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James Ceaser is the Harry F. Byrd Professor of Politics at the University of Virginia, director of the Program for Constitutionalism and Democracy, and was a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution. He is the author of several books on American politics and American political thought, including...
A Fierce, Freedom-Loving Man
A founder of the Communist Party of the United States, Jay Lovestone broke with the Soviets—he opposed Stalin to his face—then broke with Marxism itself. Joining the American labor movement, working closely with the CIA, he fought communism for the rest of his life. Hoover archivist Elena Danielson describes Lovestone and his papers.
The Vice Presidency Grows Up
The growing stature of the office "a heartbeat away"
The Coming Ascent of Congress
And the diminishing power of the presidency
Chernobyl 20 Years Later
Twenty years after the Chernobyl catastrophe, Russia and Ukraine remain committed to nuclear power—and to dubious standards of construction and safety. By David Satter.
Progressively Worse
“Why Wouldn’t People Like ’Em?”
THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE'S EXCELLENT ADVENTURE: Should We Abolish the Electoral College?
As required by the Constitution, the president of the United States is elected not by the national popular vote but by the vote of the Electoral College. In the Electoral College, each state receives as many votes as it has members of Congress. Because every state has two senators and is guaranteed at least one House member, votes of small states count more heavily than votes of large states. Has the Electoral College served the nation well? Or should it be abolished and replaced by a system in which every vote counts the same? Peter Robinson speaks with Jack Rakove and Tara Ross
Taking Swipes At Publius
Our politics has changed irreversibly since the founding, yet the Constitution has survived. Might that be because it rests on eternal truths?
As July 4th Approaches, Does California Freedom Have A Hollow Ring?
As circumstance would have it, for the second consecutive year this column precedes America’s Fourth of July weekend. As such, it seems like the proper moment to discuss California and liberty.
Idealism Derailed
A portrait of the late Robert S. McNamara. By Philip Bobbitt.
Fear as a Tax
How an overconcern with security can distort the face America shows the world. By Josef Joffe.
Man of Failure
Boris Yeltsin was the tool of Russia’s emancipation and of its descent back into authoritarianism. By David Satter.
The Marshall Plan
An essay by Hoover fellows Peter Duignan and the late Lewis H. Gann on the fiftieth anniversary of "the greatest voluntary transfer of resources from one country to another."
States Are Made, Not Born
No amount of global clamor will create a Palestinian state. The state of Israel shows what will: hard work, good will, and timing. By Fouad Ajami.
The Risks of a "Sputnik moment"
Do we really want the federal government to launch a national curriculum? By Williamson M. Evers.
Conservative Internationalism
Jefferson to Polk to Truman to Reagan
To Preserve and Protect
“If Ed Meese is not a good man,” Ronald Reagan once said, “there are no good men.” A profile of a good man. By Lee Edwards.
Reading into the Constitution
We the People
Virtual Veritas
Preserving conservatism’s heritage in cyberspace