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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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Tuesday, August 4, 2020

This poster from World War II Britain is a reminder of another era in which public health took on broad importance, with implications that crossed borders and even touched on world politics and conflict. Here are two science students examining samples under a microscope. What may be remarkable to modern viewers of this poster from the Hoover Archives is that the young scientists are not researching a vaccine or a cure. 

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Rescuers in Another Time

by Mary Schaeffer Conroy, Valentina Fedorovna Sosonkinavia Hoover Digest
Tuesday, August 4, 2020

A hundred years ago, American doctors came to the aid of Belarus, a struggling Soviet republic where displaced people were falling prey to disease. In an eerily familiar story, overwhelmed hospitals and shortages of medical supplies prolonged the suffering. So did revolution and war.

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Western Civ and Its Discontents

by Peter Berkowitzvia Hoover Digest
Tuesday, August 4, 2020

Defending the history of liberal democracy is no mere intellectual exercise—it’s crucial to preserving our rights and liberties.

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Pale Horse

by Victor Davis Hansonvia Hoover Digest
Tuesday, August 4, 2020

The coronavirus proves once again the power of epidemics to upend, and sometimes erase, civilizations. Relearning a lesson the ancient world understood only too well.

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Ruins of the Great Society

by Peter M. Robinsonvia Hoover Digest
Tuesday, August 4, 2020

Lyndon Johnson’s grand program was born under a fatal paradox, says historian Amity Shlaes: the beliefs that “we can do anything” but “only the government can do it.” That tangled ambition led not to greatness but to a great disappointment.

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Cuba’s Dubious Miracle

by Paul E. Petersonvia Hoover Digest
Tuesday, August 4, 2020

Havana has always boasted of its schools, which some educators even tout as a model for the United States. But in communist Cuba, education is never what it seems. The supposed excellence of those schools is highly suspect.

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Hagia Sophia Becomes A Mosque Once Again

by Barry Straussvia Military History in the News
Tuesday, August 4, 2020

On Friday, July 24, Hagia Sophia was reopened as a mosque, after about a century as a museum. About 1,000 people attended Friday prayers there. The date, July 24, was not chosen at random, but marks a significant moment in military history.

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Andrew Roberts: Leadership In War

interview with Andrew Robertsvia Hoover Virtual Policy Briefings
Tuesday, August 4, 2020

A Hoover Virtual Policy Briefing with Andrew Roberts: Leadership in War.

Podcast: Andrew Roberts: Leadership In War | Hoover Virtual Policy Briefing
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Defending the “Defender in Chief”: John Yoo on Trump’s Fight for Presidential Power

interview with John Yoovia Uncommon Knowledge
Tuesday, August 4, 2020

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On the occasion of his new book, Defender in Chief: Donald Trump’s Fight for Presidential Power, Hoover visiting fellow and Berkeley Law School professor John Yoo joins the show to make a spirited case against the criticisms of Donald Trump for his supposed disruption of constitutional rules and norms.

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Cheated by Collectivism

by George P. Shultz, Michael J. Boskin, John F. Cogan, John B. Taylorvia Hoover Digest
Tuesday, August 4, 2020

Businesses do good by benefiting their shareholders, not pursuing a phantom of “social responsibility.”

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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.