I enjoy moments of agreement, and common sense in publications where it's usually absent. Eduardo Porter writing in the New York Times on the lessons of Uber vs. Taxis for occupational licensing is a nice such moment.
They are two generations apart but very much on the same page. Former secretary of state George P. Shultz and Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) understand what is at stake in the myriad of conflicts and challenges we now face. Shultz, along with former secretaries Henry Kissinger and Madeleine Albright, testified before the Senate Armed Services Committee.
One other note about the aforementioned Fox News Poll on the presidential field: you may be wondering what South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham is doing among the names of possible GOP candidates.
On January 30, the Hoover Institution hosted a conversation on the current state of foreign affairs entitled "A World Awash With Change" featuring Hoover distinguished fellow and former Secretary of State George P. Shultz with Hoover distinguished visiting fellow and Washington Post contributing editor Jim Hoagland.
Almost every article and column written about the nascent GOP presidential campaign mentions Tea Party opposition to immigration reform and the Common Core—and most candidates’ efforts to align themselves with the Republican base on these two issues. (A Google News search turns up more than 11,000 hits for “Common Core” and “immigration” and “Republican.”)
If history is any guide, a Republican should win the White House in 2016. Only once in the past century has a nominee of the same party succeeded a retiring two-term incumbent. George H.W. Bush pulled off the feat in 1988, following fellow Republican Ronald Reagan.
The Intercept posted an interesting document yesterday designed to help a certain class of would-be-criminals—leakers of classified information—but which will, I would imagine, interest a different group of people too.
We can't afford not to take advantage of vehicle automation technologies. With proper design, testing and regulation, advanced vehicle automation has the potential to greatly reduce the number of injuries and fatalities attributable to motor vehicle accidents.
As Russian-backed rebels scored another victory is Eastern Ukraine Thursday, two giants of 20th-century geopolitics issued separate warnings about the crisis, suggesting it could evolve into a deeper, direct conflict between the United States and Russia with dangerous consequences.
!["A World Awash With Change" featuring Hoover distinguished fellow and former Secretary of State George P. Shultz with Hoover distinguished visiting fellow and Washington Post contributing editor Jim Hoagland](https://www.hoover.org/sites/default/files/styles/research_teaser/public/news/livefromhooverdc_shultz-hoagland.jpg ""A World Awash With Change" featuring Hoover distinguished fellow and former Secretary of State George P. Shultz with Hoover distinguished visiting fellow and Washington Post contributing editor Jim Hoagland")
