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July 2, 2010
Debt Roulette
The Obama budget represents the biggest gamble in our entire fiscal history. By Michael J. Boskin.
July 2, 2010
You’re Hired! Eventually . . .
A rising economy is the only thing that will help the long-term jobless. By Gary S. Becker.
On the cover:
A tower looms above El Pueblo Español, a
replica Spanish village built for Barcelona’s
World Exposition of 1929–30. The expo
advertised in this poster was designed to
showcase Spain’s art, culture, architecture,
and products. It also strove to evoke, as
military dictator Miguel Primo de Rivera
stressed to the opening-day crowds,
Spanish history and greatness. The tower
of El Pueblo Español, which still stands
amid its artificial village in the Catalonian
capital, was modeled after the spire of a
1543 church, Santa María de Utebo.
Table of Contents
July 2, 2010
Paid for with IOUs
The cost of overhauling health care is going to go much, much higher than we’ve been led to suppose. By Thomas Sowell.
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July 2, 2010
How to Feed a Recovery
The economy is regaining strength, says Hoover fellow John B. Taylor, and government regulators should keep their distance, not interfere. By Jennifer Schonberger.
July 2, 2010
You’re Hired! Eventually . . .
A rising economy is the only thing that will help the long-term jobless. By Gary S. Becker.
July 2, 2010
Debt Roulette
The Obama budget represents the biggest gamble in our entire fiscal history. By Michael J. Boskin.
July 2, 2010
Postpartisan Preening
“Beyond politics,” the latest mantra in Washington, is at best astoundingly naive. By Harvey C. Mansfield.
July 2, 2010
Fat Taxes, or Just Fat?
Should we try to tax away obesity—and its supposed costs—by targeting sodas, fast food, and video games? No. By Gary S. Becker.
July 2, 2010
Herbal Supplements, the New Snake Oil
They don’t have to prove they’re pure, effective, or even safe. Let’s fix that. By Henry I. Miller and David Longtin.
July 2, 2010
A Vendetta Averted
In refusing to punish the authors of the so-called torture memos, the Justice Department did the right thing. Public servants deserve immunity. By Richard A. Epstein.
July 2, 2010
Leave the Cameras to Judge Judy
The drama in the Supreme Court is too important—and complex—to treat like entertainment. By Diana Schaub.
July 2, 2010
Trials and Tribulations
Since Khalid Sheik Muhammad, the accused terrorist mastermind, is already in prison, why bother putting him on trial at all? By Benjamin Wittes and Jack Goldsmith.
July 2, 2010
Only a START
Now Washington and Moscow must use the latest disarmament treaty to keep pushing for a safer world. By William J. Perry and George P. Shultz.
July 2, 2010
The Case for Saturday School
When it comes to instruction time, longer is better. American schools, however, are going the other way. By Chester E. Finn Jr.
July 2, 2010
Let the Charters Bloom
Why failing schools should be allowed to fail—and better schools to sprout in their place. By Paul E. Peterson.
July 2, 2010
Advancing Democracy Abroad
It’s imperfect, sometimes difficult even to define. But democracy works, and people want it. From a new book by Hoover fellow Michael McFaul.
July 2, 2010
Honesty for Hire
A few countries have found a way to stop graft and foster political stability: hire foreigners to collect their revenue. By Kris James Mitchener and Noel Maurer.
July 2, 2010
The Enemy of the Good
The recent Iraqi elections weren’t perfect, but they didn’t have to be. Democracy is emerging—and for now, that’s enough. By Fouad Ajami.
July 2, 2010
Tehran Has Won Nothing
As the American mission in Iraq enters another year, the biggest loser (besides Saddam) is Iran. By Victor Davis Hanson.
July 2, 2010
The Good Ayatollah
The Islamic Revolution first raised up, then cast down, Grand Ayatollah Hossein Ali Montazeri. Homage to an uncorrupted man. By Abbas Milani.
July 2, 2010
Doctor Mitchell’s Talking Cure
U.S. envoys are orchestrating “proximity talks”—another proposal for Mideast peace that’s going nowhere fast. By Josef Joffe.
July 2, 2010
How to Defeat the Drug Lords at Last
Colombia has made remarkable progress against narcotraffickers. So could Mexico. By Donald C. Chipman.
July 2, 2010
Let’s Call It an Indefinite Furlough
Lawmakers have all but bankrupted the Golden State. Californians need a way to fire every one of them. By Abraham D. Sofaer.
July 2, 2010
“Markets Are Hard to Appreciate”
Hoover fellow Gary S. Becker is convinced that Americans don’t really want to go backwards on economic liberty. By Peter Robinson.
July 2, 2010
Robert Service’s Five Books
The Hoover fellow talks about the works that informed his understanding of history. By Daisy Banks.
July 2, 2010
Fighting Clean
Kenneth Starr as peacemaker? The former special prosecutor offers Hoover fellow Tunku Varadarajan a bracing defense of political civility.
July 2, 2010
How Milton Friedman Saved Chile
Unjustly defamed as an ally of dictators, the late Hoover fellow helped foster the economic dynamism that Chile will use to rebuild. By Bret Stephens.
July 2, 2010
Martyred for Communism
Nikolai Bukharin, a victim of Stalin’s show trials, believed that he and the Soviet revolution would one day be vindicated. But the future discarded them both. By Paul R. Gregory.
July 2, 2010
Arnold Beichman Marches On
A tribute to the late Hoover fellow—journalist, anticommunist, enthusiast of life and the American experiment. By John Podhoretz.
July 2, 2010
Quantum Leaps to Hiroshima
Glimpses into the world of the celebrated thinkers who brought the atomic age to life. By Bertrand M. Patenaude.
July 2, 2010
The Russia Option
Moscow once offered Chiang Kai-shek a chance to smash his enemies. Why did he refuse? By Paul H. Tai.