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Cruel Summer: The Fight To Preserve Freedom Of Speech

interview with John H. Cochrane, Niall Ferguson, Victor Davis Hanson, H. R. McMastervia GoodFellows: Conversations From The Hoover Institution
Tuesday, July 14, 2020

This week the Good Fellows are joined by Hoover Institution Senior Fellow Victor Davis Hanson. The gentleman farmer from Selma, CA (and the author of The Case For Trump) is not known for pulling his punches, and this discussion is no different.

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As California Mulls Classroom Reopenings, Are Politicians Getting Schooled By Unions?

by Bill Whalen cited Scott W. Atlasvia California on Your Mind
Wednesday, July 15, 2020

I was on a family vacation last week at a South Carolina beach town, which is why I didn’t post a California-centric column in this space.

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Dr. Scott Atlas: Too Much Hysteria Over School Reopenings

interview with Scott W. Atlasvia Fox News
Wednesday, July 15, 2020

Hoover Institution fellow Scott Atlas weighs in on keeping schools safe amid the coronavirus pandemic.

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Shot The War: Overseas Weekly In Vietnam

via Hoover Institution Press
Wednesday, August 1, 2018

We Shot the War: Overseas Weekly in Vietnam examines the legacy of one of the most popular and eccentric newspapers to cover the Vietnam War. With its mix of hard-hitting military exposés, pinups, and comic strips, Overseas Weekly earned a reputation as a muckraking truth teller.

Analysis and Commentary
Analysis and Commentary

The Libertarian: Pipelines, The Environment, And The Renewables Delusion

interview with Richard A. Epsteinvia The Libertarian
Tuesday, July 14, 2020

How judicial action against the Dakota Access pipeline puts American’s energy infrastructure at risk.

Analysis and Commentary

Pacific Century: Is China Law An Oxymoron?

interview with Michael R. Auslin, John Yoo, Julian Kuvia The Pacific Century
Tuesday, July 14, 2020

An Interview with Chinese Law Expert Julian Ku.

Analysis and Commentary

Interesting Airline Pricing

by David R. Hendersonvia EconLog
Tuesday, July 14, 2020

I had an interesting experience with airline pricing in the last 2.5 weeks. About 2.5 weeks ago, I got on line with United, the airline I usually use to go to Winnipeg. (From there, I drive 3 hours to Minaki, Ontario.) I wanted to go to Winnipeg on or about July 9.

Analysis and Commentary

Kuznicki's Hats Off To Liberty

by David R. Hendersonvia EconLog
Monday, July 13, 2020

He had me at “hat.”

Interviews
Interviews

The Victor Davis Hanson Podcast: The Histrionic / Schizophrenic / Passive-Aggressive / Braggadocio / Weeping Woke, Explained

interview with Victor Davis Hansonvia National Review
Tuesday, July 14, 2020

Hoover Institution fellow Victor Davis Hanson discusses his syndicated column on the woke rioters, his new NR essay on Jacobin Leftists getting edgy, the boomerang heading towards NBA and NFL virtue-mongerers, Bastille Day-generated reflections on the French Revolution’s enduring influence, Gavin Newsom’s dis-openings for the Golden State, the meaning of contender Kanye West, and the Trump / Fauci contretemps.

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Lee Ohanian: How Much Spending Is OK Before Inflation Takes Over?

interview with Lee Ohanianvia The Larry Elder Show
Monday, June 29, 2020

Hoover Institution fellow Lee Ohanian discusses another massive spending package in a relief effort for the Coronavirus lockdown. How much spending is okay before inflation becomes a problem?

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Stanford Law’s Michael McConnell On Supreme Court’s Religious Instruction And Employment Decision

interview with Michael McConnellvia Stanford Law School
Wednesday, July 15, 2020

Hoover Institution fellow Michael McConnell discusses the Supreme Court ruling that the First Amendment protects the right of religious institutions “to decide for themselves, free from state interference, matters of church government as well as those of faith and doctrine,” and so teachers whose duties include religious instruction are not covered by federal employment discrimination protections.

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Dr. Scott Atlas On Examining Politics

interview with Scott W. Atlasvia Examining Politics Podcast
Tuesday, July 14, 2020

Hoover Institution fellow Scott Atlas talks about the science behind America's largest school systems deciding to stay closed with at-home learning systems this fall? Atlas says there IS NO science behind these decisions.

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Lee Ohanian: Progressive Lawmakers Decry Racism, But Their Policies Devastate People Of Color

interview with Lee Ohanianvia The Larry Elder Show
Tuesday, July 14, 2020

Hoover Institution fellow Lee Ohanian discusses his California On Your Mind article "Progressive Lawmakers Decry Racism, But Their Policies Devastate People Of Color."

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Ayaan Hirsi Ali Praises Bari Weiss, Warns 'Censorship Terrorists' Are Leading US 'Down A Path To Hell'

interview with Ayaan Hirsi Alivia Fox News
Tuesday, July 14, 2020

Hoover Institution fellow Ayaan Hirsi Ali warns that "censorship terrorists" are leading the country "down a path to hell" in response to New York Times opinion columnist Bari Weiss' scathing resignation letter.

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Bjorn Lomborg: False Alarm: How Climate Change Panic Costs Us Trillions, Hurts the Poor, and Fails to Fix the Planet

interview with Bjorn Lomborgvia Hoover Virtual Policy Briefings
Tuesday, July 14, 2020

A Hoover Virtual Policy Briefing with Bjorn Lomborg: False Alarm: How Climate Change Panic Costs Us Trillions, Hurts the Poor, and Fails to Fix the Planet
Tuesday, July 14, 2020 at 11AM PT/ 2PM ET.

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Cole Bunzel: Collapsed Caliphate? Understanding The Islamic State In 2020

interview with Cole Bunzelvia AEI
Tuesday, July 14, 2020

Hoover Institution fellow Cole Bunzel discusses the Islamic State, its ideology, and its operations as well as how it interprets its own successes and failures, and lessons the Trump administration should draw from past counterterrorism operations.

In the News
In the News

Stanford Doctor: 'Anyone Who Prioritizes Children Would Reopen The Schools'

featuring Scott W. Atlasvia The Federalist
Tuesday, July 14, 2020

Dr. Scott Atlas said it “feel(s) like I’m living in a Kafka novel” when watching politicians’ “hysteria” against school reopening, in an TV interview Monday with Martha MacCallum. According to the renowned doctor, school closings severely damage children’s’ development and generate next to no gains for public health.

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Focusing On Ratings Is 'Nuts', Raghuram Rajan Wants India To Do Covid-Control First

featuring Raghuram Rajanvia Economic Times (India)
Wednesday, July 15, 2020

The government should not focus on credit ratings, given the current situation, and should instead put its attention towards reviving growth, former governor of the Reserve Bank of India Raghuram Rajan said.

In the News

Thomas Sowell: Systemic Racism Has No Meaning

quoting Thomas Sowellvia News Radiom WRVA
Monday, July 13, 2020
Conservative black economist Thomas Sowell says the term "systemic racism," which has gained popularity with the Black Lives Matter movement, has "no meaning."
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NBC News Shocked To Find Pediatricians Want to Open Schools

quoting Scott W. Atlasvia Rush Limbaugh Show
Tuesday, July 14, 2020
Los Angeles teachers union, in exchange for going back to in-person classes, is demanding the defunding of police, Medicaid for all, and a ban on new charter schools.
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Stanford Affiliates Cautiously Celebrate As ICE Policy On International Students Is Rescinded

quoting Russell A. Bermanvia Stanford Daily
Tuesday, July 14, 2020
Caving to intense opposition from Stanford and universities nationwide, the Trump administration rescinded a directive that would have stripped international students of their visas if they took a completely online courseload.
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Systemic Racism Is An Excuse To Fundamentally Change Our Country

quoting Thomas Sowellvia American Thinker
Wednesday, July 15, 2020
The favorite phrase used by our self-appointed "elites" to state the cause of all the problems blacks face is "systemic racism." There is no analysis to describe what this means and how it now causes the problems. What does it mean? How does it work?
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Rand Paul: 'Let's Open The Economy, Open The Schools'

cited Scott W. Atlasvia Daily Caller
Tuesday, July 14, 2020
Republican Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul made his case for opening both the economy and public schools during a Tuesday afternoon appearance on Fox News’ “Your World with Neil Cavuto.”