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Peter Berkowitz is the Tad and Dianne Taube Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University. During 2019, he is serving on the State Department’s Policy Planning Staff in the office of the secretary. He is a 2017 winner of the ...
Can Trump, Cruz Win Over GOP's "Four Factions"?
Republicans who actually want their party to win the White House next year are increasingly worried.
What E.J. Dionne Doesn't Get About Conservatism
As the Republican presidential candidates head into the home stretch of the primary-season-opening Iowa caucuses on Feb. 1, few conservatives are content with the condition of conservatism.
American Exceptionalism And The 2016 Campaign
Contrasting positions on American exceptionalism go to the heart of what distinguishes the 2016 Republican presidential field from its Democratic counterpart.
Our Polarized Politics Are Tied To Flaws In Education
The debasement of liberal education is a little-discussed but long-standing cause of the much-discussed polarization of our politics.
Presidential Hopefuls Desert Moderation, Democracy's Glue
The term “moderation” has an antiquated ring. It is rarely heard these days except to mock those who are afraid to offend and eager to please.
Will Liberals Reconsider Criminalizing Politics?
Lessons from the Supreme Court, the Bush administration, and Hillary Clinton.
A Salutary Thesis Overestimates The Bible, And Underestimates Modern Thought
The Ten Commandments tell us nothing directly, and little indirectly, about the proper limits of government power. For that we must turn to John Locke.
Trump Will Be Like Napoleon In The Years Ahead
A man who is in numerous respects the antithesis of moderation has assumed what many see as the most powerful office in the world. Moderation is often regarded as a good thing.
Trump's GOP: Perched Between Risk And Opportunity
Republicans have rarely had it so good or found themselves so politically vulnerable.
Trump Can Help Debunk Alleged College "Rape Culture"
Due process protections for the accused in campus cases alleging sexual assault have been under attack for decades.
The Illusory Quest for a Vital American Center
What a new history of American civil religion gets wrong.
A Balm For The Pathologies Of Postmodernism
Out of the pages of history, the distinguished scholar and essayist Gertrude Himmelfarb offers intellectual, moral, and political aid for our time.
How to Bring Conservatives Together
Raise the banner of individual liberty and govern under it.
Conservatism And The People
From Burke to Buckley to Trump, the Right has always had a populist current.
'The Most Politically Intolerant Americans'
Intolerance of the other political party has become a hallmark of civic life in the United States. But speculation ranges widely about the causes and cures.
The Plague Of Identity Politics, Part Two
Peter Schuck's Rx for Big Government's Ills
According to the dominant narrative—advanced by President Obama, embraced by the Democratic Party, and disseminated by their many advocates in the prestige media—the federal government isn’t working as well
E.J. Dionne Misunderstands the Tea Party
On Oct. 22, Washington Post columnist E. J.
Criticisms Of Comey And Mueller Aren’t ‘Character Assassination’
In his efforts to refute Charles Cooke’s recent exposé of Jennifer Rubin, I was surprised to see David Frum, in passing, attack my Hoover colleague, legal scholar Peter Berkowitz (a “Sean Hannity–style character assassination of James Comey and Special Counsel Robert Mueller”), for suggesting, in a prescient October WSJ opinion column, that the Mueller investigation into Russian collusion may well be ethically compromised (in its zeal to go after those not accused of collusion)—in even greater fashion than was the Comey investigation of Hillary Clinton (in its absence of zeal to indict for clear violations of U.S. intelligence law).
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.