Education

The Next Chapter in American Education
The politicians all say they’re in favor of education reform—but nothing much seems to happen. Former secretary of education William Bennett lays out what needs to get done.

When Progressiveness Leads to Backwardness
The staggering number of undereducated teenagers graduating from U.S. high schools every year is a national tragedy—and an object lesson in the damage that misguided educational fads can wreak. By Hoover media fellow Amity Shlaes.

Taking on the Unions
There is no way around it: reforming our schools means reforming the teachers’ unions. By Hoover fellow Terry M. Moe.

Legal Affairs

Reflections on the Recent Past: The Framers and Modern-Day Heresies
Former independent counsel Kenneth Starr reflects on the lessons to be learned from his investigation of the president.

Politics

Why the New Populism Won’t Go Away
Have we heard the last of Al Gore’s “New Populism”? No such luck. By Hoover media fellow Bob Zelnick.

Where Have All the Governors Gone?
You won’t find many calls for bold reform from today’s state capitals, where complacency, risk-aversion, and cutting big checks seem to be the order of the day. By Hoover fellow Bill Whalen.

How Reagan Helped to Build the House of Bush
George W. Bush, it seems plausible to argue, wouldn’t have been elected president in 2000 if George H. W. Bush hadn’t been elected president in 1988. And George H. W. Bush wouldn’t have been elected president in 1988 if Ronald Reagan hadn’t invited him to be Reagan’s running mate in 1980. Hoover fellow Edwin Meese III describes how Reagan decided to issue that 1980 invitation–starting the Bushes on their way.

Race

The Double Bind of Race and Guilt
It was not joblessness that bred the black underclass—it was 35 years of counterproductive government programs. By Hoover fellow Shelby Steele.

From Protest to Politics
A new generation of technocratic black mayors has emerged with a pragmatic, bottom-line approach to governing. Tamar Jacoby hails these new leaders for their commitment to fiscal solvency and building cities that work—for both blacks and whites.

One Nation, Indivisible
Affirmative action is a direct threat to the culture of equality that defines the character of the nation. By Ward Connerly.

Crime

Tough Justice Is Saving Our Inner Cities
America’s cities are being reborn. Who are the midwives? Cops. By Hoover fellow Gary S. Becker.

Environment

No, the Sky Is Not Falling
Naysayers in the environmental movement have convinced much of the public that our environment is on the road to ruin. Peter W. Huber explains why quite the opposite is the case.

Bootleggers, Baptists, and Global Warming
As the negotiations over the Kyoto Protocol drag on, environmentalists, corporations, and governments are lobbying in backrooms for provisions that will benefit their own interests. Our interests would be best met if the protocol were scrapped altogether. By Bruce Yandle.

The New Economy

The Dawn of the e-Revolution
Despite the magnitude of technological change that we have experienced in the last 30 years, Hoover fellow Newt Gingrich argues, the true technological revolution has only just begun.

The Virtue of Prosperity
Is the impact of the new technocapitalist economy a net plus or net minus for society as a whole? Hoover media fellow Dinesh D’Souza on the moral conundrum of success.

National Security

Secrecy and Security
When teenagers have proven they can hack into Pentagon computers, how can we ever hope to protect our vital national secrets? Hoover fellow Bruce Berkowitz outlines a security regime for the information age.

International Relations

Debt for Democracy
The campaign to convince the international community to write off the debts of the several dozen poorest countries is morally inspiring, politically timely—and terribly misguided. By Hoover fellow Larry Diamond.

Communism, Democracy, and Golf
How should we deal with the reality of a United States that a decade after the fall of the Berlin Wall is the world’s ideological reference, economic innovator, and only global superpower? Hoover fellow Ken Jowitt offers some suggestions.

Europe

Fires of Hatred
Although the term ethnic cleansing became part of the lexicon only with the Balkan wars of the 1990s, the brutal practices the term describes occurred with numbing frequency during the past century. Hoover fellow Norman M. Naimark on what causes ethnic cleansing—and how it can be stopped.

The Last Revolution
How—and why—did Slobodan Milosevic finally fall from power? Hoover fellow Timothy Garton Ash offers an eyewitness report.

The Right Way, the Wrong Way, and the Dutch Way*
While most nations in Europe are struggling with sluggish economic growth and high unemployment rates, the Netherlands is booming. Hoover fellow Melvyn Krauss and Lee R. Thomas explain what the rest of Europe can learn from “the Dutch way.”

Mexico

Before the Fall
Despite being corrupt and unpopular, Mexico’s Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) managed to hold onto power for seven decades before opposition candidate Vicente Fox won the presidency last July. How did the PRI manage this feat? Alberto Diaz-Cayeros, Beatriz Magaloni, and Barry R. Weingast explain.

History & Culture

How FDR Saved Capitalism
During the economic crisis of the 1930s, many expected a socialist revolution. The revolution never came. Why? The man in the White House co-opted the left. By Hoover fellow Seymour Martin Lipset and Gary Marks.

Ronald Reagan’s Best Scene
Ronald Reagan played his best scene not in Hollywood but while in the White House. By Hoover fellow and former governor of California Pete Wilson.

Here’s the Rest of Him
Nancy Reagan shows us the side of her husband Dutch didn’t. By Hoover fellow Peter Robinson.

Archives

Documenting Romania’s Long Struggle
Hoover archivist Elena S. Danielson explains how a tenacious man in his seventies provided a remarkable glimpse into a century of Romanian history.

An Album of Romanian Images from the Hoover Archives
Images from the Hoover Archives trace the trajectory of Romanian history in the twentieth century. The selection provided here opens a window on a nation in the process of defining itself.