OP-EDS AND COMMENTARY BY HOOVER FELLOWS

Sun and Socialism
Tribune Media Services, March 17, 2010
by Victor Davis Hanson (Martin and Illie Anderson Senior Fellow)

Plant a welfare state in a warm climate, and it will grow like Jack’s beanstalk. . . .

Letter: Feeding the Propaganda of Anti-Technology Activists
Wall Street Journal, March 17, 2010
by Henry I. Miller (Research Fellow ) Peter Berkowitz (Tad and Dianne Taube Senior Fellow
Chair, National Security and Law Task Force
Cochair, Virtues of a Free Society Task Force) is mentioned.

Peter Berkowitz is right to condemn abuses in the peer-review process ("Climategate Was an Academic Disaster Waiting to Happen," op-ed, March 13 ), many of which reflect the biases of both articles' referees and journal editors. . . .

BLOGS BY HOOVER FELLOWS

Says it all
Cafe Hayek, March 17, 2010
by Russell Roberts (Research Fellow)

Here’s an amazing story from CNN because it’s so ordinary. . . .

Buying the Generic GOP Brand
Bill Whalen: Politi-Cal, March 17, 2010
by Bill Whalen (Research Fellow)

Another sign of trouble ahead for Democrats: Republican candidates now have a 10-point lead in Rasmussen Reports’ Generic Congressional Ballot, the GOP’s biggest edge in three years of weekly tracking. . . .

Reflections on the Revolution in America
Works and Days, March 16, 2010
by Victor Davis Hanson (Martin and Illie Anderson Senior Fellow)

These are exciting though scary revolutionary times, akin to the constant acrimony in the fourth-century BC polis, mid-nineteenth century revolutionary Europe, or — perhaps in a geriatric replay — the 1960s. . . .

I Love Capitalism, Again
EconLog, March 16, 2010
by David R. Henderson (Research Fellow)

Driving home from skiing today--it was a gorgeous day in California, by the way--I saw a Bass Pro Shops in a city called Manteca. . . .

Hayek in Texas
Cafe Hayek, March 16, 2010
by Russell Roberts (Research Fellow)

Is Hayek an important enough economist to be taught in Texas schools alongside Keynes and Friedman? . . .

Was the “Considerable Period” or the “Measured Pace” More At Fault?
Economics One (blog), March 15, 2010
by John B. Taylor (George P. Shultz Senior Fellow in Economics
Chair, Working Group on Economic Policy
member of the Task Force on Energy Policy)

In his recent review in The New York Review of Books of my book Getting Off Track, Roger Alcaly makes a very interesting point about the “too low for too long” hypothesis, according to which the Fed helped cause the housing boom. . . .

INTERVIEWS WITH HOOVER FELLOWS

War & History with Victor Davis Hanson: Chapter 3 of 5
Uncommon Knowledge, March 17, 2010
by Peter M. Robinson (Research Fellow) Victor Davis Hanson (Martin and Illie Anderson Senior Fellow) is interviewed.

Victor Davis Hanson discusses error and war, including the errors made in the War in Iraq. . . .

One Economist's Solution for Financial Reform
Motley Fool, March 16, 2010
John B. Taylor (George P. Shultz Senior Fellow in Economics
Chair, Working Group on Economic Policy
member of the Task Force on Energy Policy) is interviewed.

It’s been a year and a half since the banking system came crashing down in the fall of 2008, forcing Merrill Lynch into the arms of Bank of America (NYSE: BAC), Wachovia to Wells Fargo (NYSE: WFC), and Washington Mutual to JPMorgan Chase (NYSE: JPM). . . .

ARTICLES AND QUOTES ABOUT THE HOOVER INSTITUTION AND ITS FELLOWS

A New “Greek Tragedy”
New American, March 17, 2010
Niall Ferguson (Senior Fellow) is quoted in this article.

Let us be perfectly clear: The fiscal woes of Greece, one of the European Union’s weaker economies to begin with, are quite likely beyond even the abilities of the denizens of Mount Olympus to solve. . . .

If bill fails, Pelosi has strategic alternative
San Francisco Chronicle, March 17, 2010
Michael McConnell (Senior Fellow) is mentioned in this article.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Wednesday traded fire with Republicans over a procedural rule that would allow House members to pass sweeping health care changes without a direct up-or-down vote on the Senate-passed version of the legislation. . . .

Education Reform: Has Obama Found a Bipartisan Issue?
Time Magazine, March 17, 2010
Michael J. Petrilli (Research Fellow) is quoted in this article.

When the bare-knuckled brawl over health-care reform finally wraps up, and the Obama Administration pivots to less divisive topics, education reform may be one of the few issues capable of drawing bipartisan support. . . .

Be cautious as government debts grow
Toronto Star, March 16, 2010
Niall Ferguson (Senior Fellow) is quoted in this article.

Canadian households should be cautious as government debt levels soar. . . .

The Troubles
Newsweek, March 16, 2010
Niall Ferguson (Senior Fellow) is quoted in this article.

Call it America's Age of Angst. . . .

The next test
Economist, March 16, 2010 (Subscription Required)
Chester E. Finn Jr. (Senior Fellow
Chair, K–12 Education Task Force) is quoted in this article.

Barack Obama’s plan to overhaul No Child Left Behind. . . .

‘Slaughter Solution’ could face legal challenge
Politico, March 16, 2010
Michael McConnell (Senior Fellow) is quoted in this article.

The so-called “Slaughter solution” for enacting health care reform without a conventional House vote on an identically worded Senate bill would be vulnerable to credible constitutional challenge, experts say. . . .

House plan to pass health care raises constitutional questions
McClatchy Newspapers, March 15, 2010
Michael McConnell (Senior Fellow) is quoted in this article.

As the battle over health care legislation built Monday toward a weekend crescendo, congressional Democrats considered trying to pass the controversial Senate version without voting for it, a tactic that Republicans and independent analysts warned could be politically treacherous and perhaps unconstitutional. . . .

Over the cliff for healthcare
Buffalo Reflex (MO), March 17, 2010
Michael McConnell (Senior Fellow) is quoted in this article.

The Democratic Party’s march to political suicide on healthcare reform legislation is a sight to behold. . . .

INTERNET MEDIA

Reform of 'No Child Left Behind' Calls for More Flexibility, Higher Standards
Politics Daily (DC), March 17, 2010
Michael J. Petrilli (Research Fellow) is quoted.

It's been something of a parlor game among educators and Washington think-tank types to speculate on what the long-overdue reauthorization of the No Child Left Behind Act would -- and should -- eventually look like. . . .

Read My Lips
Acton Institute, March 16, 2010
Peter Berkowitz (Tad and Dianne Taube Senior Fellow
Chair, National Security and Law Task Force
Cochair, Virtues of a Free Society Task Force) is quoted.

A few years ago I asked a friend and business owner why he put value on a college diploma when talking with entry level talent who had majored in subjects incredibly tangential to his job descriptions. . . .

Rethinking Reagan: Conversation with David E. Hoffman (Part I)
Huffington Post, March 16, 2010
Hoover Institution and George P. Shultz (Thomas W. and Susan B. Ford Distinguished Fellow
Chair, Energy Policy Task Force
member of the Working Group on Economic Policy) are mentioned.

With the Reagan Centennial Celebrations set to begin in just less than a year, www.thereaganfiles.com is conducting a series of conversations with noted Reagan historians. . . .

House Democrats’ Healthcare Reform Plans Are Unconstitutional
US News and World Report, March 16, 2010
Michael McConnell (Senior Fellow) is quoted.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and her allies, in an effort to be clever, have overstepped their constitutional bounds. . . .

NEWS RELEASES ABOUT THE HOOVER INSTITUTION AND ITS FELLOWS

The Witherspoon Institute Presents Findings From The Social Cost of Pornography Project
PR Newswire, March 16, 2010
Mary Eberstadt (Research Fellow) is quoted in this news release.

A growing body of research suggests that the habitual use of pornography — especially Internet pornography — can damage people of all ages and both sexes, negatively impacting their relationships, productivity, happiness and their ability to function in society. . . .