Loose monetary policy clearly harmed the economy. If we don’t acknowledge it, we haven’t learned from it. By John B. Taylor.

Get rid of hapless regulations and political hubris, and the economy could sort itself out. By Russell Roberts.

Where radical changes are unpopular, there is no such thing as a safe seat. By David W. Brady, Daniel P. Kessler, and Douglas Rivers.

Food for thought: what if the GOP stopped putting educated, socially progressive voters on the shelf? By Michael J. Petrilli.

Why Obama hasn’t made a dent in the Arab-Islamic world’s anti-Americanism. By Fouad Ajami.

Nuclear weapons research and maintenance must continue, even as the world works to make nuclear arms obsolete. By George P. Shultz, William J. Perry, Henry A. Kissinger, and Sam Nunn.

The “typical” terrorist—the alienated, pious loner—is becoming less typical. What really motivates terrorists may surprise you. By Jessica Stern.

Turkey is turning against the United States and Israel, and cozying up to Syria and Iran. By Daniel Pipes.

As an election nears, the Conservatives are poised for a comeback. Or so it would appear. By Gerald A. Dorfman.

Students turn protest into another form of narcissism. By Peter Robinson.

Hoover fellow Condoleezza Rice talks about embracing change, as well as making it happen. By Katherine Bell.

Putting numbers to the news, Hoover fellow Bruce Bueno de Mesquita lays his bets on issues such as climate change and Middle East peace.

Would Stalin’s great adversary really have ushered in a workers’ paradise? No—a new look into Leon Trotsky’s life and legend shows his revolutionary road was only another cruel mirage. By Robert Service.

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Chiang Kai-shek’s Shanghai purge did more than intensify the Chinese civil war. It hastened the final clash between Trotsky and Stalin. Three perspectives on the story. By Paul R. Gregory, Hsiao-ting Lin, and Lisa Nguyen.