This week on Uncommon Knowledge, Hoover fellow Shelby Steele and the Weekly Standard’s Bill Kristol discuss the elections.
Mitt Romney: "I believe that if America does not lead, others will—others who do not share our interests and values—and the world will grow darker."
Shelby Steele
Bill Kristol
Videos
Is the progressive dream of wealth taxes soon to be reality – or a fiscal and economic nightmare – should voters approve Proposition 40 and a one-time 5% tax on the holdings of the Golden State’s billionaire class? And 25 years after one of the darkest days in the republic’s history, what is the legacy of the 9/11 attacks on America?
September 9, 2026
Articles
A Labor Day letter to America.
September 7, 2026
Articles
Trump proposes to convert it into block grants. What it needs is a single-minded focus on preparing kids for kindergarten.
September 4, 2026
