President Obama? A centrist? The administration’s economic policy and budget have now destroyed that illusion. By Michael J. Boskin.

For the “victims” of the foreclosures, an overdue case of live and learn. By Thomas Sowell.

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Why minorities are estranged from conservatism. By Shelby Steele.

When it comes to schools, Obama’s stimulus is likely to lock in a set of bad policies. By Eric A. Hanushek and Alfred Lindseth.

National education standards are as desirable as ever, and perhaps as distant. By Chester E. Finn Jr.

Obama is turning away from the emancipation of the Muslim world, offering no change its people can believe in. By Fouad Ajami.

Terrorists are getting very good at covering their tracks. Their pursuers must become even better at uncovering them. By Katya Drozdova.

Ten reasons why America’s health care system is in better condition than you might suppose. By Scott W. Atlas.

Now it’s Hillary Clinton’s turn to play “the Peacemaker.” The cast may change, but the script—anti-Semitism in the Arab world—doesn’t. By Josef Joffe.

A game theorist looks at Iran’s intentions—and where its nuclear program is heading. By Bruce Bueno de Mesquita.

So television is bad, but letting the tube go dark would be even worse . . . By Diana Schaub.

More entitlements, less responsibility. Hoover senior fellow Gary S. Becker on notions of financial rescue. By Mary Anastasia O’Grady.

General Jack Keane, who helped create the surge, says the war in Iraq was well worth it. By Peter Robinson.

The joys and challenges of mentoring the historians of the future. By Norman M. Naimark.

Celebrating the ninetieth birthday of the Hoover Institution, a revolutionary place. By Nicholas Siekierski.