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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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Sunday, October 1, 2000

2000 No. 4

A Time for Leadership by Margaret Thatcher Monday, October 30, 2000 article	Why the Press Irks the GOP by Peter M. Robinson Monday, October 30, 2000 article
Lessons Unlearned by Thomas Sowell Monday, October 30, 2000 article	The Difference Between the Parties Continues to Grow by Tom Bethell Monday, October 30, 2000 article
A New Front in the Culture War by Shelby Steele Monday, October 30, 2000 article	What Compassionate Conservatism Is—And Is Not by Stephen Goldsmith Monday, October 30, 2000 article
How the Bush Dynasty Almost Wasn’t by Richard V. Allen Monday, October 30, 2000 article	Egads! by Gary S. Becker Monday, October 30, 2000 article
When More Isn’t Better by Carol B. Low Monday, October 30, 2000 article	Microsoft’s Future—and Ours by Bruce Berkowitz Monday, October 30, 2000 article
Invasion of the Privacy Snatchers by Charles J. Sykes Monday, October 30, 2000 article	First Do No Harm by Henry I. Miller Monday, October 30, 2000 article
Sure, the North Pole Is Melting. So What? by S. Fred Singer Monday, October 30, 2000 article	Commonsense Environmentalism by Terry Anderson Monday, October 30, 2000 article
Andrei Sakharov and the Nuclear Danger by Sidney D. Drell Monday, October 30, 2000 article	Where Do We Go From Here? by John Lewis Gaddis Monday, October 30, 2000 article
Follow the Flag by Charles Hill Monday, October 30, 2000 article	Sidebar: The On-the-Job Training of Vladimir Putin by Michael McFaul Monday, October 30, 2000 article
Why Britain Should Say No by Robert Conquest Monday, October 30, 2000 article	United We Fall by Timothy Garton Ash Monday, October 30, 2000 article
The Putin Paradox by Michael McFaul Monday, October 30, 2000 article	The Lingering Dream of Empire by John B. Dunlop Monday, October 30, 2000 article
What the Democratization of Mexico Means for All the World by Larry Diamond Monday, October 30, 2000 article	Mutually Assured Destruction, South Asian Style by Thomas W. Simons Jr. Monday, October 30, 2000 article
Flashpoint, Taiwan by Ramon H. Myers, Linda Chao Monday, October 30, 2000 article	Cold War, Hot Debate by Helle Bering-Dale Monday, October 30, 2000 article
Remembering Joseph Brodsky by Cissie Dore Hill Monday, October 30, 2000 article	Jan Karski and the Hoover Institution by Cissie Dore Hill Monday, October 30, 2000 article
Jan Karski, Freedom Fighter by Deroy Murdock Monday, October 30, 2000 article	Sidebar: Jan Karski and the Hoover Institution by Cissie Dore Hill Monday, October 30, 2000 article

Saturday, July 1, 2000

2000 No. 3

What Rudy Did for the GOP by Peter M. Robinson Sunday, July 30, 2000 article	Who’s Afraid of the Big Bad Initiative? by Bill Whalen Sunday, July 30, 2000 article
Why the Federal Government Should Be Sent Out of the Classroom by Herbert J. Walberg Sunday, July 30, 2000 article	When Fairness Is Unjust by Thomas Sowell Sunday, July 30, 2000 article
New Hope for Public Schools by Paul T. Hill Sunday, July 30, 2000 article	The Best Argument for Tax Reform: The IRS by Amity Shlaes Sunday, July 30, 2000 article
Why Cyberspace Should Be Tax Free by Gary S. Becker Sunday, July 30, 2000 article	e-Privacy? by Mary J. Cronin Sunday, July 30, 2000 article
Big Brother in the Workplace by Charles J. Sykes Sunday, July 30, 2000 article	Regulatory Overdose by Henry I. Miller Sunday, July 30, 2000 article
Another Fine Mess by Deroy Murdock Sunday, July 30, 2000 article	Endangering Species by Terry Anderson Sunday, July 30, 2000 article
A Report Card on Democracy by Larry Diamond Sunday, July 30, 2000 article	Imperial Understretch by Richard N. Haass Sunday, July 30, 2000 article
Negotiations Lite by Charles Hill Sunday, July 30, 2000 article	The American Age by Fareed Zakaria Sunday, July 30, 2000 article
The Secretary Testifies by George P. Shultz Sunday, July 30, 2000 article	Foreign Policy by Autopilot by John Lewis Gaddis Sunday, July 30, 2000 article
Indifferent to Democracy by Michael McFaul Sunday, July 30, 2000 article	A Tsar Is Born by Richard F. Staar Sunday, July 30, 2000 article
The Ugly Beauty of Backwardness by Timothy Garton Ash Sunday, July 30, 2000 article	Japan and the Demand-Side Lie by Melvyn B. Krauss, Lee R. Thomas Sunday, July 30, 2000 article
The Cold War’s Final Act by Edward Neilan Sunday, July 30, 2000 article	End the Embargo Now by William Ratliff, Roger Fontaine Sunday, July 30, 2000 article
Listen Up, Mr. President by Milton Friedman, Peter M. Robinson Sunday, July 30, 2000 article	The Courage of Friedrich Hayek by William F. Buckley Jr. Sunday, July 30, 2000 article
The Hayek Century by John Cassidy Friday, June 30, 2000 article

Saturday, April 1, 2000

2000 No. 2

The Little Engine That Could by Chester E. Finn Jr., Bruno V. Manno, Gregg Vanourek Sunday, April 30, 2000 article	How Home Schooling Will Change Public Education by Paul T. Hill Sunday, April 30, 2000 article
Why Johnny Can’t Add by Williamson M. Evers Sunday, April 30, 2000 article	A Dime’s Worth of Difference? by Gerald A. Dorfman Sunday, April 30, 2000 article
How to Put Unemployment Insurance to Work by Edward Paul Lazear Sunday, April 30, 2000 article	Why Are Minimum Wages So Popular? by Thomas E. MaCurdy Sunday, April 30, 2000 article
The Indispensable Institution by Tom Bethell Sunday, April 30, 2000 article	Saving Money by Taking Lives by Melvyn B. Krauss Sunday, April 30, 2000 article
Why Health Care Reform May Be Bad for Your Health by Richard A. Epstein Sunday, April 30, 2000 article	What Price Pollution? Let the Market Figure It Out by Gary S. Becker Sunday, April 30, 2000 article
Neither Snow nor Sleet . . . Can Dampen This Monopoly by Rick Geddes Sunday, April 30, 2000 article	Crime Goes High Tech by Abraham D. Sofaer Sunday, April 30, 2000 article
Beware the Brave New World by Charles J. Sykes Sunday, April 30, 2000 article	Covert Operations, Now More Than Ever by Thomas H. Henriksen Sunday, April 30, 2000 article
Let’s Get Real by John Lewis Gaddis Sunday, April 30, 2000 article	How to Pursue the National Interest by Condoleezza Rice Sunday, April 30, 2000 article
The New World Disorder by Arnold Beichman Sunday, April 30, 2000 article	Blundering toward a Second Cold War? by Charles Hill Sunday, April 30, 2000 article
Are “Asian Values” Really Unique? by Charles Wolf Jr. Sunday, April 30, 2000 article	The Specter Haunting Russia by Robert Conquest Sunday, April 30, 2000 article
Winning the Balkans to Lose Them by Timothy Garton Ash Sunday, April 30, 2000 article	Further Reflections on a Ravaged Century by Karl Zinsmeister, Robert Conquest Sunday, April 30, 2000 article
Still the Exceptional Nation? by Seymour Martin Lipset Sunday, April 30, 2000 article	In God We Trust by Michael Novak Sunday, April 30, 2000 article
On The Cover by Edward A. Jajko Sunday, April 30, 2000 article	Remembering Katyn by Brian Crozier Sunday, April 30, 2000 article
Collecting the Twentieth Century by Cissie Dore Hill Sunday, April 30, 2000 article	“I Ring Only For Peace” by Elena Danielson Sunday, April 30, 2000 article
A comprehensive listing Sunday, April 30, 2000 article

Saturday, January 1, 2000

2000 No. 1

Cheating America’s Schoolchildren by Pete Wilson Sunday, January 30, 2000 article	The Case for Vouchers by Paul E. Peterson Sunday, January 30, 2000 article
The Public Revolution Private Money Could Cause by Terry M. Moe Sunday, January 30, 2000 article	Smaller Class Size No Magic Bullet by Edward Paul Lazear Sunday, January 30, 2000 article
We Shall Overcome—by Merit by Shelby Steele Sunday, January 30, 2000 article	How Not to Reform Campaign Finance by James C. Miller III Sunday, January 30, 2000 article
The Quest for Cosmic Justice by Thomas Sowell Sunday, January 30, 2000 article	What Revolution? by Tom Bethell Sunday, January 30, 2000 article
Social Insecurity by John Shoven Sunday, January 30, 2000 article	Guess What? Welfare Reform Works by Gary S. Becker Sunday, January 30, 2000 article
Are We Hurting or Helping the Disabled? by Gary S. Becker Sunday, January 30, 2000 article	An Electrifying Proposal by Lawrence J. McQuillan Sunday, January 30, 2000 article
A System Gone Bad by Daniel P. Kessler Sunday, January 30, 2000 article	Global Food Fight by Henry I. Miller Sunday, January 30, 2000 article
Trickle-Down Economics (and We Mean Trickle) by Terry Anderson, Clay J. Landry Sunday, January 30, 2000 article	The War America Lost by Joseph D. McNamara Sunday, January 30, 2000 article
The Present Threat by Abraham D. Sofaer, Sidney D. Drell, George D. Wilson Sunday, January 30, 2000 article	The Lost Decade by Charles Hill Sunday, January 30, 2000 article
The Flashpoint at the Bottom of the Balkans by William Ratliff Sunday, January 30, 2000 article	In the Balkans to Stay by Arnold Beichman Sunday, January 30, 2000 article
Why East Timor Matters by Charles Hill Sunday, January 30, 2000 article	Neglecting Latin America by Timothy Charles Brown Sunday, January 30, 2000 article
The World Turned Right Side Up by Timothy Garton Ash Sunday, January 30, 2000 article	The Man Who Won the Cold War by Richard V. Allen Sunday, January 30, 2000 article
A Death in Berlin by Dennis L. Bark Sunday, January 30, 2000 article	How Solidarity Arose by Zbigniew Brzezinski Sunday, January 30, 2000 article
The Last Empire by Richard Pipes Sunday, January 30, 2000 article	Where’s the Rest of Him? by Peter M. Robinson Sunday, January 30, 2000 article
Remembering Karl Popper by Piers Norris Turner Sunday, January 30, 2000 article	Ten Years of Freedom by Cissie Dore Hill Sunday, January 30, 2000 article
A comprehensive listing Sunday, January 30, 2000 article

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