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Trump Savours 'Witch Hunt' Vindication After Charges Against Ex-aide Flynn Dropped

quoting John Yoovia Deccan Herald
Saturday, May 9, 2020
US President Donald Trump (AFP photo) President Donald Trump claimed sweeping vindication Friday over the Russian election meddling investigation that he has long branded a hoax and a witch hunt, after the Justice Department dropped its prosecution of his former national security advisor Michael Flynn.
Interviews

Lanhee Chen On In The Bubble With Andy Slavitt

interview with Lanhee J. Chenvia In the Bubble with Andy Slavitt
Wednesday, May 6, 2020

(34:50) Hoover Institution fellow Lanhee Chen discusses the COVID-19 crisis.

Interviews

Victor Davis Hanson: The 'Credentialed Class' Keeps Getting It Wrong With Coronavirus Response

interview with Victor Davis Hansonvia Fox News
Wednesday, May 6, 2020

Hoover Institution fellow Victor Davis Hanson said that Americans will increasingly reject a “one-size-fits-all" approach that keeps the economy shut down in order to prevent the spread of coronavirus.

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The US Should Follow Sweden's Approach To Combating COVID-19

by Alexander Galetovic, Stephen Habervia The Hill
Tuesday, May 5, 2020

Many governors are refusing to lift their COVID-19 shelter-in-place decrees until long lists of conditions are met. They have phrased their recalcitrance in the language of science. As California’s Gavin Newsom put it: "Science, not politics must be the guide…. We can't get ahead of ourselves .... I don't want to make a political decision. That puts people's lives at risk."

Interviews

Victor Davis Hanson: Biden's VP Choice, 2020, Is Like FDR's VP Choice, 1944

interview with Victor Davis Hansonvia The John Batchelor Show
Thursday, April 30, 2020

Hoover Institution fellow Victor Davis Hanson discusses his Fox News article "Biden VP selection echoes decision Democrats and FDR made in 1944."

Analysis and CommentaryPolitics

Other Than A Candidate Stuck At Home, How’s The Health Of Biden’s Campaign?

by Bill Whalenvia Forbes
Thursday, April 30, 2020

Assuming the candidate himself is surviving his Delaware quarantine unscathed by the COVID-19 pandemic, the question would be: what, if anything, presently ails Joe Biden’s presidential run?

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GoodFellows: Your Wallet or Your Life?

interview with John H. Cochrane, Niall Ferguson, H. R. McMastervia Hoover Podcasts
Tuesday, April 28, 2020

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Striking the right balance in restarting a battered economy, COVID-19’s effect on America’s military readiness, and a scenario in which a second pandemic wave strikes shortly before the fall election.
Interviews

John Yoo: Nancy Pelosi Rips Controversial Comments By President Trump

interview with John Yoovia Fox News
Saturday, April 25, 2020

Hoover Institution fellow John Yoo discusses President Trump's comments about COVID-19, and notes that the federal government is following scientific advice.

Analysis and Commentary

Trumping Poverty

by Casey B. Mulliganvia City-Journal
Thursday, April 23, 2020

The president’s rollback of onerous regulations has helped low-income Americans.

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Victor Davis Hanson On Corona, California, And The Classical World

interview with Victor Davis Hansonvia Uncommon Knowledge
Friday, April 24, 2020

Victor Davis Hanson discusses some of the difficulties encountered by farmers and by research scientists and doctors dealing with COVID-19, and why some areas of the country are affected more than others, his theories about when the virus actually first appeared in the United States, and, finally, what plagues of the ancient world can teach us about how to best manage and get past the situation the entire world finds itself in.

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