on K–12 Education, discusses standardized testing, teachers, schools, and improving the educational system on NBC.
November 16, 2009
Posner on the financial crisis
Hoover research fellow and EconTalk host Russell Roberts interviews Richard Posner, federal judge and prolific author, about the financial crisis.