Though yesterday’s Italian election is seen as a deadlock, the Far Right is the clear winner, with the populist Five Star Movement and anti-immigrant League coming out ahead. Even Silvio Berlusconi performed well in an election considered a rebuke to anyone with progressive ideas about the cultural and political direction of the nation.
Hoover Institution fellow Condoleezza Rice discusses American Creed and she argues that what traditionally unites US citizens, regardless of social class, ethnicity or religion, is a singular aspiration: "You can come from humble circumstances and do great things."
Donald Trump’s election as 45th President of the US was a stunning repudiation of the establishment, whether on the left or the right — and one of the key reasons for his election is that he forced an open and honest debate on the issue of immigration.
I've watched the whole 30-minute interview of Canadian psychologist Jordan B. Peterson by the BBC's Cathy Newman twice. Like many people, I was impressed by his ability to handle her questions and keep his cool. But when I showed it to a friend in Miami last week who knew nothing about him, we stopped after the 3-minute point because we found it so profound.
The next in our series of book soirees at the Hoover Institution will take place from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. on March 14, when Lawfare's Jack Goldsmith will interview Niall Ferguson about his new book, “The Square and the Tower: Networks, Hierarchies and the Struggle for Global Power.”
I got a late start today and so, instead of watching an uninteresting show about the coming NFL draft on my favorite sports channel, ESPN, I watched the CBS morning show. Big mistake. I hadn't watched it in decades and I was quickly reminded why.
