The staggering number of undereducated teenagers graduating from U.S. high schools every year is a national tragedy—and an object lesson in the damage that misguided educational fads can wreak. By Hoover media fellow Amity Shlaes.

Former independent counsel Kenneth Starr reflects on the lessons to be learned from his investigation of the president.

George W. Bush, it seems plausible to argue, wouldn’t have been elected president in 2000 if George H. W. Bush hadn’t been elected president in 1988. And George H. W. Bush wouldn’t have been elected president in 1988 if Ronald Reagan hadn’t invited him to be Reagan’s running mate in 1980. Hoover fellow Edwin Meese III describes how Reagan decided to issue that 1980 invitation–starting the Bushes on their way.

It was not joblessness that bred the black underclass—it was 35 years of counterproductive government programs. By Hoover fellow Shelby Steele.

Affirmative action is a direct threat to the culture of equality that defines the character of the nation. By Ward Connerly.

Naysayers in the environmental movement have convinced much of the public that our environment is on the road to ruin. Peter W. Huber explains why quite the opposite is the case.

Is the impact of the new technocapitalist economy a net plus or net minus for society as a whole? Hoover media fellow Dinesh D’Souza on the moral conundrum of success.

When teenagers have proven they can hack into Pentagon computers, how can we ever hope to protect our vital national secrets? Hoover fellow Bruce Berkowitz outlines a security regime for the information age.

The campaign to convince the international community to write off the debts of the several dozen poorest countries is morally inspiring, politically timely—and terribly misguided. By Hoover fellow Larry Diamond.

How—and why—did Slobodan Milosevic finally fall from power? Hoover fellow Timothy Garton Ash offers an eyewitness report.

Despite being corrupt and unpopular, Mexico’s Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) managed to hold onto power for seven decades before opposition candidate Vicente Fox won the presidency last July. How did the PRI manage this feat? Alberto Diaz-Cayeros, Beatriz Magaloni, and Barry R. Weingast explain.

Nancy Reagan shows us the side of her husband Dutch didn’t. By Hoover fellow Peter Robinson.

Images from the Hoover Archives trace the trajectory of Romanian history in the twentieth century. The selection provided here opens a window on a nation in the process of defining itself.

Images from the Hoover Archives trace the trajectory of Romanian history in the twentieth century. The selection provided here opens a window on a nation in the process of defining itself. Ion G. Duca, 1879–1933, Romanian Political Leader

Images from the Hoover Archives trace the trajectory of Romanian history in the twentieth century. The selection provided here opens a window on a nation in the process of defining itself. King Michael I of Romania