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What a “Change Candidate” . . . Can’t
Our new president will face familiar friends and even more familiar foes. By Victor Davis Hanson.
What Neoconservatism Is—and Isn’t
Where neoconservatism came from, what it stands for, and how it became associated with the war in Iraq. An intellectual movement considered. By Peter Berkowitz. Terrorism and National Security Soft power in the war on terror needs to be much more effective. How to sharpen one of the most important soft weapons: the law. By Jack Goldsmith. How an overconcern with security can distort the face America shows the world. By Josef Joffe. A short answer to the long war’s most urgent question: who is the enemy? By Daniel Pipes.
Suppose We Caught Bin Laden . . . Then What?
Seven years after 9/11, the legal aspects of the war on terrorism remain a mess. The next commander in chief must clean it up quickly. By Benjamin Wittes. How Hoover senior fellow John B. Taylor condensed a mass of complicated theory about monetary policy into a single lucid equation. By Prakash Loungani. Empowering the Federal Reserve to fix problems in the financial services industry may seem the smart thing to do right now, but watch out. Its hard-earned independence is at stake. By Dino Falaschetti. and Michael J. Orlando. Soak the rich? You can’t. A vital observation, first noted by former Hoover board chairman W. Kurt Hauser, banished this bit of wishful thinking. By David Ranson.
“A Tax Revolt, First and Foremost”
A comprehensive book by Hoover senior fellow Alvin Rabushka shows how newborn America found its financial footing. Is the No Child Left Behind Act supposed to help everyone, or only the disadvantaged? By Chester E. Finn Jr. and Michael J. Petrilli . Twenty-five years ago, there was a clarion call for better education. The clamor for school testing has drowned it out. By Diane Ravitch. This year’s “killer tomato” scare should put food-safety remedies like irradiation and genetic modification back on the menu. By Henry I. Miller.
I’m OK—You’re a Selfish, Partisan Hypocrite
A Hoover/ Economist survey of political attitudes finds voters in no mood for postpartisan lovey-dovey. By James W. Ceaser. Some of the roads not taken during this year’s wild primary season. By Bill Whalen. Did the Boumediene decision represent a victory for separation of powers? Hardly, despite what the Supreme Court majority claimed. Instead, it was judicial overreach. By Peter Berkowitz. The Supreme Court decided Boumediene correctly—but on the wrong grounds. By Richard A. Epstein.
Who Will Stand Up to the Tanks?
Hoover senior fellow Larry Diamond looks for places where democracy can still arise, and may yet flourish. By Janine di Giovanni. Who’s in charge, Vladimir Putin or Dmitry Medvedev? There is no simple answer. By Paul R. Gregory. A new military command takes a broad, sophisticated view of the U.S. role in a neglected continent. Its job won’t be easy. By James J. Hentz. China has come to Africa. Can U.S. policy makers find ways to mesh, not clash, with Beijing’s interests? By Christopher C. Starling. After many hopeful years, progress in bridging black-white gaps— health, education, achievement—has stalled. By Gary S. Becker. How can we guide our young people toward a meaningful life? Research by Hoover senior fellow William Damon suggests a critical answer: by giving them a sense of purpose.
What the Fastest-Growing Countries Can Teach Us
After leading a two-year study of the world’s surging economies, Hoover senior fellow Michael Spence wants to put their example to work. To succeed in the war on terror, Philip Bobbitt insists, the West needs an entirely new conceptual framework. By Peter Robinson.What makes Hoover an essential stop for China scholars? An interview with Richard Sousa, director of the Hoover Archives. By He Lidan. Was it a revolution? No. More like a baby-boomer coming-out party— with a rough morning after. By Niall Ferguson. Timothy Garton Ash compares the Europeans who came of age in 1968 with those whose barricades fell during the velvet revolutions of 1989. Eisenhower took office at a time of wars both cold and hot. One of his first actions was a complete rethinking of foreign policy. Our next president could learn from Ike’s example. By J. William DeMarco. The French writer Jacques Benoist-Méchin never quite repented of his enthusiasm for his Nazi masters. A new glimpse at a complex personality. By David Jacobs. |
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