OP-EDS AND COMMENTARY BY HOOVER FELLOWS

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

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. . . .

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. . . .

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. . . .

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. . . .

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

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. . . .

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. . . .

‘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. . . .

INTERNET MEDIA

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. . . .

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. . . .

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. . . .