By now, everyone knows about the OPM hack and the fact that the private and sensitive information compromised may make employees of the U.S. government—especially those with security clearances—more subject to blackmail, bribery, or extortion and more vulnerable to more realistic phishing attacks.
I strongly agree with almost everything that co-blogger Bryan Caplan wrote about debate. I do want to add a couple of things he didn't say. One of them slightly contradicts one of Bryan's pieces of advice.
A colleague at the beginning of a university career in another country wrote to me: What is the purpose and structure of the seminar in your experience? What is the role of the student, and what is the role of the teacher? As this is one of the most difficult questions I've ever been asked, it took me some time to work out a reply.
On July 7, 2015, the Hoover Institution conducted a ceremonial groundbreaking on a new 50,000-square-foot building adjacent to Hoover Tower on the Stanford University campus. The building, expected to be completed in 2017, will be on the site of the Cummings Art Building currently occupied by the Department of Art and Art History, which will relocate to the new McMurtry Art Building later this year.
To expand the universe of new "Gre" words, the EU's humiliating agreement to grant Greece another loan was a total victory for the Greek creditors (Greditors) and a stinging defeat for the humiliated Greek debtors (Grebtors).
On Thursday, I described the surprisingly warm reception FBI Director James Comey got in the Senate this week with his warning that the FBI was "going dark" because of end-to-end encryption.
Throughout the summer months of 2015, the Hoover Institution in Washington, D.C. will host a rooftop series dedicated to Firing Line, one of the most significant and lively broadcasts in television history. The Hoover Institution summer series will celebrate the lasting achievement of Firing Line by screening significant episodes, followed by speakers who will discuss the legacy of the show and the issues discussed by William F. Buckley, Jr. and his on-air guests. Attendees of the summer series are invited to enjoy dinner and drinks while watching Buckley’s ingenious interviews and discussing the diverse topics they raise.
This week on Rational Security, FBI Director James Comey goes to Capitol Hill to talk about “going dark,” and the gang discusses his reception in two Senate committees.
Hoover Institution fellow John Cochrane joins CNBC's Rick Santelli to discuss what Greece has been dealt over the last few years and how it is playing out currently.
Stanford experts say that China, now facing an economic dropoff after years of high growth, should open up its economy and reduce its reliance on state-owned enterprises.
Two weeks of closed banks, frozen lending and severely limited access to their money have provided Greeks a glimpse of the financial chaos ahead if they let their euro-based financial system collapse.
Most days just now seem to be positively the last for some international negotiation. Today (Saturday) is said to be decision day for Greece and the eurozone.
Due to a quirk in state law, Gov. Larry Hogan is making a slew of new appointments to state and local school boards this year, giving him the opportunity to steer the state's education policy toward a more conservative view.
More than 100 foreign dignitaries, city officials and spectators gathered in the Presidio Saturday morning for the long-awaited groundbreaking of the Korean War Memorial.
