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Kiron Skinner on America's Forum

interview with Kiron K. Skinnervia Newsmax TV
Wednesday, August 6, 2014

Research Fellow Kiron Skinner discussed the passing of James Brady on Newsmax TV’s America's Forum.

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Analysis and Commentary

Schlesinger v. Cillizza

by Jack Goldsmithvia Lawfare
Tuesday, July 22, 2014

Chris Cillizza has a piece in the WP that argues that the world is too splintered and partisan and complex, and communication and persuasion too difficult, for the president of the United States to succeed.  This is an old claim.

Analysis and Commentary

Inventing Freedom. How the English-Speaking Peoples Made the Modern World

by Bruce Thorntonvia FrontPage Mag.com
Friday, July 18, 2014

The fundamental incoherence of multiculturalism comes from its cultural relativism that posits no one way of life is better than another, but then singles out the West as a uniquely oppressive global villain.

Analysis and Commentary

The Turbulent Summer of 2014

by Victor Davis Hansonvia Tribune Media Services
Wednesday, July 16, 2014

The summer of 2014 will go down in history as the season when America fell apart. Let's take a tour of the disasters.

Analysis and Commentary

All Clintoned Out

by Victor Davis Hansonvia Works and Days
Sunday, July 13, 2014

Barack Obama did not blow apart Hillary Clinton’s huge lead during the 2008 Democratic primaries just because he was a landmark African-American candidate, new to the scene, and a skilled campaigner. Even Democrats were all Clintoned out.

Ronald Reagan
Analysis and Commentary

The Most Misunderstood And Least Appreciated Aspect Of Ronald Reagan's Legacy

by Kiron K. Skinnervia Forbes
Sunday, June 8, 2014

The tenth anniversary of President Reagan’s death, observed on June 5, is a fitting time to review the most misunderstood and underappreciated aspect of his legacy.

Herbert Hoover
In the News

The Greatest Ex

mentioning George H. Nashvia The Weekly Standard
Monday, June 9, 2014

I was raised in a Hoover household. By the time I came along in 1944, Herbert Hoover had already begun to reclaim the respect of many Americans, despite the vilification he had suffered at the hands of the New Deal propaganda machine. 

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The Reparations Debate

by Richard A. Epsteinvia The Libertarian
Thursday, June 5, 2014

Richard Epstein examines the arguments over reparations and considers whether there are better methods for fostering African American mobility.

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Interviews

Richard Epstein on the John Batchelor Show (19:24)

interview with Richard A. Epsteinvia John Batchelor Show
Friday, May 30, 2014

Hoover senior fellow Richard Epstein discusses the Atlantic Magazine article "The Case for Reparations" on the John Batchelor Show.

The New Deal and Modern American Conservatism: A Defining Rivalry, by Hoover fel
Books

The New Deal and Modern American Conservatism: A Defining Rivalry

by Gordon Lloyd, David Davenportvia Hoover Institution Press
Thursday, October 31, 2013

Providing an often-overlooked historical perspective, Gordon Lloyd and David Davenport show how the New Deal of the 1930s established the framework for today’s US domestic policy and the ongoing debate between progressives and conservatives. They examine the pivotal issues of the dispute, laying out the progressive-conservative arguments between Hoover and Roosevelt in the 1930s and illustrating how those issues remain current in public policy today.

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Military History Working Group


The Working Group on the Role of Military History in Contemporary Conflict examines how knowledge of past military operations can influence contemporary public policy decisions concerning current conflicts.