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Socialism and The Constitution
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Socialism Vs. The American Constitution
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Emergencies Do Not Expand Constitutional Power
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The Essence Of Marxism
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Portrait of Karl Marx
Liberal Democracy Vs. Communism
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How Not To Teach American History
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The Rise Of The War Metaphor In Public Policy
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How Socialist Is Bernie Sanders?
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The Bonds Of Colonialism
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History's Historian

by Daniel Sullivanvia Policy Review
Wednesday, July 30, 2008

Daniel Sullivan on A History of Histories: Epics, Chronicles, Romances and Inquiries from Herodotus and Thucydides to the Twentieth Century by John Burrow

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A Few Brave Voices

by Bradley Bauervia Hoover Digest
Tuesday, July 1, 2008

An exhibit tells the story of the Soviet dissidents who fought the Kremlin—and, in the end, won. By Brad Bauer.

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Letter from the Gulag

by Golfo Alexopoulosvia Hoover Digest
Tuesday, July 1, 2008

The strange story of a prisoner who complained to Stalin's secret police chief—and got results. By Golfo Alexopoulos.

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Serious Fun

by Peter M. Robinsonvia Hoover Digest
Tuesday, July 1, 2008

A note on the late William F. Buckley Jr. and Firing Line, television's longest-running sporting event. By Peter Robinson.

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Ebb Tide of Freedom?

by Niall Fergusonvia Hoover Digest
Friday, June 27, 2008

The worldwide triumph of democracy was never foreordained. But it’s also too soon to prophesy its failure. By Niall Ferguson.

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Ehud Olmert Hoover Digest 2008 #3

How Israelis See the Future

by Peter Berkowitzvia Hoover Digest
Friday, June 27, 2008

The evolving consensus: their nation, though threatened, is sound. By Peter Berkowitz.

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A Modest Proposal for Mideast Peace

by Victor Davis Hansonvia Hoover Digest
Friday, June 27, 2008

Refugees, lost territory, artificial states . . . after we somehow fix these problems in spots like Kashmir and Eastern Europe, fixing them in Israel will be a cinch. By Victor Davis Hanson.

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Father Stanislaw Jasinski, representative of the bishop of Krakow, prays over the mass graves

Exhuming Secrets

by Paul R. Gregory, Maciej Siekierskivia Hoover Digest
Friday, June 27, 2008

Moscow is still trying to hide what really happened in the 1940 Katyn massacre. Why the truth won’t stay buried. By Paul R. Gregory and Maciej Siekierski.

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Hoover senior fellow Chester E. "Checker" Finn Jr.

A Schoolyard Scrapper

by Jay Mathewsvia Hoover Digest
Friday, June 27, 2008

Call him “Troublemaker”—lots of people do. The provocative Chester E. Finn Jr., head of Hoover’s Koret Task Force on K–12 Education, has published a memoir. By Jay Mathews.

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Goodbye to All That?

by Thomas H. Henriksenvia Hoover Digest
Friday, June 27, 2008

Washing our hands of the Middle East—a notion that’s as futile as it is appealing. By Thomas H. Henriksen.

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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.