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Peter Berkowitz is the Tad and Dianne Taube Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University. Since 2019, he has been serving on the State Department’s Policy Planning Staff in the office of the secretary. He is a 2017 winner of the ...
The Plague Of Identity Politics, Part Two
A Misguided Resolution To The Culture Wars
Thirty years after the phrase came into vogue, the culture wars are alive and well—and more heated and complex than ever. A comprehensive peace is not in the cards.
Faking Left
Among their many aspirations for his presidency, Barack Obama’s admirers nurse a persistent hope that he might be able to end the culture wars...
Obama’s Empathy Test
In discharging their constitutional duty to provide advice and, if they deem appropriate, give consent to President Barack Obama’s nomination of Judge Sonia Sotomayor to the Supreme Court, Senators should examine the critical importance the president attaches to empathy...
Shelby Steele on Obama and the Politics of Race: Chapter 1 of 5
In conversation with Peter Robinson, Shelby Steele explores Barack Obama’s candidacy — and his character — in light of the two strategies that African Americans have traditionally used for dealing with life in the white American mainstream: bargaining and challenging...
Shelby Steele on Obama and the Politics of Race: Chapter 5 of 5
Why can’t Obama win?
Uncommon Knowledge with Thomas Sowell
Better Angels
Why Abraham Lincoln matters—even now. By Shelby Steele.
A Conversation With Shelby Steele
The author Shelby Steele has a lot in common with Barack Obama...
Shelby Steele on President-Elect Obama: Chapter 5 of 5
Shelby Steele says racism – in the aftermath of the 2008 presidential election — is now located by default in the Republican party...
Obama speech opens up race dialogue
Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I have a dream" speech...
American Hero
This is a story about using American politics to promote the highest of ideals and to realize the worthiest of accomplishments...
R.I.P., Jack Kemp
Jack Kemp, who died Saturday at age 73, did something exceptional...
Little Brown Jug
Looking over the Internet this past week, I noticed that Christopher Buckley had expressed his disapproval of President Obama yet again, this time chiding the chief executive for his television appearance with Jay Leno...
The Roots Of Liberalism
A near quadrupling of the federal deficit in 2009 alone. The nationalization of the Detroit automakers...
Condoleezza Rice: Director of the Hoover Institution
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Uncommon Knowledge with Peter Robinson is proud to present the first interview with Condoleezza Rice in her new role as Director of the Hoover Institution. On September 1st, 2020 Director Rice became the Hoover Institution's eighth director in its 101 year history and the first woman to hold the position.
The Case against Revolution with Ayaan Hirsi Ali
AUDIO ONLY
As the United States and the world embark on fraught conversations about race, history, law enforcement, and the underpinnings of our very civilization, Ayaan Hirsi Ali joins Peter Robinson for an enlightening conversation.
Words as Weapons
Peter Schweizer and Wynton C. Hall tell how they captured history in their new book, a look at oratory that was powerful bot on the podium and in society.
Senator Tom Cotton, Immigration Reform, And The RAISE Act
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Reforming current legal immigration and refugee legislation.