OP-EDS AND COMMENTARY BY HOOVER FELLOWS
Why License Marriage?
Forbes, November 18, 2008
by Richard A. Epstein (Peter and Kirsten Bedford Senior Fellow
Member, Property Rights, Freedom, and Prosperity Task Force ).
"Only marriage between a man and a woman is valid or recognized in California."...
FDA overhaul overdue
Washington Times, November 18, 2008
by Henry I. Miller (Research Fellow ).
As they say in the blogosphere, follow the link...
It’s Priceless
Creators Syndicate, November 18, 2008
by Thomas Sowell (Rose and Milton Friedman Senior Fellow on Public Policy).
Wouldn’t it be wonderful to live in a world where there were no prices?...
Faith and the Uniform
Washington Independent, November 17, 2008
by Jonathan Herzog ( W. Glenn Campbell and Rita Ricardo-Campbell National Fellow).
So there are atheists in foxholes after all...
ARTICLES ABOUT THE HOOVER INSTITUTION AND ITS FELLOWS
Spending plans may have to be trimmed
Washington Times, November 18, 2008
Michael J. Boskin (Senior Fellow) and John F. Cogan (Leonard and Shirley Ely Senior Fellow ) are quoted in this article.
Conservative economists and budget analysts predict President-elect Barack Obama can turn a seemingly insurmountable budget deficit into a potential cash windfall for the country in as little as three years...
Papers Offer Close-Up of Rehnquist and the Court
New York Times, November 18, 2008
Hoover Institution is mentioned in this article.
Not long after he arrived at the Supreme Court in 1972 after three years in the Nixon administration, Justice William H. Rehnquist faced stinging criticism for participating in a decision dismissing a challenge to Army surveillance of domestic political groups in the Vietnam War era...
The Case Against Hillary
Washington Post, November 18, 2008
George P. Shultz (Thomas W. and Susan B. Ford Distinguished Fellow) is mentioned in this article.
Yes, I know the "Team of Rivals" argument for Hillary Clinton as the ideal secretary of state for the Obama administration...
Shultz: Bush defense policy should stay
Washington Times, November 18, 2008
George P. Shultz (Thomas W. and Susan B. Ford Distinguished Fellow) is quoted in this article.
Former Secretary of State George P. Shultz says President-elect Barack Obama should practice President Bush's doctrine of pre-emptive defense against terrorism that has kept the country safe since the Sept. 11 attacks...
Outlook: The Electorate's Left Turn
Washington Post, November 17, 2008
Tod Lindberg (Research Fellow ) is interviewed in this article.
Sorry, GOP: Research Shows Nation No Longer Leans Right...
Orienting the 2009 Nuclear Posture Review
Center for American Progress, November 17, 2008
William J. Perry (Senior Fellow) and George P. Shultz (Thomas W. and Susan B. Ford Distinguished Fellow) are mentioned in this article.
There is an emerging bipartisan consensus that America’s current nuclear weapons posture imposes an unnecessary burden on U.S. efforts to prevent nuclear terrorism and curtail the spread of nuclear weapons, materials, and technology to additional nation-states...
Yunus pushes microcredit
Stanford Daily, November 17, 2008
George P. Shultz (Thomas W. and Susan B. Ford Distinguished Fellow) is quoted in this article.
Nobel Peace Prize winner Muhammad Yunus called for greater student involvement in public service, increased microcredit programs and a paradigm shift in business practices in a wide-ranging hour-long talk at Cubberley Auditorium Friday afternoon...
It May Be a Good Job, but Is It ‘Good Work’?
New York Times, November 15, 2008
William Damon (Senior Fellow ) is mentioned in this article.
One hot summer day many years ago, I boarded a bus heading up Madison Avenue with a driver whom I still vividly remember...
BLOGS, PODCASTS AND OTHER INTERNET OFFERINGS
Facts on Policy: The State of the Economy—an Update
Hoover Institution, November 18, 2008
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Did you know?...Oil prices are down 60 percent from their peak...
Why the Secretary of Education Matters More Now Than Ever
Education Week, November 18, 2008
by Diane Ravitch (Senior Fellow
Member, K–12 Education Task Force ).
Back in the old days (i.e., pre-NCLB), it really didn't matter to teachers, principals, and superintendents—that is, the people who actually work directly in schools and have daily interaction with children—who was Secretary of Education...
Where was I in 2005?
Cafe Hayek, November 18, 2008
by Russell Roberts (Research Fellow). Robert J. Barro (Senior Fellow ) is mentioned.
Reader Tim Allen asks a very good question...
Fixing the country
Cafe Hayek, November 18, 2008
by Russell Roberts (Research Fellow).
Obama talks about working with John McCain...
How thoughtful
Cafe Hayek, November 18, 2008
by Russell Roberts (Research Fellow).
Paulson has decided not to tap the second half of the $700 billion TARP...
Shelby Steele on President-Elect Obama: Chapter 2 of 5
Uncommon Knowledge, November 18, 2008
by Peter M. Robinson (Research Fellow). Shelby Steele (Robert J. and Marion E. Oster Senior Fellow) is featured.
Shelby Steele says we know very little about the content of Barack Obama’s character — although we will come to know it with every decision he makes as president...
Thoughts, Past and Future
Works and Days, November 17, 2008
by Victor Davis Hanson (Martin and Illie Anderson Senior Fellow).
As I wrote in the past, the real issue is no longer whether one has confidence that Obama will prove a gifted leader, but rather to hope that he does...
It’s Only a Matter of Zeros
Thoughtful Ideas, November 17, 2008
by Alvin Rabushka (David and Joan Traitel Senior Fellow).
In the mid-1990s I was conducting research on the operations of local stock exchanges in the Caribbean...
Shelby Steele on President-Elect Obama: Chapter 1 of 5
Uncommon Knowledge, November 17, 2008
by Peter M. Robinson (Research Fellow). Shelby Steele (Robert J. and Marion E. Oster Senior Fellow) is featured.
Shelby Steele says Barack Obama won the presidential election by successfully basing his candidacy on race...
“I am for Governor Hunt”
Flypaper (Fordham Education Blog), November 10, 2008
by Diane Ravitch (Senior Fellow
Member, K–12 Education Task Force ).
Out there in the world of big media, the speculation is centering on who will land the big jobs at State, Defense, and the Treasury...
