In August I described a politically palatable AUMF against the Islamic State (IS). What was politically palatable in August is not necessarily politically palatable after three months of air strikes, however, and will likely be even less so when a new and different-looking Congress comes to power next year.
The Hoover Institution recently wrapped up its fifty-fourth retreat. The three-day event, from October 19 through 21, featured talks from Hoover’s distinguished scholars and affiliates. Below are summaries of presentations from the event, accompanied by links to selected podcasts and chartcasts.
Arriving in my inbox yesterday afternoon: an email from the Ready for Hillary Super PAC.The reason for the correspondence? To congratulate Democrats — a lot of them now out of work — for fighting the good fight? To encouraging a President now seriously wounded to stand firm against a GOP Congress?
Caution about risk is part of our vernacular. In the ongoing discussions about the precautions needed to prevent more U.S. cases of Ebola, you often hear the phrase "in an abundance of caution," usually invoked to justify a high level of government intrusion, such as a quarantine.
The President should be made either to sign or to veto legislation on reforming taxes, securing the border, and correcting the flaws of Obamacare, to name a few issues voters are concerned about. And every piece of legislation should make clear that its ultimate goal is to restore to our politics the ideals of freedom, and the virtues of self-reliance, self-responsibility, and prudence.
As U.S. President Barack Obama gets ready to meet Chinese President Xi Jinping following the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in Beijing next week, relations between the world’s two largest economies are mired in a troubling inertia.
HOW do we make the system safer? That was the third question raised by the Hoover Institution's fascinating new book referred to in yesterday's post (which dealt with the build-up to, and immediate aftermath of, the crisis).
