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  1. A Recipe for 3% Growth
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    A Recipe for 3% Growth

    The ingredients: boost productivity, rationalize the tax code, and put more Americans to work (and keep them there). All that, and add a dash of luck. 

    July 7, 2017 by Edward Paul Lazear via via Hoover Digest
    Energy in the Executive
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    Energy in the Executive

    President Trump’s executive orders honor the founders’ view that a president should seize the initiative. But such orders represent only the beginning of real change. 

    July 7, 2017 by Adam J. White via via Hoover Digest
    Trump and the “New Nationalism”
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    Trump and the “New Nationalism”

    It’s not new at all. Andrew Jackson, almost two centuries ago, also championed a populist style—and, in the end, strengthened American democracy. 

    July 7, 2017 by Kori Schake via via Hoover Digest
    A Foretaste of 2018
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    A Foretaste of 2018

    Hoover fellow David Brady, surveying the political landscape, sees “knife-edge electoral instability.”

    July 7, 2017 by Tracy Lee Simmons, Lee Simmons interview with David Brady via via Hoover Digest
    End of the Line for the Shame Train
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    End of the Line for the Shame Train

    White self-congratulation, disguised as penance, has informed American liberalism for decades. Now liberalism is at last exhausted—and that’s a very good thing. 

    July 7, 2017 by Shelby Steele via via Hoover Digest
    Mythbusting Health Care
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    Mythbusting Health Care

    How health insurance should work. 

    July 7, 2017 by Scott W. Atlas via via Hoover Digest
    Needed: A Spine Transplant for the FDA
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    Needed: A Spine Transplant for the FDA

    The new chief of the Food and Drug Administration must move fast, avoid politics, and confront overregulation. 

    July 7, 2017 by Henry I. Miller via via Hoover Digest
    The Drug Marketplace at Work
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    The Drug Marketplace at Work

    Competition already lowers the price of drugs—and it works better than price fixing ever could. 

    July 7, 2017 by Lanhee J. Chen via via Hoover Digest
    Creeping Autocracy
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    Creeping Autocracy

    The greatest risk to democracy? Not the prospect of a coup or a junta but the self-aggrandizement of “strong leaders.” 

    July 7, 2017 by Larry Diamond via via Hoover Digest
    Guns and Robots
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    Guns and Robots

    We’ve paid too much attention to weapons of the future and too little to our forces today. 

    July 7, 2017 by Thomas Donnelly via via Hoover Digest
    Agility in the Arsenal
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    Agility in the Arsenal

    Technology makes for better weapons—but only until our foes catch up. Why the Pentagon needs to move faster. 

    July 7, 2017 by Joseph Felter via via Hoover Digest
    Sanctuary and Sanctimony
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    Sanctuary and Sanctimony

    Defying the law is defying the law—even if it’s immigration law. 

    July 7, 2017 by Timothy Kane via via Hoover Digest
    A Tax with a Twist
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    A Tax with a Twist

    A novel idea to distribute carbon dividends that’s both fair and workable. 

    July 7, 2017 by George P. Shultz, Ted Halstead via via Hoover Digest
    Warning: Semantic Traps Ahead
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    Warning: Semantic Traps Ahead

    Environmental politics is littered with language that obscures meaning and hinders good policy. 

    July 7, 2017 by Terry Anderson, Kurt R. Leube via via Hoover Digest
    Dam Politics
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    Dam Politics

    The drought is over, but don’t expect Sacramento to take any meaningful action to avert the next water crisis. That well is still bone dry. 

    July 7, 2017 by Victor Davis Hanson via via Hoover Digest
    A More Imperfect Union
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    A More Imperfect Union

    Britain’s separation from the EU: not merely a new political and legal arrangement but a deep and permanent schism. 

    July 7, 2017 by Sir Niall Ferguson via via Hoover Digest
    A Pregnant Pause
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    A Pregnant Pause

    Brexit is now certain, but the terms are not. Britain still has time to work with the EU, head off political strife, and minimize economic pain. 

    July 7, 2017 by Timothy Garton Ash via via Hoover Digest
    “There’s No Optimism”
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    “There’s No Optimism”

    Hoover fellow Michael A. McFaul, former ambassador to Moscow, reflects on fading democratic hopes for Russia.

    July 7, 2017 by Tunku Varadarajan featuring Michael McFaul via via Hoover Digest
    At Fukushima, Still More Heat than Light
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    At Fukushima, Still More Heat than Light

    Six years after a tsunami struck the Honshu coast, the ruins of the nuclear power plant seethe and the Japanese still await honest answers. 

    July 7, 2017 by Toshio Nishi via via Hoover Digest
    Guadalcanal Revisited
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    Guadalcanal Revisited

    The official Japanese post-mortem of World War II shows how rivalries, miscommunication, and poor leadership plagued the imperial military machine. 

    July 7, 2017 by Yuma Totani via via Hoover Digest
    “The Power of the Thought”
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    “The Power of the Thought”

    Contempt for freedom of speech reflects impoverished minds. Colleges that reject intellectual diversity are much to blame. 

    July 7, 2017 by Richard A. Epstein via via Hoover Digest
    Speak Up!
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    Speak Up!

    Colleges and universities honor free inquiry in theory, but not always in fact. How to keep higher education true to its values. 

    July 7, 2017 by Peter Berkowitz via via Hoover Digest
    March for Every Woman
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    March for Every Woman

    Far too many feminists in the West prove reluctant to condemn practices that harm their sisters in the developing world. 

    July 7, 2017 by Ayaan Hirsi Ali via via Hoover Digest
    Dare to Discipline (Again)
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    Dare to Discipline (Again)

    The previous administration held that discipline amounted to discrimination. The new education secretary should reject this claim—if not in the name of common sense, then in the name of student achievement. 

    July 7, 2017 by Chester E. Finn Jr. via via Hoover Digest
    Home Is Where the Market Is
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    Home Is Where the Market Is

    What we should do—and stop doing—in the quest for “affordable housing.” 

    July 7, 2017 by Richard A. Epstein via via Hoover Digest
    “Growth Is the Problem”
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    “Growth Is the Problem”

    Lower tax rates, broaden the base. Such simple changes are all that we need, says Hoover fellow John H. Cochrane.

    July 7, 2017 by Peter M. Robinson interview with John H. Cochrane via via Hoover Digest
    Rhapsody in Blue and Red
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    Rhapsody in Blue and Red

    “We don’t need less partisanship. We need better partisanship.” Russell Muirhead shows how political parties get things done. 

    July 7, 2017 by Peter M. Robinson interview with Russell Muirhead via via Hoover Digest
    The Future of Genocide
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    The Future of Genocide

    International law changes, but human nature doesn’t. Hoover fellow Norman M. Naimark on the ancient and persistent crime of genocide.

    July 7, 2017 by Kendra Davidson interview with Norman M. Naimark via via Hoover Digest
    Objectively Speaking, Rand Is History
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    Objectively Speaking, Rand Is History

    The recent presidential race made it obvious: conservatives have shrugged off Ayn Rand. 

    July 7, 2017 by Jennifer Burns via via Hoover Digest
    When Eugenics Was Progressive
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    When Eugenics Was Progressive

    Improve society by improving human stock? A century ago, the Progressive movement cheered that disturbing idea. Historian Thomas Leonard, author of Illiberal Reformers, explains. 

    July 7, 2017 by Russ Roberts via via Hoover Digest
    Brodsky and His Muses
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    Brodsky and His Muses

    A new collection shows where the great émigré poet Joseph Brodsky found friendship, love, and inspiration. 

    July 7, 2017 by Cynthia Haven via via Hoover Digest
    On the Cover
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    On the Cover

    In a year in which much attention is being paid to unsung women, such as the mathematicians who helped the American space program in the Oscar-nominated film “Hidden Figures,” it may be time to give the Wrens their due.

    July 7, 2017 via via Hoover Digest
  1. Objectively Speaking, Rand Is History
  2. The Future of Genocide
  3. Rhapsody in Blue and Red
  4. “Growth Is the Problem”
  5. Home Is Where the Market Is
  6. Dare to Discipline (Again)
  7. March for Every Woman
  8. Speak Up!
  9. On the Cover
  10. “The Power of the Thought”
  11. Brodsky and His Muses
  12. Guadalcanal Revisited
  13. When Eugenics Was Progressive
  14. At Fukushima, Still More Heat than Light
  15. “There’s No Optimism”
  16. A Pregnant Pause
  17. A More Imperfect Union
  18. Dam Politics
  19. A Foretaste of 2018
  20. Trump and the “New Nationalism”
  21. Warning: Semantic Traps Ahead
  22. A Tax with a Twist
  23. Energy in the Executive
  24. Sanctuary and Sanctimony
  25. Agility in the Arsenal
  26. Guns and Robots
  27. Creeping Autocracy
  28. A Recipe for 3% Growth
  29. The Drug Marketplace at Work
  30. Needed: A Spine Transplant for the FDA
  31. Mythbusting Health Care
  32. End of the Line for the Shame Train
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