Four More Years

Think Rushmore
The Bush administration faces challenges and dangers of a kind that few other administrations in all our history have ever had to face. But these historic challenges and dangers also represent historic opportunities. By Thomas Sowell.

The Battle's Half Won
We have succeeded in stalling socialism. Can the Bush administration reverse it? By Milton Friedman.

Stay the Course—Except on Spending
In his second term, the president needs to continue pushing for smaller government, lower taxes, and less regulation. By Michael J. Boskin.

Real Tax Reform
In Central and Eastern Europe, the flat tax has proved a resounding success. Why not enact it here? By Alvin Rabushka.

Power to the Parents
President Bush should empower parents by giving them a say over where—and how and from whom—their children learn. By Chester E. Finn Jr.

The Courts at a Crossroads
What kind of judges should the president nominate? The kind who are willing to place limitations on government power and to protect individual rights against federal and state intervention. By Richard A. Epstein.

Improving the Environmental Grade
The president's goal should be to leave office having improved the environment and reduced the regulatory burden. By Terry L. Anderson.

An Energy Policy for the Twenty-first Century
The challenge for the next four years: to implement energy policies that allow plentiful energy at reasonable costs, that enhance energy security, and that reduce emissions of carbon dioxide. By James L. Sweeney.

Reforming Health Care
The U.S. health care system is in critical condition. How the president can revive it. By Daniel P. Kessler.

Why We Need Europe
We cannot succeed in Iraq or in the war on terror without first repairing our relations with Europe. By Gerald A. Dorfman.

Backsliding in Moscow
The Russia of Vladimir Putin is becoming increasingly authoritarian—and President Bush should say so. By John B. Dunlop.

The Trouble with Kim Jong Il
We need a better class of dictator running North Korea. Challenges the administration faces in dealing with Kim Jong Il. By Henry S. Rowen.

The War on Terror

The Real Humanists
The toppling the Taliban, the overthrowing of Saddam Hussein, and the establishment of democracy in the Arab world represent "the most humane developments in the Middle East in a century." By Victor Davis Hanson.

Iraq

What Is at Stake?
In Afghanistan the practitioners of international terrorism suffered one grievous blow. The fate of Iraq will determine whether they suffer a final blow or get back on their feet. By Robert Zelnick.

Ukraine

What Democracy Assistance Is ... and Is Not
Democracy is not an American plot. By Michael McFaul.

Europe

Yet Another Reason They Dislike Us
Europe is rich, but the United States is richer. By Russell A. Berman and Arno Tausch.

Britain

Trouble at Number Ten
Tony Blair has paid dearly for supporting George W. Bush. With Blair's public support at an all-time low, can Britain's special relationship with the United States endure? By Gerald A. Dorfman.

China

China Goes South of the Border
Chinese President Hu Jintao has spent more time in Latin America than George W. Bush. What are the Chinese up to? By William Ratliff.

Afghanistan

Great Debates
The creation of the new Afghan constitution was rife with conflict. Will it bring peace to this long-suffering country? By J Alexander Thier.

The Middle East

Disengagement First
Ariel Sharon's disengagement from Gaza will result in a more secure Israel while enhancing prospects for the creation of a Palestinian state. By Abraham D. Sofaer.

The War on Terror: An Alternative Approach
How to rethink the war on terror. By Douglass C. North.

Between Democracy and Stability
The demographic time bomb ticking away in the Middle East is going to blow away a lot of Western-leaning regimes—unless true reform begins soon. By Larry Diamond.

Iran

Give Diplomacy a Chance
In dealing with Tehran, diplomacy is a lot more likely to work than military action. By Michael McFaul and Abbas Milani.

What Are the Options?
How can we get Tehran to give up its nuclear ambitions? By judicious use of the carrot—and the stick. By Geoffrey Kemp.

International Relations

How to Save the United Nations (If We Really Have To)
The U.N. isn't dead yet—but it may soon be on life support. How to restore it to some semblance of health. By Charles Hill.

Politics

The Illusion of "Either-Or" Politics
Why George W. Bush is unlikely to veer to the right. By Tod Lindberg.

How He Did It
How George W. Bush won—and what his opponents must do to regroup. By Bill Whalen.

Economics

Stick to the Basics
It was the Kerry-Edwards campaign that was out of touch with economic reality. By Michael J. Boskin.

Entrepreneurship and Democracy
Entrepreneurs as the revolutionaries of our time. By Pitch Johnson.

Health Care

Pathological Science
Health scares based on bad data represent a growing problem. By Henry I. Miller.

Welfare

Bush's War on Poverty, Part I
The Bush administration is promoting a 10-year program to eradicate homelessness in America. Is this goal attainable? By Jeffrey M. Jones.

History and Culture

Reagan, Tearing Down That Wall
Remembering the man who, in Margaret Thatcher's words, "won the Cold War ... without firing a shot." By Dinesh D'Souza.

One Hundred Years Ago in Russia
The first Russian revolution. By Arnold Beichman.

The Gulag: Lest We Forget
The more we are able to understand how various societies have transformed their neighbors and fellow citizens from people into objects, and the more we know of the specific circumstances that led to each episode of mass torture and mass murder, the better we will understand the darker side of our own human nature. By Anne Applebaum.

Hoover Archives

The Gulag: Life Inside
The Hoover Institution Archives houses an extensive collection of material on the Soviet Gulag. The diaries, letters, faded photographs, and prison records offer remarkable insight into life in the prison camps. By Brad Bauer.

Karl Raimund Popper: The Philosopher and His Papers
An examination of the political philosophy and legacy of one of the most important minds of the twentieth century. By Tom Bethell.