OP-EDS AND COMMENTARY BY HOOVER FELLOWS
People must strive for own success
Freedom Communications, November 5, 2009
by Tibor R. Machan (Research Fellow)
A distinguishing feature of Friedrich Nietzsche’s thought was that he believed humankind needed to overturn the old, mostly theological ethics and transform values to something new. . . .
BLOGS BY HOOVER FELLOWS
When Anger Goes Cosmic
Corner, National Review Online, November 6, 2009
by Victor Davis Hanson (Martin and Illie Anderson Senior Fellow)
We know little so far of the terrible carnage at Fort Hood, though the news media have been airing all sorts of explanations and much of their information has already proven erroneous. . . .
Fort Hood—A now familiar horror
Works and Days, November 5, 2009
by Victor Davis Hanson (Martin and Illie Anderson Senior Fellow)
Nevertheless, what are we to make of Maj. Malik Nadal Hasan’s horrific rampage at Ft. Hood, Texas, where in cold-blooded fashion he murdered 12, and wounded at least 31? . . .
Interpretations of Tuesday
Corner, National Review Online, November 5, 2009
by Victor Davis Hanson (Martin and Illie Anderson Senior Fellow)
In the midst of all the warring interpretations of Tuesday's elections — conservatives see the governors' races, where millions cast their votes in both a blue and purple state, as a repudiation of Obamaism; liberals see the two House races in California and New York as proof that the president has a winning national agenda — all that really matters is the course of the Congress in the next few weeks. . . .
Government Protects People from Preying Contractors
EconLog, November 5, 2009
by David R. Henderson (Research Fellow)
The Broward Sherriff's Office is engaging in entrapment operations to catch unlicensed contractors. . . .
INTERVIEWS WITH HOOVER FELLOWS
Reason.tv: Reason Foundation Co-Founder Tibor Machan on Ayn Rand
Reason, November 5, 2009
Tibor R. Machan (Research Fellow) is interviewed.
"I think that for Ayn Rand to have survived and made a life for herself, she almost needed that edgy personality, otherwise she would have been destroyed," says Machan, who was born in Hungary in 1942. . . .
ARTICLES AND QUOTES ABOUT THE HOOVER INSTITUTION AND ITS FELLOWS
Putting the freak in economics
Business Standard (India), November 6, 2009
Gary S. Becker (Rose-Marie and Jack R. Anderson Senior Fellow) is mentioned in this article.
The writers’ contention is that many crucial decisions get made in an emotional way, and some others appear reasonable but, in fact, lack rationale. . . .
Is the Dollar Dying a Slow Death?
Time Magazine, November 6, 2009
Niall Ferguson (Senior Fellow) is quoted in this article.
The U.S. dollar seems to have as many lives as a cat. . . .
Canadians can learn from US Charter schools
Canada First Perspective, November 5, 2009
Caroline M. Hoxby (Senior Fellow
member of the K–12 Education Task Force) is mentioned in this article.
Canadians should take note of the success of charter schools in the United States, especially in addressing the needs of disadvantaged students. . . .
Californians Split on Constitutional Reform
New America Media (CA), October 31, 2009
Tammy Frisby (Research Fellow) is quoted in this article.
Latinos and Asian Americans are less dissatisfied with the process of putting initiatives on the ballot and are less eager to change California's constitution to restrict direct democracy than whites and African-Americans, says a poll from the Bill Lane Center for the American West at Stanford University. . . .
INTERNET MEDIA
Revolutions Of '89: 'At The Moment Of Crisis, Nobody Was At Home'
Radio Free Europe-Radio Liberty, November 5, 2009
Timothy Garton Ash (Senior Fellow) is quoted.
As "Newsweek's" bureau chief for Germany, Eastern Europe, and the Balkans, American journalist Michael Meyer was a professional observer of the revolutionary wave that swept across Central and Eastern Europe in 1989. . . .
By the Numbers
Brooklyn Rail (NY), November 5, 2009
Gary S. Becker (Rose-Marie and Jack R. Anderson Senior Fellow) is mentioned.
Building on the “economic theory of crime” developed in the mid-1970s by University of Chicago economics professor and Nobel laureate Gary Becker, Kleiman approaches today’s criminal justice situation with exacting precision. . . .
Will Productivity Kill a Job Rebound?
US News & World Report, November 5, 2009
Gary S. Becker (Rose-Marie and Jack R. Anderson Senior Fellow) is quoted.
Americans sure worked hard last quarter. . . .
Thinking the Unthinkable on Nuclear Policy
Huffington Post, November 5, 2009
George P. Shultz (Thomas W. and Susan B. Ford Distinguished Fellow) is mentioned.
Abolition of nuclear weapons has indeed been an elusive dream ever since the birth of the atomic age in 1945. . . .
NEWS RELEASES ABOUT THE HOOVER INSTITUTION AND ITS FELLOWS
Education Next: Fueled by Federal Stimulus Package, Education Spending Will Likely Increase Over Next Decade Despite Lack of Achievement Gains for Students
Business Wire, November 5, 2009
Education Next (Publication) is mentioned in this news release.
Despite an economic downturn and new data from the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) released last month that show no learning gains in
math for American 4th graders, the nation`s public schools will likely have more money and a larger and better paid labor force than they had in 2009, according to education researchers James W. Guthrie and Arthur Peng of Vanderbilt University. . . .
Iran at 30: Domestic, International Hurdles
University of Maryland, October 21, 2009
Abbas Milani (Research Fellow) is mentioned in this news release.
Top Iran experts from across the United States will convene for this symposium to assess Iran's position domestically and internationally following the tumult of elections, suppression of the Green Movement and the Geneva meeting on nuclear development. . . .
