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Hoover Digest 2003 No. 1

January 30, 2003

What Every American Wants

The president has proposed sweeping tax cuts. Hover fellow and Nobel laureate Milton Friedman approves.

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January 30, 2003

Making Deficits Disappear

The proper response to the president's tax proposals? Bravo! By Melvyn Krauss.

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January 30, 2003

Doom or Boom?

Gloomy predictions notwithstanding, there are plenty of signs that the American economy is on the rebound. By Charles Wolf Jr.

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January 30, 2003

The Decline and Fall of American Education

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American education is in serious trouble. Why aren’t we more concerned? By Paul E. Peterson.

January 30, 2003

Teachers for the New Century

To improve our public schools we need better teachers. Hoover fellow Edward P. Lazear explains how to get them.

January 30, 2003

Smaller Is Better

Iowa Test of Basic Skills Performance: Chicago Public Schools, 1997 and 1999

The evidence is coming in: Smaller schools produce results. By Hoover fellow Hanna Skandera and Hoover senior associate director Richard Sousa.

January 30, 2003

Beating the Odds

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With the slow economy and a slew of corporate scandals making headlines, the Democrats should have swept last fall’s midterm elections. What happened? An analysis by Hoover fellows David W. Brady and Morris P. Fiorina.

January 30, 2003

Why Big Government Is Still the Problem

Is the era of big government really over? In a word, hardly. By Hoover fellow Dinesh D’Souza.

January 30, 2003

Judicializing Politics, Politicizing Law

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More and more, courts in both the United States and Europe are legislating from the bench. Hoover fellow John Ferejohn on a trend that appears unstoppable.

January 30, 2003

Nike and the First Amendment

Does the First Amendment extend to corporate America? The Supreme Court is about to decide. By Clark S. Judge.

January 30, 2003

Who Owns the Genome?

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Should private companies be granted patents on the human genome? Hoover fellow Richard Epstein on a debate that he argues has been fraught with needless misunderstanding.

January 30, 2003

The Academy Takes a Dive

Has the National Academy of Sciences—long seen as a reliable, independent, and incorruptible source of advice on scientific, technological, and medical issues—been providing the federal government with flawed and politically motivated advice? By Hoover fellow Henry I. Miller.

January 30, 2003

The War This Time

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Should war with Iraq come, how will it differ from the last conflict in the Persian Gulf? By Hoover fellow Robert Zelnick.

January 30, 2003

When There’s No Good Guy

Saddam must go. By Hoover fellow Dinesh D’Souza.

January 30, 2003

Endgame

Why the United States should not go it alone. By Hoover fellow Larry Diamond.

January 30, 2003

America Lays It on the Line

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The Bush Doctrine could transform international relations for generations to come. By Hoover fellow Charles Hill.

January 30, 2003

A Man for All Seasons

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Introducing a new, more flexible George W. Bush. By Hoover fellow Michael McFaul.

January 30, 2003

Rebuilding Kabul

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After 23 years of war, the city slowly emerges from the rubble. By Michael Walker.

January 30, 2003

Democracies and Their Spies

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Are secrecy and democracy inherently incompatible? Not necessarily. By Hoover fellow Bruce Berkowitz.

January 30, 2003

What Price Security?

Would you rather take the slim chance of being blown up by a terrorist or have all your e-mail read by the government? Hoover fellow Timothy Garton Ash on the costs of protecting ourselves.

January 30, 2003

The Big Bang of NATO Enlargement

NATO is getting bigger—and a good thing, too. By Hoover visiting fellow Donald Abenheim.

January 30, 2003

Lula’s Moment

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Brazil has suffered economic and political stagnation for a quarter of a century. Will the nation’s charismatic new president be able to make a difference? By Hoover fellows Stephen Haber, Herbert S. Klein, and Hoover senior associate director Richard Sousa.SIDEBAR: Live from Rio

January 30, 2003

Unfinished Business

Our attention may be riveted on the Middle East, but there’s trouble brewing in the states of the former Soviet Union. By Hoover fellow Michael McFaul.

January 30, 2003

Mr. Blair Places His Bet

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In supporting President Bush’s tough stance against Saddam Hussein, Prime Minister Blair is putting his political capital at risk. Will the gamble pay off? By Hoover fellow Gerald A. Dorfman.

January 30, 2003

The German Difference

Why U.S.-German relations remain strained. By Hoover fellow Russell A. Berman.

January 30, 2003

What Will Hu Do?

At a spry 60 years old, Hu Jintao is—by the standards of Chinese leaders—a very young man. Does his rise signal a break with the past? Not likely. Hoover fellow Alice Lyman Miller explains.

January 30, 2003

From Mao to Hu

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And now, the real great leap forward. By Hoover fellow Robert J. Barro.

January 30, 2003

Sorting Pieces of the Russian Past

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Russia grapples with the painful legacy of Stalin’s terror. By Hoover fellow Arnold Beichman.
SIDEBAR: Artist and Gulag Survivor Thomas Sgovio

January 30, 2003

From the Prison to the Castle: The Legacy of Václav Havel

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The man who inspired the Velvet Revolution. By Iva K. Naffziger.

January 30, 2003

The Longshoreman Philosopher

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Eric Hoffer’s papers in the Hoover Archives run to many thousands of pages and include journals that have never been published. Hoover media fellow Tom Bethell examines the trove.