OP-EDS AND COMMENTARY BY HOOVER FELLOWS

Bearing witness is a sacred trust
Guardian (UK), March 10, 2010
by Timothy Garton Ash (Senior Fellow)

Every writer of reportage ought to learn from the Kapuscinski controversy. . . .

Dr. Mitchell's Mideast Talking Cure
Wall Street Journal, March 11, 2010
by Josef Joffe (Marc and Anita Abramowitz Fellow in International Relations )

What are the odds of success on the most recent "breakthrough" in the Middle East peace process? . . .

BLOGS BY HOOVER FELLOWS

Obama’s Great Gift — to Bush
Works and Days, March 10, 2010
by Victor Davis Hanson (Martin and Illie Anderson Senior Fellow)

Barack Obama has oddly done a great service to George W. Bush. . . .

Taxation of Unemployment Benefits
EconLog, March 10, 2010
by David R. Henderson (Research Fellow)

On the comments yesterday on my post on the effect of unemployment benefits on unemployment, Noah Yetter wrote: You have to pay taxes on unemployement benefits? . . .

We Smell a Rat
EconLog, March 11, 2010
by David R. Henderson (Research Fellow)

The FDA is getting worse and worse. . . .

Measuring Stimulus
Cafe Hayek, March 10, 2010
by Russell Roberts (Research Fellow)

In this post, I disagreed with Menzie Chinn and argued that CBO estimates of the impactof the stimulus are not estimates. . . .

Milton Friedman Had It Right All Along
Economics One (blog), March 10, 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)

The following is a reasonable summary, in my view, of the available evidence on the impacts of discretionary fiscal and monetary policy actions taken before, during, and after the recent financial crisis: . . .

On Biden in Israel
Corner, National Review Online, March 10, 2010
by Daniel Pipes (Taube Distinguished Visiting Fellow)

Joe Biden’s trip to Israel fits neatly into the context of the Obama administration’s internal struggle over Israel policy. . . .

The Role of Private Lawyers
New York Times, March 9, 2010
by Kenneth Anderson (member of the Task Force on National Security and Law)

I signed the letter because I believe one can serve as a lawyer outside of government, and then enter government to do important work on that same topic — even advocating the views of an administration that has come to different conclusions. . . .

Demagoguery on Legal Defense
New York Times, March 9, 2010
by Benjamin Wittes (member of the Task Force on National Security and Law)

It is deeply wrong to stigmatize those in the Justice Department who have represented Guantánamo detainees in their prior careers. . . .

ARTICLES AND QUOTES ABOUT THE HOOVER INSTITUTION AND ITS FELLOWS

Panel Proposes Single Standard for All Schools
New York Times, March 10, 2010 (Registration Required)
Chester E. Finn Jr. (Senior Fellow
Chair, K–12 Education Task Force) is quoted in this article.

A panel of educators convened by the nation’s governors and state school superintendents proposed a uniform set of academic standards on Wednesday, laying out their vision for what all the nation’s public school children should learn in math and English, year by year, from kindergarten to high school graduation. . . .

Quake Shakes Chilean President Pinera’s Plan to Spur Economy
Bloomberg, March 11, 2010
Robert J. Barro (Senior Fellow) is quoted in this article.

Fisherman Adolfo Opazo walks in a daze to where his house stood until Feb. 27, when an earthquake and tsunami turned his neighborhood in Constitucion, Chile, into a wasteland. . . .

Obama nears compromise on Guantanamo trials
Agence France-Presse, March 10, 2010
Benjamin Wittes (member of the Task Force on National Security and Law) is quoted in this article.

President Barack Obama appears near a compromise to allow military tribunals to move forward for the alleged September 11 plotters in exchange for a deal to close the Guantanamo Bay detention center. . . .

SIEPR's new home to be dedicated on March 11
Stanford Report, March 10, 2010
John Shoven (Buzz and Barbara McCoy Senior Fellow
member of the Working Group on Economic Policy) is quoted in this article.

The John A. and Cynthia Fry Gunn Building will house the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research and aid generations of students, economic researchers and policymakers. . . .

INTERNET MEDIA

Businesses Need New and Real Promises from Washington
Heritage Foundation, March 10, 2010
Robert J. Barro (Senior Fellow) is quoted.

While legislators finalize yet another round of stimulus spending, they should self-impose a time-out to assess the ineffectiveness of the last two years of government-directed stimulus. . . .