Hoover Digest

Thursday, April 9, 2015

2015 No. 2

Political Islam: Will It Bury Us?

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by Charles Hillvia Hoover Digest

Keynesians in Retreat

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by John H. Cochrane via Hoover Digest

The American Way of Satire

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by Josef Joffevia Hoover Digest

The Sea the Sharks Swim In

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by Victor Davis Hansonvia Hoover Digest

“Good Enough” Governance

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by Stephen D. Krasnervia Hoover Digest

Irreconcilable Differences—Perhaps

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by Richard A. Epsteinvia Hoover Digest

California, There She Goes

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by Bill Whalenvia Hoover Digest

Three Fixes for ObamaCare

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by Charles Blahousvia Hoover Digest

Political Islam: Will It Bury Us?

by Charles Hillvia Hoover Digest

Monday, April 20, 2015

Said to have “no place in the modern world,” Islamist extremists may bury that modern world.

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Defend the Offender

by Richard A. Epsteinvia Hoover Digest

Monday, April 20, 2015

A healthy society strikes this deal: to be tolerated yourself, you must tolerate what offends you.

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Aux Armes!

by Reuel Marc Gerechtvia Hoover Digest

Monday, April 20, 2015

The French are now on the front lines of the struggle against radical Islam. Can they hold it back?

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The Sea the Sharks Swim In

by Victor Davis Hansonvia Hoover Digest

Monday, April 20, 2015

Islamist extremists prey on their own people even as they draw strength from them.

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Know Thy Enemy

by Colonel Joseph (Joe) Felter (ret.)via Hoover Digest

Monday, April 20, 2015

Identifying the ideological foundations of hostile Islamism may enable us to defeat it.

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The American Way of Satire

by Josef Joffevia Hoover Digest

Monday, April 20, 2015

Why don’t US publications skewer religion the way Charlie Hebdo does? For one thing, most Americans don’t think of religion as a menace.

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Room to Soar

by John B. Taylorvia Hoover Digest

Monday, April 20, 2015

We can get this sluggish recovery off the ground.

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Keynesians in Retreat

by John H. Cochrane via Hoover Digest

Monday, April 20, 2015

They’ve been too wrong for far too long.

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Know the Score

by Edward Paul Lazearvia Hoover Digest

Monday, April 20, 2015

The House’s new “dynamic scoring” rule puts some badly needed economic sense into lawmaking.

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Adam Smith, Life Coach

by Nick Gillespievia Hoover Digest

Monday, April 20, 2015

The great economist pondered not just markets but the people who use them—and how honorable, happy citizens represent the true wealth of nations. Hoover fellow Russ Roberts explains.

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Dishonest Demands

by John H. Cochrane via Hoover Digest

Monday, April 20, 2015

The “inequality warriors” don’t really care about enhancing the nation’s prosperity. What they really want is power.

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Medicare Disadvantage

by Scott W. Atlasvia Hoover Digest

Monday, April 20, 2015

For an older population, relying on government-run health care is a very bad idea.

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Three Fixes for ObamaCare

by Charles Blahousvia Hoover Digest

Monday, April 20, 2015

Target specific problems, enable the program to be fiscally sound, and create bipartisan support.

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Brown Should Go All-In

by Michael J. Boskinvia Hoover Digest

Monday, April 20, 2015

He’s popular and California is (temporarily) solvent. This is the moment for Jerry Brown to put California into the black.

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California, There She Goes

by Bill Whalenvia Hoover Digest

Monday, April 20, 2015

When Senator Boxer leaves office—the first of California’s “big three” to retire—expect havoc and mayhem.

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Going with the Market Flow

by Gary D. Libecap, Robert Glennonvia Hoover Digest

Monday, April 20, 2015

Even when the drought ends, California and the West will continue to thirst for water. Only a market can direct the flow where it needs to go.

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The War that Must Never Be Fought

by James Goodbyvia Hoover Digest

Monday, April 20, 2015

To eliminate nuclear weapons, we must first eliminate outmoded thinking

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“Good Enough” Governance

by Stephen D. Krasnervia Hoover Digest

Monday, April 20, 2015

In both wars and nation building, America has sacrificed the good to pursue the perfect. We need to temper our ambitions.

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Saved by the Drill

by Victor Davis Hansonvia Hoover Digest

Monday, April 20, 2015

“Drill, baby, drill” was derided as a political punch line—until it worked.

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Immigration that Works

by Edward Paul Lazearvia Hoover Digest

Monday, April 20, 2015

How to mend a broken system.

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Don’t Retreat on the Draft

by Timothy Kanevia Hoover Digest

Monday, April 20, 2015

The Pentagon may need reforms, but return to conscription? That would be double marching in the wrong direction.

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An Army of None?

by Colonel Michael Arnoldvia Hoover Digest

Monday, April 20, 2015

Why the United States still needs a versatile, cost-effective Army.

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Irreconcilable Differences—Perhaps

by Richard A. Epsteinvia Hoover Digest

Monday, April 20, 2015

A two-state solution could give Israel and the Palestinians the “fair divorce” they want. But it would require two willing partners, not just one.

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Army of Trolls

by Paul R. Gregoryvia Hoover Digest

Monday, April 20, 2015

It sounds like something from Middle Earth: mindless trolls carrying out their leader’s malevolent will. But the leader is Vladimir Putin, and the battles are taking place in cyberspace.

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“I Owe the President My Best Military Advice”

by Peter M. Robinsonvia Hoover Digest

Monday, April 20, 2015

General Jim Mattis on what US fighting forces need most: a clear mission and clear goals.

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Policy Powerhouse

via Hoover Digest

Monday, April 20, 2015

Both a scholar and a skillful practitioner of the art of practical politics, the late Hoover fellow Martin Anderson took transformative ideas and made them real.

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Remembering the Lusitania

by Bertrand M. Patenaudevia Hoover Digest

Monday, April 20, 2015

The sinking of the famed liner, torpedoed within sight of land, helped draw the United States into the war. It remains a source of fascination—and speculation.

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Stalin’s Monstrous Will

by Norman M. Naimarkvia Hoover Digest

Monday, April 20, 2015

The first book of Hoover fellow Stephen Kotkin’s new history of the Soviet Union presents a portrait of absolute power.

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Women and the Great War

by Samira Bozorgivia Hoover Digest

Monday, April 20, 2015

During World War I, women stepped forward to volunteer, protest, make weapons—even fight.

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On The Cover

via Hoover Digest

Monday, April 20, 2015

On The Cover

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Thursday, April 9, 2015

2015 No. 2

Political Islam: Will It Bury Us? by Charles Hill Monday, April 20, 2015 article	Defend the Offender by Richard A. Epstein Monday, April 20, 2015 article
Aux Armes! by Reuel Marc Gerecht Monday, April 20, 2015 article	The Sea the Sharks Swim In by Victor Davis Hanson Monday, April 20, 2015 article
Know Thy Enemy by Colonel Joseph (Joe) Felter (ret.) Monday, April 20, 2015 article	The American Way of Satire by Josef Joffe Monday, April 20, 2015 article
Room to Soar by John B. Taylor Monday, April 20, 2015 article	Keynesians in Retreat by John H. Cochrane Monday, April 20, 2015 article
Know the Score by Edward Paul Lazear Monday, April 20, 2015 article	Adam Smith, Life Coach by Nick Gillespie Monday, April 20, 2015 article
Dishonest Demands by John H. Cochrane Monday, April 20, 2015 article	Medicare Disadvantage by Scott W. Atlas Monday, April 20, 2015 article
Three Fixes for ObamaCare by Charles Blahous Monday, April 20, 2015 article	Brown Should Go All-In by Michael J. Boskin Monday, April 20, 2015 article
California, There She Goes by Bill Whalen Monday, April 20, 2015 article	Going with the Market Flow by Gary D. Libecap, Robert Glennon Monday, April 20, 2015 article
The War that Must Never Be Fought by James Goodby Monday, April 20, 2015 article	“Good Enough” Governance by Stephen D. Krasner Monday, April 20, 2015 article
Saved by the Drill by Victor Davis Hanson Monday, April 20, 2015 article	Immigration that Works by Edward Paul Lazear Monday, April 20, 2015 article
Don’t Retreat on the Draft by Timothy Kane Monday, April 20, 2015 article	An Army of None? by Colonel Michael Arnold Monday, April 20, 2015 article
Irreconcilable Differences—Perhaps by Richard A. Epstein Monday, April 20, 2015 article	Army of Trolls by Paul R. Gregory Monday, April 20, 2015 article
“I Owe the President My Best Military Advice” by Peter M. Robinson Monday, April 20, 2015 article	Policy Powerhouse Monday, April 20, 2015 article
Remembering the Lusitania by Bertrand M. Patenaude Monday, April 20, 2015 article	Stalin’s Monstrous Will by Norman M. Naimark Monday, April 20, 2015 article
Women and the Great War by Samira Bozorgi Monday, April 20, 2015 article	On The Cover Monday, April 20, 2015 article

2015 No. 1

Sound Money, Sound Policy by John B. Taylor Wednesday, January 28, 2015 article	A Better Start for Startups by Lee Ohanian, Edward Prescott Wednesday, January 28, 2015 article
Ouija-Board Economics by Edward Paul Lazear Wednesday, January 28, 2015 article	The Problem with “Equal Pay” by Richard A. Epstein Wednesday, January 28, 2015 article
Not all Inequality Is Equal by Michael Spence Wednesday, January 28, 2015 article	“The Enemy Is Not Waiting” by General Jim Mattis Wednesday, January 28, 2015 article
Whitewashing the Jihadists by Peter Berkowitz Wednesday, January 28, 2015 article	Omens from the Seventh Century by Edward N. Luttwak Wednesday, January 28, 2015 article
Reign of Terrorists by Mark Moyar Wednesday, January 28, 2015 article	Take Care to Innovate by Scott W. Atlas Wednesday, January 28, 2015 article
Congress vs. Cronyism by Allan H. Meltzer Wednesday, January 28, 2015 article	Expensive—But Worth It? by Carson Bruno Wednesday, January 28, 2015 article
Transforming Tomorrow’s Schools by Chester E. Finn Jr. Wednesday, January 28, 2015 article	Detention Dysfunction by Michael J. Petrilli Wednesday, January 28, 2015 article
Climate Change Realism by Edward Paul Lazear Wednesday, January 28, 2015 article	The Fires Next Time by Terry Anderson, Daniel Botkin Wednesday, January 28, 2015 article
Hesitating, and Lost by Richard A. Epstein Wednesday, January 28, 2015 article	Paved with Good Intentions by Clifton B. Parker Wednesday, January 28, 2015 article
From Drones to Zeppelins by Andrew Roberts Wednesday, January 28, 2015 article	Putin Is No Peacemaker by Yuri Yarim-Agaev Wednesday, January 28, 2015 article
Fire Putin by Paul R. Gregory Wednesday, January 28, 2015 article	China Rising by Amy Zegart Wednesday, January 28, 2015 article
Endangering Prosperity by Peter M. Robinson Wednesday, January 28, 2015 article	An Officer and a Philosopher by Tunku Varadarajan Wednesday, January 28, 2015 article
In Nobody’s Pocket by Thomas Sowell Wednesday, January 28, 2015 article	Are We Reliving 1914? by Niall Ferguson Wednesday, January 28, 2015 article
The Afterlives of Empires by Timothy Garton Ash Wednesday, January 28, 2015 article	Myths of the Great War by Mark Harrison Wednesday, January 28, 2015 article
The Bill of Wrongs by Andrew Ferguson Wednesday, January 28, 2015 article	Rocket Man by Vitaly Leonidovich Katayev Wednesday, January 28, 2015 article
The Quiet Sea? by Victor Davis Hanson Wednesday, January 28, 2015 article	“So Many Others Stood Silent” by Nicholas Siekierski Wednesday, January 28, 2015 article
On the Cover Wednesday, January 28, 2015 article

2014 No. 4

Axis of Folly by Fouad Ajami Tuesday, October 21, 2014 article	Best Frenemies? by Abbas Milani Tuesday, October 21, 2014 article
The Price of Our “Responsible” Exit by Kori Schake Tuesday, October 21, 2014 article	An Army of Revisionists by Victor Davis Hanson Tuesday, October 21, 2014 article
Why the Fed Must Return to Rules by John B. Taylor Tuesday, October 21, 2014 article	The Foundation Crumbles by Michael J. Boskin Tuesday, October 21, 2014 article
Rickety Piketty by Richard A. Epstein Tuesday, October 21, 2014 article	The United States of Envy by Allan H. Meltzer Tuesday, October 21, 2014 article
Economics in a Time of Drought by Edward Paul Lazear Tuesday, October 21, 2014 article	An End to Pension Patches by Carson Bruno Tuesday, October 21, 2014 article
Railroading the Environment by Terry Anderson Tuesday, October 21, 2014 article	Side Effects May Include Collusion by Daniel P. Kessler Tuesday, October 21, 2014 article
Waiting for Dr. Godot by Scott W. Atlas Tuesday, October 21, 2014 article	Bitter Pills by Richard A. Epstein Tuesday, October 21, 2014 article
Affirmative-Action Foibles by Lanhee J. Chen Tuesday, October 21, 2014 article	They Might Be Giants by Bill Whalen Tuesday, October 21, 2014 article
The Secret Sharers by Jack Goldsmith Tuesday, October 21, 2014 article	In Snowden We Trust? Never by Benjamin Wittes Tuesday, October 21, 2014 article
Imaginary Egypt by Samuel Tadros Tuesday, October 21, 2014 article	Will Iran and Israel Meet in the Middle? by Abbas Milani, Israel Waismel-Manor Tuesday, October 21, 2014 article
Clooney of Arabia by Lee Smith Tuesday, October 21, 2014 article	“Ukraine Is Fighting Our Battle” by Paul R. Gregory Tuesday, October 21, 2014 article
A Modern Mandarin by Jonathan Schlefer interview with Michael Spence Tuesday, October 21, 2014 article	Reform Conservatism and the Junior Senator from Utah with Peter M. Robinson Tuesday, October 21, 2014 article
Game of Loans by Kathryn Jean Lopez interview with Charles Calomiris, Stephen Haber Tuesday, October 21, 2014 article	The Fairness Fallacy by Thomas Sowell Tuesday, October 21, 2014 article
Moral Debts by David Davenport Tuesday, October 21, 2014 article	Who Will Speak? by Timothy Garton Ash Tuesday, October 21, 2014 article
“It Would Be My Fate to Return . . . ” Tuesday, October 21, 2014 article	Fouad’s Gift by Charles Hill Tuesday, October 21, 2014 article
Who’s Number One? Does It Matter? by Victor Davis Hanson Tuesday, October 21, 2014 article	One Summit, Different Dreams by Hsiao-ting Lin Tuesday, October 21, 2014 article
On the Cover Tuesday, October 21, 2014 article

2014 No. 3

A Tragic New Era by Michael McFaul Wednesday, July 9, 2014 article	Lead from the Front by Condoleezza Rice Wednesday, July 9, 2014 article
Steady Hands by George P. Shultz, Sam Nunn Wednesday, July 9, 2014 article	Czar Vladimir? by Mark Harrison Wednesday, July 9, 2014 article
The Putinist Manifesto by Tod Lindberg Wednesday, July 9, 2014 article	Grand Illusions by Amy Zegart Wednesday, July 9, 2014 article
How to Make and Keep the Peace by Angelo M. Codevilla Wednesday, July 9, 2014 article	“Too Big to Fail”? The Problem Is Still With Us by Charles Calomiris, Allan H. Meltzer Wednesday, July 9, 2014 article
Flex Time by Michael Spence, David Brady Wednesday, July 9, 2014 article	The Bad News in the Good Jobs Numbers by Edward Paul Lazear Wednesday, July 9, 2014 article
The US Workforce, Wasting Away by Charles Blahous Wednesday, July 9, 2014 article	When a Majority Isn’t a Mandate by Morris P. Fiorina Wednesday, July 9, 2014 article
How to Bring Conservatives Together by Peter Berkowitz Wednesday, July 9, 2014 article	Why House Republicans Don’t Need the Gerrymander by Jowei Chen, Jonathan Rodden Wednesday, July 9, 2014 article
Drones and the Next War by Thomas Donnelly Wednesday, July 9, 2014 article	Learn to Spell “Compromise” by Chester E. Finn Jr. Wednesday, July 9, 2014 article
College Isn’t for Everyone—But School Is by Michael J. Petrilli Wednesday, July 9, 2014 article	Opportunity Knocks by Paul E. Peterson Wednesday, July 9, 2014 article
The Struggle in the Fertile Crescent by Fouad Ajami Wednesday, July 9, 2014 article	Headlong Retreat by Russell A. Berman Wednesday, July 9, 2014 article
The Enduring Question by Bruce Thornton Wednesday, July 9, 2014 article	Give Them the Tools by Walter Russell Mead Wednesday, July 9, 2014 article
But the River Was Dry by Victor Davis Hanson Wednesday, July 9, 2014 article	Gene-spliced Crops for the Dry Years by Henry I. Miller Wednesday, July 9, 2014 article
Term-limits Two-step by Carson Bruno Wednesday, July 9, 2014 article	An Economic Trailblazer by John B. Taylor Wednesday, July 9, 2014 article
Numbers to Live By by Edward Paul Lazear Wednesday, July 9, 2014 article	The Courage of His Intuition by Michael J. Boskin Wednesday, July 9, 2014 article
A Professor’s Professor by Russell Roberts Wednesday, July 9, 2014 article	“Markets Are Hard to Appreciate” by Peter M. Robinson Wednesday, July 9, 2014 article
Unlike Ike by Victor Davis Hanson Wednesday, July 9, 2014 article	Master of Emergencies by George H. Nash Wednesday, July 9, 2014 article
Picture at an Exhibition by Clifton B. Parker Wednesday, July 9, 2014 article	On the Cover Wednesday, July 9, 2014 article

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