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Consequences Matter: Thomas Sowell On “Social Justice Fallacies”
Thomas Sowell, age 93, is the Rose and Milton Friedman Senior Fellow on Public Policy at the Hoover Institution. With his usual fierceness and feistiness intact, Dr. Sowell returns to Uncommon…
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Peter Blair Henry Elected Chair of NBER Board Directors
Hoover Senior Fellow Peter Blair Henry has been elected chair of the board of directors of the National Bureau of Economic Research.
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Hoover Institution And Asia Society Release Groundbreaking Report On Semiconductor Security
The Hoover Institution, in partnership with the Asia Society’s Center on U.S.-China Relations, has released Silicon Triangle: The United States, Taiwan, China, and Global Semiconductor Security.
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Norman M. Naimark
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Steven Koonin
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Steadying Israel By Recalibrating The Separation Of Powers
On Sept. 12, all 15 judges of Israel’s supreme court – never before has the full complement of high-court judges sat as one body – are scheduled to hear challenges to the contentious legislation enacted in July by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s governing coalition.
September 10, 2023
Peter Berkowitz
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From The Washington Treaty To Vilnius: How Blowback In The Kremlin Helped Make NATO The Most Powerful Military Alliance In The World
International organizations can fade or grow in importance, depending on how they meet shifting challenges in their history.
July 12, 2023
Norman M. Naimark
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How California’s Homeless Problem Became Intractable
California governor Gavin Newsom sharply criticized a judge’s recent injunction that prevents San Francisco from clearing homeless encampments within the city, calling the injunction “preposterous” and “inhumane.”
September 8, 2023
Lee Ohanian
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Hot Or Not: Steven Koonin Questions Conventional Climate Science And Methodology
Steven Koonin is one of America's most distinguished scientists, with decades of experience, including a stint as undersecretary of science at the Department of Energy in the Obama administration.
August 21, 2023
interview Steven Koonin
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Michael McConnell Discusses Agreeing To Disagree On The Bookmonger Podcast
Hoover Institution fellow Michael McConnell discusses his book Agreeing to Disagree: How the Establishment Clause Protects Religious Diversity and Freedom of Conscience (Inalienable Rights).
August 23, 2023
interview Michael McConnell
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Are These Our Locust Years?
The “locust years” was how Winston Churchill described the Thirties, the decade that started with the Great Depression and ended with Germany’s invasion of Poland that sparked the most destructive war in history.
August 30, 2023
Bruce Thornton
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Sanctions And Russia: Effects, Lessons, And The Future | A History Lab Discussion W/ Stephen Kotkin
A Hoover History Lab Discussion between Kleinheinz Senior Fellow Stephen Kotkin, Research Fellow Michael S. Bernstam, and Sergei Guriev, provost and professor of economics at the Institut d'études politiques de Paris (Sciences Po).
August 25, 2023
interview Stephen Kotkin
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Strategika
An online journal that analyzes ongoing issues of national security in light of conflicts of the past.
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The Caravan
The Caravan is a quarterly publication on the contemporary dilemmas of the Greater Middle East
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California on Your Mind
Analysis, politics, and the economics of the Golden State
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California’s Autumn Colors: Bill-Signings, GOP Bickering . . . And The Fall Of Troy?
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Supreme Court, United Nations—What Next For Free Speech,…
Eugene Volokh, a soon-to-be Hoover Institution senior fellow and a First Amendment law professor at UCLA, joins Hoover senior fellows Niall Ferguson and John Cochrane to discuss free speech in the Information Age and what comes next for universities following the court’s rebuke of race-factored admissions.
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Rage Against The Machine: The Good Fellows Discuss AI
Is artificial intelligence a global killer or an emerging technology which, if properly harnessed, can improve mankind? And what’s the significance of a low-level National Guard member being able to expose US military secrets?
California Update: “Lee Was Wrong”, Jerry Is Right?
The latest in the Golden State, including pending “first-in-the-nation” laws, a fast-food backroom deal, Ronald Reagan’s lessons in governing California.
Labor Pains: The UAW Tests The Auto Maker’s Limits
How reasonable are the demands of the United Auto Workers striking at automobile plants?
NATO's Enduring Value
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) has proven its enduring value and necessity through its unified support of Ukraine against Russia's invasion, its historic role in securing peace in Europe, and its continued ability to expand and strengthen, as evidenced by the recent addition of Finland and Sweden.
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Founded by Herbert Hoover in 1919, the Hoover Institution Library & Archives is home to some of the world's most renowned collections documenting war, revolution, peace, and political, economic, and social change in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries.
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Exhibitions | Now On View
The exhibitions Dynamic Design: Transforming Posters at Hoover (June 28–December 20, 2023) and Hoover@100: Ideas Defining A Century (ongoing) are open and free to all visitors to Hoover Tower, at the heart of Stanford University campus.
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