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The Hoover Institution’s library and tower will be closed on Tuesday morning, February 14, 2012, due to electrical work. The Hoover archives will be open during the process. The library and tower will reopen at 11:30 am on February 14, 2012. We apologize for any inconvenience.
July 17, 2008 | Tribune Media Services
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With no laurels to rest on, U.S. must regain can-do spirit

by Victor Davis Hanson (Martin and Illie Anderson Senior Fellow)

In the past 20 years, we were lectured constantly about "post-industrial" America...