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Exceptionalism

by John H. Cochranevia Grumpy Economist
Thursday, December 14, 2017

Law and the Regulatory State is a little essay, my contribution to American Exceptionalism in a new Era, a volume of such essays by Hoover Fellows. It takes up where Rule of Law in the Regulatory State left off.

In the News

Toxic Tribalism

quoting Victor Davis Hansonvia The Patriot Post
Thursday, December 14, 2017

Democrats should be careful what they wish for. Tribalism requires purity, which in turn requires conformity.

Interviews

Timothy Garton Ash Speaks At Bilim Akademisi

interview with Timothy Garton Ashvia Bilim Akademisi
Thursday, December 14, 2017

Hoover Institution fellow Timothy Garton Ash discusses freedom of speech and explains why the media is essential for a functioning deliberative democracy. He argues that populism and the projection of dominant voices through the media is a significant threat to free speech around the globe.

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The Libertarian: Privacy Rights in the Digital Age

interview with Richard A. Epsteinvia Defining Ideas (Hoover Institution)
Thursday, December 14, 2017
A Supreme Court case tests the limits of government surveillance with new technologies.
Featured

Religious Bias Is Distorting American Foreign Policy

by Kori Schakevia Atlantic
Wednesday, December 13, 2017

The administration is imperiling the very minority communities it claims to want to protect.

The Classicist with Victor Davis Hanson:
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The Classicist: Declining Character, Increasing Scandal

interview with Victor Davis Hansonvia The Classicist
Wednesday, December 13, 2017

What a spate of recent sex scandals tells us about the erosion of character amongst American elites.

In the News

Duels, Drinks, Debates: Inside The John Adams Society

by Harvey C. Mansfieldvia Harvard Crimson
Tuesday, December 12, 2017

At a time when some are questioning Harvard’s commitment to free speech, the John Adams Society seeks to challenge what they see as the campus liberal orthodoxy—even if it means meeting in secret.

Is Hiring Jews Evidence Of Anti-Semitism?

by David R. Henderson
Tuesday, December 12, 2017

At first glance, the title of this post seems strange. How could hiring Jews be evidence of anti-Semitism? And yet that is where we are.

In the News

Everyone Can Benefit From Playing Sports, Even If They Don't Go Pro

quoting Condoleezza Ricevia WFAA
Monday, December 11, 2017

We all know that every kid who plays basketball won't grow up to be LeBron James. Not all youth soccer stars will play in the World Cup. But research shows playing sports as a kid can have substantial benefits later in life, no matter what you grow up to do.

Elena Kontsevich
In the News

Hoover Institution Acquires Papers Of Pavel Krushevan And Elena Kontsevich

Tuesday, December 12, 2017

Pavel Aleksandrovich Krushevan (1860-1909) was a lawyer, a journalist, and a Duma deputy. He is considered one of the chief architects of the Kishinev pogrom of 1903, which erupted after a series of newspaper articles by Krushevan purporting to describe the murder of a local boy and attributing the act to Jews. Krushevan was the first owner and publisher of the St. Petersburg newspaper Znamia (August/September 1903), one of the leading black hundred publications of the time.

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