https://www.hoover.org/ en https://www.hoover.org/research/50-billion-aid-ukraine-stalls-over-legal-questions [Subscription Required] US and European officials are struggling to honor their pledge to use Russian assets to aid Ukraine. September 18, 2024 September 18, 2024 https://www.hoover.org/research/50-billion-aid-ukraine-stalls-over-legal-questions https://www.hoover.org/research/pharmacy-students-first-amendment-lawsuit-based-reversed-expulsion-twitter-sex-talk-can From today's opinion in Diei v. Boyd, written by Judge Chad Readler and joined by Judges Joan Larsen and Stephanie Davis: Kimberly Diei enrolled at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Pharmacy to pursue a doctorate in pharmacy.  September 18, 2024 September 18, 2024 https://www.hoover.org/research/pharmacy-students-first-amendment-lawsuit-based-reversed-expulsion-twitter-sex-talk-can https://www.hoover.org/research/david-autor-hayek In today’s print edition (yesterday’s electronic edition) of the Wall Street Journal, Mark Skousen tells of being turned down by the president of the American Economic Association for a session on the work of Friedrich Hayek. September 18, 2024 September 18, 2024 https://www.hoover.org/research/david-autor-hayek https://www.hoover.org/research/facebook-takes-down-my-post-about-brazilian-censorship A few hours ago, Tyler Cowen had a post in which he gave a translation of a statement made by economists in favor of Brazilian censorship of X. One of the signers was MIT economist Daron Acemoglu. September 18, 2024 September 18, 2024 https://www.hoover.org/research/facebook-takes-down-my-post-about-brazilian-censorship https://www.hoover.org/research/condoleezza-rice-americas-role-world-and-perils-isolationism Hoover Institution Director and former US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice discusses the importance of US global leadership, the perils of isolationism, and the critical foreign policy decisions facing the next US president. September 18, 2024 September 18, 2024 https://www.hoover.org/research/condoleezza-rice-americas-role-world-and-perils-isolationism https://www.hoover.org/research/education-policy-makes-difference-not-one-you-think Kids' educational test scores are a major cause for concern across the world. Learning plummeted nearly everywhere during the COVID-19 pandemic—but even before that, standardized test result measures in mathematics, science and reading were heading in the wrong direction. September 18, 2024 September 18, 2024 https://www.hoover.org/research/education-policy-makes-difference-not-one-you-think https://www.hoover.org/research/constitution-day-lets-commit-revitalize-civics-education-schools Let’s start with two terrorizing words from school: Pop Quiz! How many of you know that Tuesday, Sept. 17 is a national holiday? It’s Constitution Day (and also Citizenship Day). I am willing to bet that far fewer of you knew that than would have known when it was Independence Day, July 4. Independence Day gets parades and fireworks, Constitution Day is largely lost and forgotten. September 18, 2024 September 18, 2024 https://www.hoover.org/research/constitution-day-lets-commit-revitalize-civics-education-schools https://www.hoover.org/research/neuroscience-unlocking-brains-secrets Drugs and therapies could bring about longer lives, better mental health, and freedom from addiction. September 18, 2024 September 18, 2024 https://www.hoover.org/research/neuroscience-unlocking-brains-secrets https://www.hoover.org/research/bill-signing-season-sacramento-goodbye-recall-candidates-and-legacy-admissions September in Sacramento means a month devoted to bill signing—California’s governor poring through hundreds of pieces of legislation that, this year at least, could impact the fall election, future recall elections, and perhaps future generations of students hoping to attend the Golden State’s private universities. September 18, 2024 September 18, 2024 https://www.hoover.org/research/bill-signing-season-sacramento-goodbye-recall-candidates-and-legacy-admissions https://www.hoover.org/publications/hoover-daily-report/wednesday-september-18-2024 September 18, 2024 September 18, 2024 https://www.hoover.org/publications/hoover-daily-report/wednesday-september-18-2024