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Why Shoplifting Is Now De Facto Legal In California

by Lee Ohanianvia California on Your Mind
Tuesday, August 3, 2021

Google “Shoplifting in San Francisco” and you will find more than 100,000 hits. And you will find lots of YouTube videos, where you can watch a single thief, or an entire gang, walk into an SF Walgreens or CVS and empty the shelves. Most walk in, go about their pilfering, and then walk out, though at least one thief rode their bike into the store and departed the same way, carefully navigating their two-wheeler down a narrow aisle.

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In Gubernatorial Debate, Will California Republicans Self-Destruct?

by Bill Whalenvia The Washington Post
Monday, August 2, 2021

If you’re keeping an eye on California’s gubernatorial recall election, now seven weeks away, then the Aug. 4 candidates’ debate might bring to mind an earlier confrontation.

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The Flurry Of Civic Education Bills In State Legislatures Is Not The Real Solution

by David Davenportvia The Washington Examiner
Tuesday, August 3, 2021

To read the headlines, you would think all state legislatures are doing is passing voting rights laws. But look again and you’ll find that some 34 states have been considering 88 bills concerning civic education.

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Adapting To Climate Change

by Terry Andersonvia PolicyEd
Tuesday, August 3, 2021

Enacting government policies that reveal the true costs of climate change will encourage people to adapt and mitigate its negative consequences.

Title page of Number 26 of the Amerikanskie Biulleteni
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Hoover Institution Acquires A Complete Set Of Bulletins Issued By The American Press Bureau In Russia, 1917–1918

Monday, August 2, 2021

The Hoover Institution Library & Archives now has a complete set of Amerikanskie biulleteni, an official weekly US government publication in the Russian language issued between 1917–1918 in Moscow.

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Analysis and Commentary
Analysis and Commentary

Optimism, Inc.: The Crushing Weight Of Lies

by Victor Davis Hansonvia Victor Davis Hanson's Private Papers
Monday, August 2, 2021

One reason why I remain optimistic about the impending end of wokism and the failure of the cultural revolution is that the dangers they pose are unsustainable. And by that I mean that they require such dissimulation, that the load of lies eventually will snap the spine of those asked to carry and disseminate them.

Analysis and Commentary

The Uncertain Fate Of America’s Allies

by Peter R. Mansoorvia Military History in the News
Tuesday, August 3, 2021

President Joe Biden’s recent announcement that the United States would remove all forces from Afghanistan by the end of August put at risk the lives of those Afghans who served with U.S. forces during two decades of conflict. Without American and NATO airpower, intelligence, and advisors, the Afghan National Security Forces are quickly losing ground to a surging Taliban.

Interviews
Interviews

Victor David Hanson: Citizenship Is The Foundation Of Western Civilization

interview with Victor Davis Hansonvia Yahoo! News
Monday, August 2, 2021

Hoover Institution fellow Victor Davis Hanson discusses the crisis at the border and says Democrats feel the present demographics aren't on their side therefore they are encouraging massive illegal immigration to change the demographics.

Interviews

Rose Gottemoeller: Future Strategy Forum: Emerging Technologies And Nuclear Weapons

interview with Rose Gottemoellervia Smart Women, Smart Power (CSIS)
Tuesday, August 3, 2021

Hoover Institution fellow Rose Gottemoeller discusses technologies and nuclear weapons.

Interviews

How Republics Collapse. Victor Davis Hanson With Sebastian Gorka On AMERICA First

interview with Victor Davis Hansonvia AMERICA First with Sebastian Gorka
Monday, August 2, 2021

Hoover Institution fellow Victor Davis Hanson discusses history and how republics/countries collapse.

In the News
In the News

Cable, Internet Companies Stand To Gain From Broadband Funding In Infrastructure Bill

quoting Steven J. Davisvia The Wall Street Journal
Tuesday, August 3, 2021

[Subscription Required] The $1 trillion infrastructure bill includes $65 billion to improve internet access for poor and isolated communities

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Central Banks Are Learning To Live With Covid

quoting Steven J. Davisvia Bloomberg
Tuesday, August 3, 2021

A year and a half into the coronavirus era, it seems global central bankers are coming to the realization that they’ll be living with it for a while yet so there’s no need to change course with each ebb and flow of infections.

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These New Laws Will Help Accelerate Growth Of Alabama’s Innovation Economy

mentioning Hoover Institutionvia Alabama Newscenter
Monday, August 2, 2021

Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey hosted a commemorative bill signing ceremony July 29 for House Bill 540 and House Bill 609, two key pieces of innovation legislation passed during the 2021 state legislative session. These bills, recommended by the Alabama Innovation Commission, will drive inclusive innovation and shape the future of entrepreneurship in the state.