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Monday, October 18, 2021

2021 No. 4

Red Lines

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by Matt Pottingervia Hoover Digest

Is the Fed Losing Focus?

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by John B. Taylorvia Hoover Digest

Another Trillion-Dollar Baby

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by John F. Cogan, Daniel Heilvia Hoover Digest

Conciliation Will Fail

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by H. R. McMastervia Hoover Digest

Crowdsourcing and the Mobs

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by Amy Zegartvia Hoover Digest

Three Cheers for the Old Normal

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by Michael J. Petrillivia Hoover Digest

Don’t Knock Opportunity

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by David L. Lealvia Hoover Digest

Doom with a View

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by Peter M. Robinson interview with Niall Fergusonvia Hoover Digest

Tear Down that Great Firewall

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by H. R. McMastervia Hoover Digest

Goodbye, Columbus

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by Bruce Thorntonvia Hoover Digest

Red Lines

by Matt Pottingervia Hoover Digest

Monday, October 18, 2021

The United States and its allies must refuse to let Beijing hold them hostage.

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Battery Power

by Nadia Schadlow, Arthur Hermanvia Hoover Digest

Monday, October 18, 2021

China’s pursuit of a global green-energy monopoly includes locking up the battery supply chain. The Pentagon has a strong interest in not letting that happen.

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Inside the Ministry of Fear

by Miles Maochun Yuvia Hoover Digest

Monday, October 18, 2021

Like all totalitarian states, China is a master of propaganda. It’s no surprise that even Americans are seduced—and threatened—into following the party line.

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How Lies Go Viral

by Gordon G. Changvia Hoover Digest

Monday, October 18, 2021

Beijing peddles a tale of American involvement in the origins of COVID-19. Social media does the rest.

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Is the Fed Losing Focus?

by John B. Taylorvia Hoover Digest

Monday, October 18, 2021

A hard lesson from the recent past shows how neglecting monetary policy feeds inflation. We mustn’t let that happen now.

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Another Trillion-Dollar Baby

by John F. Cogan, Daniel Heilvia Hoover Digest

Monday, October 18, 2021

The Biden administration is eager to midwife a huge expansion in entitlement payments. More than half of all Americans would be on the federal dole.

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Debtors’ Prison

by Michael J. Boskinvia Hoover Digest

Monday, October 18, 2021

Federal borrowing is soaring—and the debt the nation is amassing will long outlast any pandemic.

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The Tax Cartel Cometh

by Joshua D. Rauh, Aharon Friedmanvia Hoover Digest

Monday, October 18, 2021

Big-government control of the international tax system looks a lot like imperialism—and a bad deal for American workers and consumers.

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Free Trade Refresher Course

by David R. Hendersonvia Hoover Digest

Monday, October 18, 2021

The not-so-secret ingredient of prosperity: comparative advantage. It’s a concept neither Trump nor Biden seems to grasp.

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Don’t Sacrifice Ideals

by Russell A. Bermanvia Hoover Digest

Monday, October 18, 2021

Still utterly central to American foreign policy: human rights. We must defend them abroad and at home.

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Misogyny Knows No Borders

featuring Ayaan Hirsi Alivia Hoover Digest

Monday, October 18, 2021

In the face of indifference and political correctness, Hoover fellow Ayaan Hirsi Ali defends women’s rights.

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A Caliphate in the Making?

by Abbas Milanivia Hoover Digest

Monday, October 18, 2021

The election of a new, hard-line president shows that moderation—whether foreign or domestic—remains a mirage.

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Conciliation Will Fail

by H. R. McMastervia Hoover Digest

Monday, October 18, 2021

The case for putting maximum pressure on the Islamic Republic.

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Distant Warnings

by Thomas H. Henriksenvia Hoover Digest

Monday, October 18, 2021

In their eagerness to be done with “forever wars,” especially in Africa, Americans and their leaders may just bring the danger closer.

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Divided We Fall, Together We Heal

by Abraham D. Sofaervia Hoover Digest

Monday, October 18, 2021

Every country fell short in the battle against COVID-19. The future demands we improve international cooperation, not abandon it.

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To Everyone’s Health

by Scott W. Atlasvia Hoover Digest

Monday, October 18, 2021

The pandemic provided fresh evidence of a very old problem: certain minority groups suffer worse health and shorter lives than does the average American. Fixing that will require transforming Medicaid.

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Crowdsourcing and the Mobs

by Amy Zegartvia Hoover Digest

Monday, October 18, 2021

The Internet has enabled the rise of citizen spies. They’re making money, pushing social causes—and sometimes running roughshod on privacy and civil rights.

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Green Screens

by Bjorn Lomborgvia Hoover Digest

Monday, October 18, 2021

Environmentalists see the future as either apocalypse or utopia. We need to address the climate, but hyperbole of any stripe only gets in the way.

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Civics and Its Discontents

by Peter Berkowitzvia Hoover Digest

Monday, October 18, 2021

A host of social struggles converge on a familiar battlefield: civics education.

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Three Cheers for the Old Normal

by Michael J. Petrillivia Hoover Digest

Monday, October 18, 2021

Armed with a year’s worth of improvised failures during the pandemic, schools should quit while they’re behind.

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Charters Turn Thirty

by Chester E. Finn Jr., Bruno V. Mannovia Hoover Digest

Monday, October 18, 2021

Charter schools are here to stay. But they, like their students, should never stop learning and growing.

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Don’t Knock Opportunity

by David L. Lealvia Hoover Digest

Monday, October 18, 2021

Demography may not, after all, be destiny. Republicans could earn the Latino vote in California by emphasizing values, personal and financial freedom, and compassion.

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A Lesson in Power

by Michael T. Hartneyvia Hoover Digest

Monday, October 18, 2021

With help from their friends in Sacramento, teachers’ unions still shrug off all attempts to reduce their political clout.

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Doom with a View

by Peter M. Robinson interview with Niall Fergusonvia Hoover Digest

Monday, October 18, 2021

Hoover fellow Niall Ferguson’s new book represents a grand tour of COVID-19 and other catastrophes and the people who have had to face them.

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An Honest Man

by Peter M. Robinson featuring Thomas Sowell, Jason Rileyvia Hoover Digest

Monday, October 18, 2021

Jason Riley offers a biography of Hoover fellow Thomas Sowell, the maverick scholar and fierce defender of fact over faction.

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The Case for Black Patriotism

by Glenn Louryvia Hoover Digest

Monday, October 18, 2021

Does the American Dream apply to black people, too? “It most certainly and emphatically does apply. And it is coming to fruition daily.”

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Tear Down that Great Firewall

by H. R. McMastervia Hoover Digest

Monday, October 18, 2021

President Reagan’s historic speech exposed a confrontation deeper than the Cold War itself. Where is the American leader who can challenge China on the same terms?

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Goodbye, Columbus

by Bruce Thorntonvia Hoover Digest

Monday, October 18, 2021

The now-annual ritual of pillorying Christopher Columbus is part of a crusade to defame America and its values.

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A Tower to Remember

by Elena Danielsonvia Hoover Digest

Monday, October 18, 2021

Hoover Tower, the symbol of Stanford University, was built to keep history alive—and during eighty years has led a long, meaningful life of its own.

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Monday, October 1, 2001

2001 No. 4

Who Trained the Terrorists? by Arnold Beichman Tuesday, October 30, 2001 article	Sidebar: This Is an Act of War by George P. Shultz Tuesday, October 30, 2001 article
The New Terror by Abraham D. Sofaer Tuesday, October 30, 2001 article	Should We Send in the Marines—or the Cops? by Bruce Berkowitz Tuesday, October 30, 2001 article
Blaming the Messenger by E. Donald Hirsch Jr. Tuesday, October 30, 2001 article	Give Choice a Chance by George P. Shultz Tuesday, October 30, 2001 article
The Bush Administration Deals a Blow to Biotechnology—and to Itself by Henry I. Miller Tuesday, October 30, 2001 article	How Gore Bush Won Florida by Robert Zelnick Tuesday, October 30, 2001 article
Big Brother Is Watching by Charles J. Sykes Tuesday, October 30, 2001 article	How to Defuse the Population Bomb by Gary S. Becker Tuesday, October 30, 2001 article
In, Out, and Down: Games Nations Play with America by Charles Hill Tuesday, October 30, 2001 article	On Leadership and Listening by John Lewis Gaddis Tuesday, October 30, 2001 article
A "Yankee Imperialist" Offers Asia a Little Help by Robert J. Barro Tuesday, October 30, 2001 article	Who’s Afraid of Kim Jong Il? Tuesday, October 30, 2001 article
Russian Federalism: A Contradiction in Terms by Barry R. Weingast, Rui J. P. De Figueiredo Jr. Tuesday, October 30, 2001 article	Pull Russia West by Michael McFaul Tuesday, October 30, 2001 article
A Nation under Siege by William Ratliff, Edgardo Buscaglia Tuesday, October 30, 2001 article	Semper Fidel by William Ratliff Tuesday, October 30, 2001 article
Voices of Hope: The Story of Radio Free Europe and Radio Liberty by Cissie Dore Hill Tuesday, October 30, 2001 article	The Man Who Saved Orwell by David Jacobs Tuesday, October 30, 2001 article
Why Orwell Matters by Timothy Garton Ash Tuesday, October 30, 2001 article	The Man Who Planned the Victory by Keith Eiler Tuesday, October 30, 2001 article
An Uncommon Soldier by Keith Eiler Tuesday, October 30, 2001 article

Sunday, July 1, 2001

2001 No. 3

This Just In: Vouchers Work by Paul E. Peterson Monday, July 30, 2001 article	How Choice Will Prevail by Terry M. Moe Monday, July 30, 2001 article
How to Get Better Teachers—and Treat Them Right by Chester E. Finn Jr. Monday, July 30, 2001 article	Why Bigger Isn’t Better by Richard Sousa, Hanna Skandera Monday, July 30, 2001 article
How to Cure Health Care by Milton Friedman Monday, July 30, 2001 article	What California Must Do by Pete Wilson Monday, July 30, 2001 article
How to Turn the Lights Back On by Thomas Gale Moore Monday, July 30, 2001 article	California Steamin’ by David R. Henderson Monday, July 30, 2001 article
“Poor” Assumptions in the Tax Debate by Clark S. Judge Monday, July 30, 2001 article	Tax Fairness Is in the Eye of the Beholder by Charles Wolf Jr. Monday, July 30, 2001 article
Rethinking Antitrust by Kevin M. Murphy, Gary S. Becker Monday, July 30, 2001 article	Why Our Courts Aren’t Broken by F. Andrew Hanssen Monday, July 30, 2001 article
Love and Economics by Jennifer Roback Morse Monday, July 30, 2001 article	The Pseudoscience of Global Warming by Bruce Berkowitz Monday, July 30, 2001 article
The Nasty Mood in Russia by Robert Conquest Monday, July 30, 2001 article	The Next Threat by Thomas H. Henriksen Monday, July 30, 2001 article
The European Orchestra by Timothy Garton Ash Monday, July 30, 2001 article	Putin Shows His Colors by Michael McFaul Monday, July 30, 2001 article
The Carrot or the Stick? by William Ratliff Saturday, June 30, 2001 article	Can El Presidente Pull It Off? by Stephen Haber Monday, July 30, 2001 article
The Contras Fight Again by Timothy Charles Brown Monday, July 30, 2001 article	How to Get AIDS Drugs to Africa by Gary S. Becker Monday, July 30, 2001 article
Under the Skin: Shelby Steele on Race in America by Peter M. Robinson Monday, July 30, 2001 article	The Day Reagan Was Shot by Richard V. Allen Monday, July 30, 2001 article
What Tocqueville Knew about Religion by Charles Hill Monday, July 30, 2001 article	The Idea of Progress: Once Again, with Feeling by Charles Murray Monday, July 30, 2001 article
What Tocqueville Would Say Today by Harvey C. Mansfield, Delba Winthrop Saturday, June 30, 2001 article	The Grand Dam by Elena Danielson Monday, July 30, 2001 article

Sunday, April 1, 2001

2001 No. 2

Failing Grades by Tom Bethell Monday, April 30, 2001 article	How Can We Fix Our Public Schools? By Making Them Private by Milton Friedman Monday, April 30, 2001 article
School Choice: The Evidence Comes In by Hanna Skandera, Richard Sousa Monday, April 30, 2001 article	The Private Can Be Public by John E. Chubb Monday, April 30, 2001 article
Private Property, Freedom, and the Rule of Law by Richard Pipes Monday, April 30, 2001 article	The Dollar Club by Robert J. Barro Monday, April 30, 2001 article
Stalemate in the Drug War by William Ratliff Monday, April 30, 2001 article	The Battle for Color-Blind Public Policy by Robert Zelnick Monday, April 30, 2001 article
Saving Souls—and Cities by John J. DiIulio Jr. Monday, April 30, 2001 article	E Pluribus Unum—Sooner or Later by Michael Barone Monday, April 30, 2001 article
The Greening of U.S. Foreign Policy by Terry Anderson Monday, April 30, 2001 article	How Not to Protect Wildlife by Ike C. Sugg Monday, April 30, 2001 article
Fueling High-Tech Industries by Paul M. Romer Monday, April 30, 2001 article	Strategies of Containment, Past and Future by John Lewis Gaddis Monday, April 30, 2001 article
Keeping Secrets in the Digital Age by Bruce Berkowitz Monday, April 30, 2001 article	NATO Ten Years from Now by Peter J. Duignan Monday, April 30, 2001 article
Confronting the Post–Post–Cold War World by Thomas H. Henriksen Monday, April 30, 2001 article	The Europeanization of the United States by Charles Hill Monday, April 30, 2001 article
Moscow, Misreading Bush by Michael McFaul Monday, April 30, 2001 article	And Now: The British Election by Gerald A. Dorfman Monday, April 30, 2001 article
Incroyable! by Arnold Beichman Monday, April 30, 2001 article	Friedman on the Surplus by Milton Friedman Monday, April 30, 2001 article
A Personal Odyssey by Thomas Sowell Monday, April 30, 2001 article	Mount Reagan by Peter M. Robinson Monday, April 30, 2001 article
How Reagan Did It by Peter M. Robinson Monday, April 30, 2001 article	Reagan, in His Own Hand by Martin Anderson, Annelise Anderson, Kiron K. Skinner Monday, April 30, 2001 article

Monday, January 1, 2001

2001 No. 1

When Progressiveness Leads to Backwardness by Amity Shlaes Tuesday, January 30, 2001 article	Taking on the Unions by Terry M. Moe Tuesday, January 30, 2001 article
The Next Chapter in American Education by William J. Bennett Tuesday, January 30, 2001 article	Reflections on the Recent Past: The Framers and Modern-Day Heresies by Richard F. Staar Tuesday, January 30, 2001 article
How Reagan Helped to Build the House of Bush by Edwin Meese III Tuesday, January 30, 2001 article	Why the New Populism Won’t Go Away by Robert Zelnick Tuesday, January 30, 2001 article
Where Have All the Governors Gone? by Bill Whalen Tuesday, January 30, 2001 article	The Double Bind of Race and Guilt by Shelby Steele Tuesday, January 30, 2001 article
From Protest to Politics by Tamar Jacoby Tuesday, January 30, 2001 article	One Nation, Indivisible by Ward Connerly Tuesday, January 30, 2001 article
Tough Justice Is Saving Our Inner Cities by Gary S. Becker Tuesday, January 30, 2001 article	Bootleggers, Baptists, and Global Warming by Bruce Yandle Tuesday, January 30, 2001 article
No, the Sky Is Not Falling by Peter W. Huber Tuesday, January 30, 2001 article	The Dawn of the e-Revolution by Newt Gingrich Tuesday, January 30, 2001 article
The Virtue of Prosperity by Dinesh D’Souza Tuesday, January 30, 2001 article	Secrecy and Security by Bruce Berkowitz Tuesday, January 30, 2001 article
Communism, Democracy, and Golf by Ken Jowitt Tuesday, January 30, 2001 article	Debt for Democracy by Larry Diamond Tuesday, January 30, 2001 article
The Last Revolution by Timothy Garton Ash Tuesday, January 30, 2001 article	The Right Way, the Wrong Way, and the Dutch Way by Melvyn B. Krauss, Lee R. Thomas Tuesday, January 30, 2001 article
Fires of Hatred by Norman M. Naimark Tuesday, January 30, 2001 article	Before the Fall by Alberto Diaz-Cayeros, Beatriz Magaloni, Barry R. Weingast Tuesday, January 30, 2001 article
How FDR Saved Capitalism by Seymour Martin Lipset, Gary Marks Tuesday, January 30, 2001 article	Ronald Reagan’s Best Scene by Pete Wilson Tuesday, January 30, 2001 article
Here’s the Rest of Him by Peter M. Robinson Tuesday, January 30, 2001 article	An Album of Romanian Images from the Hoover Archives by Laura Cosovanu, Elena Danielson Tuesday, January 30, 2001 article
Documenting Romania’s Long Struggle by Elena Danielson Tuesday, January 30, 2001 article	Part 2: An Album of Romanian Images from the Hoover Archives by Elena Danielson Tuesday, January 30, 2001 article
Part 3: An Album of Romanian Images from the Hoover Archives by Elena Danielson Tuesday, January 30, 2001 article	Part 4: An Album of Romanian Images from the Hoover Archives by Elena Danielson Tuesday, January 30, 2001 article
Part 5: An Album of Romanian Images from the Hoover Archives by Elena Danielson Tuesday, January 30, 2001 article	Part 6: An Album of Romanian Images from the Hoover Archives by Elena Danielson Tuesday, January 30, 2001 article

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