It is September in California, year four of a scorching drought. Forest fires are blackening the arid state, from Napa Valley to the Sierra Nevada Mountains. Fly over the High Sierra and about every tenth evergreen below appears dead.
He hasn’t been on a presidential campaign stage since 1996 – that was eight years after another run for national office – and yet he lingers over the current field of Republican hopefuls.
The advent of molecular genetic engineering techniques in the 1970’s promised potential breakthroughs in a wide range of consumer products–more efficient means for producing pharmaceuticals, improved food plants, safer “biorational” pesticides, cleaner energy from biomass and improved traits for animals.
From September 28 to October 2, The Hoover Library & Archives are co-hosting, along with Stanford’s Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures, a conference entitled “Poetry and Politics in the Twentieth Century: Boris Pasternak, His Family, and His Novel Doctor Zhivago.” The conference brings together leading academics in the fields of literature and history, as well as Boris Pasternak’s family members, several of whom have donated their family papers to the Hoover Archives. In conjunction with the conference, Hoover will mount a week-long exhibition of Pasternak materials in the rotunda of the Hoover Tower.
Winston Churchill once quipped, “Never let a good crisis go to waste.” For California, nothing is less apt a statement than how to deal with the four-year (and counting) drought and what to do to prevent or lesson future ones.
Those who study history hear differently. In his magnificently crafted address to a joint session of the U.S. Congress on September 24th, Pope Francis raised an issue that commentators overlooked or, at best, misread...
The impending departure of Speaker of the House John Boehner gives the House Republicans a real opportunity to accomplish something. But an opportunity is not a guarantee. It is a little like a football team being first down and goal at the ten-yard line.
People, Planet, Prosperity, Peace and Partnership.... "Transforming our world: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development" has set a plan of action in these 5 important areas. What role can education play?
In his wide-ranging address to the United Nations General Assembly in New York today, Pope Francis delivered a powerful and notable call to action for governmental leaders to accelerate progress on steps to reduce and eliminate the grave threats posed by nuclear weapons to human life.
The Hoover Institution’s Golden State Poll focused on how to address the state's fourth year of drought. It found 54 percent of likely voters back current water cuts. An even higher percentage would support sharing groundwater or restricting its use.
David Gergen, CNN senior political analyst; Richard Haass, president of the Council on Foreign Affairs; and Condoleezza Rice, 66th U.S. Secretary of State, will be the featured speakers at The Linda and Mitch Hart Lecture of the Willis M. Tate Distinguished Lecture Series at SMU Wednesday, Sept. 30.
On Monday night, Egyptian political satirist Bassem Youssef spoke at CEMEX auditorium as part of OpenXChange, a new year-long program designed to promote on-campus dialogue.
California, which received $250 million in federal money over the last five years to foster the growth of charter schools, will get none of the $125 million that will be allocated in the next round of funding, the U.S. Department of Education announced Monday.
