With the slow economy and a slew of corporate scandals making headlines, the Democrats should have swept last fall’s midterm elections. What happened? An analysis by Hoover fellows David W. Brady and Morris P. Fiorina.
More and more, courts in both the United States and Europe are legislating from the bench. Hoover fellow John Ferejohn on a trend that appears unstoppable.
Should private companies be granted patents on the human genome? Hoover fellow Richard Epstein on a debate that he argues has been fraught with needless misunderstanding.
Has the National Academy of Sciences—long seen as a reliable, independent, and incorruptible source of advice on scientific, technological, and medical issues—been providing the federal government with flawed and politically motivated advice? By Hoover fellow Henry I. Miller.
Would you rather take the slim chance of being blown up by a terrorist or have all your e-mail read by the government? Hoover fellow Timothy Garton Ash on the costs of protecting ourselves.
Brazil has suffered economic and political stagnation for a quarter of a century. Will the nation’s charismatic new president be able to make a difference? By Hoover fellows Stephen Haber, Herbert S. Klein, and Hoover senior associate director Richard Sousa.SIDEBAR: Live from Rio
Our attention may be riveted on the Middle East, but there’s trouble brewing in the states of the former Soviet Union. By Hoover fellow Michael McFaul.
In supporting President Bush’s tough stance against Saddam Hussein, Prime Minister Blair is putting his political capital at risk. Will the gamble pay off? By Hoover fellow Gerald A. Dorfman.
At a spry 60 years old, Hu Jintao is—by the standards of Chinese leaders—a very young man. Does his rise signal a break with the past? Not likely. Hoover fellow Alice Lyman Miller explains.
Eric Hoffer’s papers in the Hoover Archives run to many thousands of pages and include journals that have never been published. Hoover media fellow Tom Bethell examines the trove.
