OP-EDS AND COMMENTARY BY HOOVER FELLOWS
The facts of the election are disputed. Iranians can make the next one better
Guardian (UK), July 2, 2009
by Timothy Garton Ash (Senior Fellow)
So it's official...
Missing Our Moment in Iran
National Review Online, July 2, 2009
by Victor Davis Hanson (Martin and Illie Anderson Senior Fellow)
Last month, hundreds of thousands of Iranians took to the streets to protest a rigged presidential election...
Tyranny Loses In Iran
Forbes, July 1, 2009
by Abbas Milani (Research Fellow)
A tyrannical triumvirate, one that is led by Ayatollah Khamenei and supported by the military might of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and the street presence of gangs with ranks numbering at least a few million, seems hell-bent on forcing Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on the reluctant and still-resisting people of Iran...
Sorting out truth in medical cost debate
Dallas Morning News, July 2, 2009
by Thomas Sowell (Rose and Milton Friedman Senior Fellow on Public Policy)
There are an abundance of catch phrases but remarkably few coherent arguments in the political and media discussions of medical care...
ARTICLES ABOUT THE HOOVER INSTITUTION AND ITS FELLOWS
Expert Panels Named in Common-Standards Push
Education Week, July 1, 2009
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Chester E. Finn Jr. (Senior Fellow
Chair, K–12 Education Task Force ) is mentioned in this article.
The two national organizations coordinating a push for common academic standards today named the 29 people who are deciding what math and language arts skills students will need to know and when, along with the 35 people who will formally critique the group’s work...
Opposition movement in Iran not over, experts say
CNN, July 1, 2009
Abbas Milani (Research Fellow) is quoted in this article.
The chants, the clashes, the outrage, the blood -- for more than two weeks, the world watched as the fallout from Iran's presidential elections unraveled from peaceful demonstrations to government-led crackdowns on city streets...
Obama-Medvedev Relations ‘Reset’ May Stop at Arms Cut
Bloomberg, July 2, 2009
Michael McFaul (Peter and Helen Bing Senior Fellow) is quoted in this article.
Presidents Barack Obama and Dmitry Medvedev will be looking to trumpet their commitment to reducing nuclear arms when they meet in Moscow next week...
BLOGS, PODCASTS AND OTHER INTERNET OFFERINGS
The Books Interview: Niall Ferguson
New Statesman (UK), July 2, 2009
Niall Ferguson (Senior Fellow) is interviewed.
The Ascent of Money is an essay in financial history...
Pseudoscientific Research -- In Nutrition & Education
Ed Policy (Blog), July 1, 2009
by Williamson M. Evers (Research Fellow)
The May-June issue of the Skeptical Inquirer prints an important article on the science of nutrition by Dr. Reynold Spector, who is currently a clinical professor at the Robert Wood Johnson Medical School in New Jersy...
George Shultz & David O'Reilly Talk Energy Policy
ForaTv, July 1, 2009
George P. Shultz (Thomas W. and Susan B. Ford Distinguished Fellow) is interviewed.
