OP-EDS AND COMMENTARY BY HOOVER FELLOWS

Moral Melodrama on Markets
Creators Syndicate, May 14, 2008
by Thomas Sowell (Rose and Milton Friedman Senior Fellow on Public Policy).

Let’s face it...

The Right Path With N. Korea
Washington Post, May 13, 2008 (Registration Required)
by William J. Perry (Senior Fellow).

The Bush administration's North Korea strategy is being criticized from the right and the left for letting Pyongyang off the hook...

Sentimental reflections on America and liberty
Freedom Communications, May 12, 2008
by Tibor R. Machan (Research Fellow ).

My job in writing columns, as I see it, is to attempt to work out how the original American experiment could be extended and improved upon and made to serve the purpose of addressing various emerging political-economic problems...

The Education Industrial Complex
New York Sun, May 9, 2008
by Paul E. Peterson (Senior Fellow). Eric Hanushek (Paul and Jean Hanna Senior Fellow in Education ) and Education Next (Publication) are mentioned.

The latest international test results in math and science show America trailing the average international score...

ARTICLES ABOUT THE HOOVER INSTITUTION AND ITS FELLOWS

30 Years Ago in Reason
Reason, June 1, 2008
Alvin Rabushka (David and Joan Traitel Senior Fellow) is quoted in this article.

June 1978...

Free the Market For Political Donors
Wall Street Journal, May 14, 2008 (Subscription Required)
Milton Friedman is quoted in this article.

In reference to your editorial "The Reformers Who Ruined Politics" (May 6): As with so many public policy issues the best person to ask for a solution is Milton Friedman...

Study forecasts hike in online education
United Press International, May 14, 2008
Hoover Institution is mentioned in this article.

A conservative think tank in California is predicting that U.S. high schools will be delivering half of their courses online by the year 2019...

'Quick fix culture is dumbing down education'
Telegraph (UK), May 14, 2008
Niall Ferguson (Senior Fellow) is mentioned in this article.

School tests have been "dumbed down" to ensure that pupils get the right answer quickly rather than working through ideas, said Jonathan Milton, the headmaster of Westminster Abbey Choir School, in London...

Exam system ‘fails to prepare students for university studies’
Times (UK), May 14, 2008
Niall Ferguson (Senior Fellow) is featured in this article.

England’s education system has become “fatally distorted” by an unhealthy fixation with anachronistic exams that ill prepare students for university, a leading academic has claimed...

Education in English schools is 'fatally distorted' says Niall Ferguson
Times (UK), May 13, 2008
Niall Ferguson (Senior Fellow) is featured in this article.

The English education system has become “fatally distorted” by an unhealthy fixation with an anachronistic examinations system that ill prepares students for university, a leading academic has warned...

Congressional Problem Creation
Human Events Online, May 13, 2008
Milton Friedman is quoted in this article.

Most of the great problems we face are caused by politicians creating solutions to problems they created in the first place...

ACSH Presents the First Henry I. Miller Award
American Council on Science and Health, May 7, 2008
Henry I. Miller (Research Fellow ) is featured in this article.

The first Henry I. Miller Award for Excellence in Public Health Education was presented to Dr. Henry Miller Wednesday, May 7, 2008...

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THE MORNING BRIEF
Wall Street Journal, May 14, 2008 (Subscription Required)
. George P. Shultz (Thomas W. and Susan B. Ford Distinguished Fellow) is quoted.

Defense Secretary Robert Gates yesterday suggested that in the years ahead, U.S. generals really should be trying to fight the last war, because Iraq represents both the future and the present for armed conflict...

Whitman Working It for McCain
San Francisco Chronicle, May 13, 2008
. George P. Shultz (Thomas W. and Susan B. Ford Distinguished Fellow) and John F. Cogan (Leonard and Shirley Ely Senior Fellow ) are mentioned.

Former ebay CEO Meg Whitman is taking her next step in high profile political circles, hosting GOP presidential candidate John McCain at her Atherton home next week during the Arizona Senator's three day fundraising and campaign visit to the Golden State...

Peter Robinson
townhall.com, May 13, 2008
. Peter M. Robinson (Research Fellow) is featured.

Hugh concludes day one of Hoover week from Stanford University with his co-host of the day, Peter Robinson...

A Lunch To Remember and CaringForChina.org
townhall.com, May 13, 2008
. Thomas Sowell (Rose and Milton Friedman Senior Fellow on Public Policy) and Peter M. Robinson (Research Fellow) and Victor Davis Hanson (Martin and Illie Anderson Senior Fellow) and Hoover Institution are mentioned.

First, please consider a donation to CaringForChina.org...

NEWS RELEASES ABOUT THE HOOVER INSTITUTION AND ITS FELLOWS

Scientists Honor Top Science Op-Ed Writer: Henry I. Miller
American Council on Science and Health, May 7, 2008
Henry I. Miller (Research Fellow ) is featured in this news release.

The American Council on Science and Health today presents the first Henry I. Miller Award for Excellence in Public Health Education to Dr. Henry Miller, research fellow at the Hoover Institution...