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    Peter Berkowitz

    Tad and Dianne Taube Senior Fellow

    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 ...

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    The Poverty of Obama's Pragmatism

    Research | Articles | by Peter Berkowitz
    Saturday, November 8, 2014

    During his meteoric rise to the White House, President Obama was touted as a pragmatist -- one who overcomes ideology, transcends partisanship, and focuses on the practical and doable. The stunning repudiation of the president’s leadership on Nov. 4 exhibits the poverty of his brand of pragmatism.

    Tradition--The Beating Heart Of A Democracy

    Research | Articles | by Peter Berkowitz
    Tuesday, January 13, 2015

    Conservatives have enjoyed quite a comeback since the winter of 2009. But the inherent tension in the conservative imperative to blend liberty and tradition ensures that their path forward will be anything but certain.

    The message from Massachusetts

    Research | Articles | by Peter Berkowitz
    Wednesday, January 20, 2010

    On Tuesday, Massachusetts voters delivered a stunning rebuke to the transformative agenda obdurately pursued by President Barack Obama, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, and their minions. . . .

    The New Progressivism: Same as the Old Progressivism?

    Research | Articles | by Peter Berkowitz
    Thursday, January 21, 2010

    To understand the sometimes glaring gaps between candidate Obama’s promises and President Obama’s policies, it is useful to appreciate an old tension in American progressivism. . . .

    Faking Left

    Research | Articles
    Monday, May 11, 2009

    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

    Research | Articles | by Peter Berkowitz
    Monday, July 13, 2009

    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...

    Mitt Romney's Voodoo Dolls

    Research | Articles
    Thursday, August 20, 2009

    Defeated at nearly every level in the 2008 elections, Republicans were supposed to be using the current four-year stretch in purgatory to rethink the issues, redefine themselves as a party, and (most of all) select a charismatic leader to get them back in the game...

    Conservatism Revived

    Research | Articles | by Peter Berkowitz
    Tuesday, March 29, 2011

    What did the midterm elections prove? That Americans yearn for enduring principles—and dislike being pushed around. By Peter Berkowitz.

    Gary Becker Interview

    Research | Articles | by David R. Henderson
    Saturday, March 27, 2010

    In today's Wall Street Journal, Hoover's Peter Robinson reports on an interview with Gary Becker. . . .

    GOP Principles with Thaddeus McCotter: Chapter 1 of 5

    Research | Articles | by Peter M. Robinson
    Monday, August 31, 2009

    Why has the GOP stumbled in the new century?...

    There's a reason why Obama has to persuade his own party to support his Afghan plan

    Research | Articles | by Kori Schake
    Wednesday, December 2, 2009

    I disagree somewhat with my friend Peter Feaver about the president's plan for Afghanistan deserving the support of us loyal opposition. . . .

    Hoover fellow Epstein discusses corporate taxes on the John Batchelor Show

    Research | Podcasts | by Richard A. Epstein
    Saturday, June 1, 2013

    Richard Epstein, the Peter and Kirsten Bedford Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution and a member of its Property Rights, Freedom, and Prosperity Task Force, notes that the conscious decision to make Apple the focal point of a special investigation offers a bittersweet commentary on the fragile state of the US political economy.

    Arkansas Senator Thomas Cotton on events in Iraq, negotiations with Iran, and life in the US Senate

    Research | Videos
    Wednesday, April 8, 2015

    In this episode of Uncommon Knowledge, Peter sits down with Senator Tom Cotton, a Republican from Arkansas, to examine the many issues facing the nation today.

    Thomas Sowell on Intellectuals and Society: Chapter 2 of 5

    Research | Articles | by Peter M. Robinson
    Tuesday, January 5, 2010

    Thomas Sowell offers examples of why intellectuals are so often wrong about economics. . . .

    Gary Becker's Optimism

    Research | Articles
    Tuesday, March 30, 2010

    The Nobel Prize winner says Americans don't want expansion of government. . . .

    Can Obama’s Big Speech Win Over His Skeptics?

    Research | Articles
    Wednesday, January 27, 2010

    President Obama heads to the Capital on Wednesday for his first State of the Union address, facing an approval rating below 50 percent. . . .

    Housing with Thomas Sowell: Chapter 2 of 5

    Research | Articles | by Peter M. Robinson
    Tuesday, July 7, 2009

    Thomas Sowell discusses the politics of the housing boom...

    GOP Principles with Thaddeus McCotter: Chapter 2 of 5

    Research | Articles | by Peter M. Robinson
    Tuesday, September 1, 2009

    Rep. Thaddeus McCotter explains the substantive differences between conservatives and the Obama administration relative to the stimulus...

    GOP Principles with Thaddeus McCotter: Chapter 5 of 5

    Research | Articles | by Peter M. Robinson
    Friday, September 4, 2009

    Rep. Thaddeus McCotter expounds on the philosophy and future of the GOP...

    How Obama Can Win Back The Public

    Research | Articles | by Peter M. Robinson
    Friday, December 11, 2009

    The President should take a page from Francois Mitterand. . . .

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