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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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Friday, October 1, 1999

1999 No. 4

Why America Is Working by Michael Barone Saturday, October 30, 1999 article	Capitalist Culture by David R. Henderson Saturday, October 30, 1999 article
Inflated Expectations for the Fed by Michael J. Boskin Saturday, October 30, 1999 article	Capitalism and Its Discontents by Michael J. Boskin Saturday, October 30, 1999 article
Give It Back by Amity Shlaes Saturday, October 30, 1999 article	What Trust Fund? by Thomas Sowell Saturday, October 30, 1999 article
Save Some of the Surplus for Medical Research by Gary S. Becker Saturday, October 30, 1999 article	When Discrimination Makes Sense by Dinesh D’Souza Saturday, October 30, 1999 article
How to Police the Police by Joseph D. McNamara Saturday, October 30, 1999 article	How to Replace the IMF by Lawrence J. McQuillan Saturday, October 30, 1999 article
My Luncheon with Bono by Robert J. Barro Saturday, October 30, 1999 article	The International Monetary Folly by Bruce Bueno de Mesquita, Hilton L. Root Saturday, October 30, 1999 article
The Global Prospect by Larry Diamond Saturday, October 30, 1999 article	And Now the Bad News by Edward D. Mansfield Saturday, October 30, 1999 article
Stealing Secrets, Then and Now by Edward Teller Saturday, October 30, 1999 article	Preventive Defense by William J. Perry, Ash Carter Saturday, October 30, 1999 article
Missile Deception by Bill Gertz Saturday, October 30, 1999 article	The Euro and That Sinking Feeling by Melvyn B. Krauss Saturday, October 30, 1999 article
The Wild, Wild East by John B. Dunlop Saturday, October 30, 1999 article	Kosovo Joyride by Michael McFaul Saturday, October 30, 1999 article
Asia Gets Back on Its Feet by Charles Wolf Jr. Saturday, October 30, 1999 article	The Next Great Leap by William McGurn Saturday, October 30, 1999 article
The Rough Road to Democracy by Larry Diamond, Doh Chull Shin Saturday, October 30, 1999 article	Flying Down to Rio by Robert J. Barro Saturday, October 30, 1999 article
The Future of Foreign Policy by Condoleezza Rice, Haim Zaltzman Saturday, October 30, 1999 article	A Clarion Call for Freedom by Douglas Brinkley Saturday, October 30, 1999 article
The Cold War over CNN’s Cold War by Richard Pipes, Robert Conquest, John Lewis Gaddis Saturday, October 30, 1999 article	Save This Date by Arnold Beichman Saturday, October 30, 1999 article
Reagan’s Plan by Kiron K. Skinner Saturday, October 30, 1999 article	The Day Cornell Died by Thomas Sowell Saturday, October 30, 1999 article
Cracking the Kremlin Files by Bernard Butcher Saturday, October 30, 1999 article	On the Cover by Elena Danielson Saturday, October 30, 1999 article
A comprehensive listing Saturday, October 30, 1999 article

Thursday, July 1, 1999

1999 No. 3

And Now, The Good News by Thomas Sowell Friday, July 30, 1999 article	Becker to Uncle Sam: Keep Your Hands Off Wall Street by Gary S. Becker Friday, July 30, 1999 article
Getting Business Off the Dole by Stephen Moore Friday, July 30, 1999 article	Why the Republican Congress Hasn’t Cut Your Taxes by Tom Bethell Friday, July 30, 1999 article
Itemize This by Peter Brimelow Friday, July 30, 1999 article	The Greedy Hand in a Velvet Glove by Amity Shlaes Friday, July 30, 1999 article
Farmers: Beware Drought, Pestilence, and the EPA by Henry I. Miller Friday, July 30, 1999 article	Cancer Risk Analysis: New Science and Old Politics by S. Fred Singer Friday, July 30, 1999 article
Racial Quotas in College Admissions: A Critique of the Bowen and Bok Study by Thomas Sowell Friday, July 30, 1999 article	Bye-Bye, Bilingual by Peter J. Duignan Friday, July 30, 1999 article
The Dangerous Federalization of Crime by Edwin Meese III Friday, July 30, 1999 article	Can America Keep Its Lead? Friday, July 30, 1999 article
Silverado Creek: A Tragedy of the Commons by Tibor R. Machan Friday, July 30, 1999 article	Al Gore: A Case Study by Robert Zelnick Friday, July 30, 1999 article
The Administration Gets It Half Right by Abraham D. Sofaer Friday, July 30, 1999 article	Institutions of Accountability by Larry Diamond Friday, July 30, 1999 article
Bringing Rogue States to Justice by Thomas H. Henriksen Friday, July 30, 1999 article	How the IMF Starts the Fires It’s Supposed to Put Out by Robert J. Barro Friday, July 30, 1999 article
Providing for the Common Defense by Michael Barone Friday, July 30, 1999 article	A Warrior on War by Richard Sousa Friday, July 30, 1999 article
From Seattle to Santiago, Let the Dollar Reign by Robert J. Barro Friday, July 30, 1999 article	What I Saw by John B. Dunlop Friday, July 30, 1999 article
A Dangerous Precedent by William Ratliff, David Oppenheimer Friday, July 30, 1999 article	Arsenal of Poison by Arnold Beichman Friday, July 30, 1999 article
Midnight in Tehran by Robert Morton Friday, July 30, 1999 article	Hong Kong: Less Free to Choose by Edward Neilan Friday, July 30, 1999 article
Why China Doesn’t Need the WTO by Charles Wolf Jr. Friday, July 30, 1999 article	Beware the Funny Money by Peter Brimelow, Milton Friedman Friday, July 30, 1999 article
How Liberals Funked It by Robert Conquest Friday, July 30, 1999 article	The Document That Ended an Empire by Charles G. Palm Friday, July 30, 1999 article
The Romanov Legacy by Elena Danielson Friday, July 30, 1999 article	A comprehensive listing Friday, July 30, 1999 article

Thursday, April 1, 1999

1999 No. 2

Black History Lesson by Thomas Sowell Friday, April 30, 1999 article	Race and Responsibility by Shelby Steele Friday, April 30, 1999 article
Book ’Em by Gary S. Becker Friday, April 30, 1999 article	It Takes a Family by Jennifer Roback Morse Friday, April 30, 1999 article
Flatten the Payroll Tax—and Change the World by Alvin Rabushka Friday, April 30, 1999 article	The Greedy Hand by Amity Shlaes Friday, April 30, 1999 article
Surplus on the Surface, Trouble Underneath by Peter Brimelow Friday, April 30, 1999 article	They Only Look Dead by Michael Barone Friday, April 30, 1999 article
Want High Returns? Take the Risks by Gary S. Becker Friday, April 30, 1999 article	Megamergers—and Megafallacies by David Brady Friday, April 30, 1999 article
Whose Boom Is It, Anyway? by Edward Paul Lazear Friday, April 30, 1999 article	The Best of All Possible Worlds by David R. Henderson Friday, April 30, 1999 article
Social Security Socialism by Milton Friedman Friday, April 30, 1999 article	The Biggest Ponzi Scheme on Earth by Milton Friedman Friday, April 30, 1999 article
What We Should Have Learned by Now by John F. Cogan Friday, April 30, 1999 article	Environmental Law 101 by Richard A. Epstein Friday, April 30, 1999 article
Flying Friendlier Skies by John E. Robson Friday, April 30, 1999 article	Choke Hold by Henry I. Miller Friday, April 30, 1999 article
It Can Happen Here by Richard J. Danzig Friday, April 30, 1999 article	Why We're Allowed to Hit Back by Abraham D. Sofaer Friday, April 30, 1999 article
The Politics of Human Rights by William Ratliff Friday, April 30, 1999 article	The Myth of Democratic Pacifism by Thomas Schwartz, Kiron K. Skinner Friday, April 30, 1999 article
Toward a New Foreign Policy by Ken Jowitt Friday, April 30, 1999 article	A Continent out to Lunch by Gary S. Becker Friday, April 30, 1999 article
Thatcherism after Thatcher by Peter Lilley Friday, April 30, 1999 article	What Might Save Russia Yet by Robert J. Barro Friday, April 30, 1999 article
How Asia Fell by Milton Friedman Friday, April 30, 1999 article	In Celia’s Office by Robert Conquest Friday, April 30, 1999 article
Guilty as Charged by Arnold Beichman Friday, April 30, 1999 article	Sincerely, Mom by Peter M. Robinson Friday, April 30, 1999 article
Teller Reflects by Edward Teller, Lee Munson Friday, April 30, 1999 article	Treasures from the Archives by Richard Sousa Friday, April 30, 1999 article
A comprehensive listing Friday, April 30, 1999 article

Friday, January 1, 1999

1999 No. 1

The Loneliness of the “Black Conservative” by Shelby Steele Saturday, January 30, 1999 article	How Black Leaders Are Leading Black Americans Astray by Thomas Sowell Saturday, January 30, 1999 article
The Dance of the Lemons by Peter Schweizer Saturday, January 30, 1999 article	A Little School in the Northeast Kingdom by Amity Shlaes Saturday, January 30, 1999 article
Axing the Family Tree by Jennifer Roback Morse Saturday, January 30, 1999 article	Quantifying the Brave New World by Michael S. Malone Saturday, January 30, 1999 article
How Private Property Saved the Pilgrims by Tom Bethell Saturday, January 30, 1999 article	The Welcome Effects of Latino Immigration by Michael Barone Saturday, January 30, 1999 article
It’s All in Your Head by Paul M. Romer Saturday, January 30, 1999 article	Merger Mania? by Peter Brimelow Saturday, January 30, 1999 article
Why the Antitrust Cops Should Lay Off High Tech by Robert J. Barro Saturday, January 30, 1999 article	You Call That a Case? by David R. Henderson Saturday, January 30, 1999 article
Sick Process by Henry I. Miller Saturday, January 30, 1999 article	Big Brother Is Listening by Joseph D. McNamara Saturday, January 30, 1999 article
Five Ways to Beat the Thugs by Abraham D. Sofaer Saturday, January 30, 1999 article	What the European Central Bank Needs to Do by John B. Taylor Saturday, January 30, 1999 article
A Tale of Two Nations by Gary S. Becker Saturday, January 30, 1999 article	Britain’s Final Choice by Arnold Beichman Saturday, January 30, 1999 article
How Russia Blundered into Chechnya by John B. Dunlop Saturday, January 30, 1999 article	Why We Must Act by Michael McFaul Saturday, January 30, 1999 article
Why China Will Become a Democracy by Henry S. Rowen Saturday, January 30, 1999 article	Two Freedoms by Arnold Beichman Saturday, January 30, 1999 article
New Thoughts about Fidel by William Ratliff Saturday, January 30, 1999 article	Richard Nixon, LBJ, and the Invasion of Czechoslovakia by Richard V. Allen Saturday, January 30, 1999 article
The Nineteen Sixties: A Long, Strange Trip by Chris Caldwell Saturday, January 30, 1999 article	Still the Father of His Country by Seymour Martin Lipset Saturday, January 30, 1999 article
Virtues and the Making of Modern Liberalism by Peter Berkowitz Monday, January 18, 1999 article	Mr. Market by Milton Friedman Saturday, January 30, 1999 article
A Fierce, Freedom-Loving Man by Elena Danielson Saturday, January 30, 1999 article	Two Eras by Charles G. Palm Saturday, January 30, 1999 article
Treasures from the Archives by John Raisian Saturday, January 30, 1999 article	A comprehensive listing Saturday, January 30, 1999 article

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