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  1. What Did Afghanistan Mean?
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    What Did Afghanistan Mean?

    Hoover fellows H. R. McMaster and Victor Davis Hanson scrutinize the long and ultimately futile American campaign to remake Afghanistan.

    January 31, 2022 by Peter M. Robinson interview with H.R. McMaster, Victor Davis Hanson via undefined via Hoover Digest
    “Power and Principle”: A Coda
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    “Power and Principle”: A Coda

    Condoleezza Rice, Jim Mattis, John B. Taylor, and Karen Hughes reflect on 9/11 and twenty tumultuous years.

    January 31, 2022 by Peter M. Robinson interview with Condoleezza Rice, General Jim Mattis, John B. Taylor via undefined via Hoover Digest
    Losing Our Way
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    Losing Our Way

    US goals in Afghanistan changed gradually—and fatally. As nation-building efforts increased, victory slipped away.

    January 31, 2022 by John Yoo, Robert J. Delahunty via undefined via Hoover Digest
    Jihadi vs. Jihadi
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    Jihadi vs. Jihadi

    And now, the power struggle.

    January 31, 2022 by Cole Bunzel via undefined via Hoover Digest
    No Country for Young Women
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    No Country for Young Women

    For the legions of hopeful women who pursued careers and degrees, who now live longer lives and dream of a wider world, Afghanistan has become terra incognita. Many will not submit.

    January 31, 2022 by Ayaan Hirsi Ali via undefined via Hoover Digest
    Crossing to Safety
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    Crossing to Safety

    The Hoover Institution is leading a broad, international effort to help Afghan allies escape Taliban rule and find new homes.

    January 31, 2022 by Jonathan Movroydis via undefined via Hoover Digest
    What About Africa?
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    What About Africa?

    The Afghanistan pullout doesn’t mean the United States can now ignore other regions, especially Africa. If anything, US attention to the Sahel should intensify.

    January 31, 2022 by Russell A. Berman via undefined via Hoover Digest
    Pillars of Wisdom
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    Pillars of Wisdom

    Five points Americans should absorb from decades of unusually bitter politics.

    January 31, 2022 by Peter Berkowitz via undefined via Hoover Digest
    A Convenient Untruth
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    A Convenient Untruth

    Why does China’s COVID-19 slander against the United States sound familiar? Because bogus tales of American “biowarfare” surfaced before, during the Korean War, and they lingered for decades.

    January 31, 2022 by Miles Maochun Yu via undefined via Hoover Digest
    Tomorrow’s Arms Race
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    Tomorrow’s Arms Race

    The fundamental contest between Beijing and its nuclear rivals is not just about ships, missiles, and warheads but about technology itself.

    January 31, 2022 by Rose Gottemoeller via undefined via Hoover Digest
    Where Is the Inequality?
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    Where Is the Inequality?

    “Surging inequality” is the phantom that just won’t go away—despite rising household wealth in the Trump years, even during the pandemic.

    January 31, 2022 by Cale Clingenpeel , Tyler Goodspeed via undefined via Hoover Digest
    Of Course, Incentives Matter
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    Of Course, Incentives Matter

    Playing politics, certain economists have engaged in a bizarre rejection of incentives, one of the most basic tools of economics.

    January 31, 2022 by Kevin Hassett via undefined via Hoover Digest
    The Losses of Lockdown
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    The Losses of Lockdown

    New Hoover fellow Tyler Goodspeed, a former White House economic adviser, on the Trump economy before COVID—and why it proved a boon for the American taxpayer, worker, and investor.

    January 31, 2022 by Peter M. Robinson interview with Tyler Goodspeed via undefined via Hoover Digest
    Counting Climate Costs
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    Counting Climate Costs

    Climate change is always and everywhere an economic question.

    January 30, 2022 by John H. Cochrane via undefined via Hoover Digest
    A Simple Fix
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    A Simple Fix

    High-priced employer-provided health plans inflate costs and divert a vast amount of potential tax revenue. We should tax them.

    January 30, 2022 by Daniel P. Kessler via undefined via Hoover Digest
    A Golden Age of Federalism
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    A Golden Age of Federalism

    Amid turbulent times and partisan rancor, state governments—our “laboratories of democracy”—are busier than ever.

    January 30, 2022 by Clint Bolick via undefined via Hoover Digest
    Daring to Undeceive
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    Daring to Undeceive

    The end of the British empire represents only too telling a parallel for post-Afghanistan America.

    January 30, 2022 by Sir Niall Ferguson via undefined via Hoover Digest
    Red Lines for Russia
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    Red Lines for Russia

    Even after years of cyberwar, the United States still responds to Russian attacks with bluster. How to replace empty threats with rules we intend to enforce.

    January 30, 2022 by Jack Goldsmith via undefined via Hoover Digest
    The Best Defense . . .
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    The Best Defense . . .

    State-sponsored cybercrime costs billions and endangers national security. When will President Biden finally do something about it?

    January 30, 2022 by John Yoo, Ivana Stradner via undefined via Hoover Digest
    Threats Never Sleep
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    Threats Never Sleep

    We still haven’t done enough to prevent another 9/11.

    January 30, 2022 by Amy Zegart via undefined via Hoover Digest
    Ally in Waiting . . . Still Waiting
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    Ally in Waiting . . . Still Waiting

    Ukraine keeps Russia at bay while the White House keeps Ukraine at arm’s length. Kiev deserves better.

    January 30, 2022 by Paul R. Gregory via undefined via Hoover Digest
    Escape the Culture Wars
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    Escape the Culture Wars

    Let the school boards and the politicians rage. Parents and teachers can reach common ground on what really matters: helping kids.

    January 30, 2022 by Michael J. Petrilli via undefined via Hoover Digest
    A Nation Still at Risk
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    A Nation Still at Risk

    In American schools, the “rising tide of mediocrity” keeps rising.

    January 30, 2022 by Chester E. Finn Jr. via undefined via Hoover Digest
    Texas or Bust
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    Texas or Bust

    Even tech giants are among the many businesses fleeing California for a better, more affordable life.

    January 30, 2022 by Lee Ohanian, Joseph Vranich via undefined via Hoover Digest
    Newsom’s New Year
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    Newsom’s New Year

    After his triumph in last fall’s recall election, California’s governor is again confidently woke.

    January 30, 2022 by Bill Whalen via undefined via Hoover Digest
    “This Is a Sputnik Moment”
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    “This Is a Sputnik Moment”

    Hoover fellow Amy B. Zegart has built her career analyzing the big threats. Today’s biggest, she says, is China.

    January 30, 2022 by Peter M. Robinson interview with Amy Zegart via undefined via Hoover Digest
    How Do We Know?
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    How Do We Know?

    Jonathan Rauch, author of The Constitution of Knowledge, traces the convoluted road to facts that humans must follow through error, raw information, and opinion. The online world only adds new twists.

    January 30, 2022 by Russ Roberts via undefined via Hoover Digest
    To Be Jewish in America
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    To Be Jewish in America

    Anti-Semitism in the United States may appear to be on the rise, but the centuries during which Jews found increasing acceptance suggest that their place in American life remains secure.

    January 30, 2022 by Josef Joffe via undefined via Hoover Digest
    Looking Back without Anger
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    Looking Back without Anger

    Everyone can benefit from a “life review”—not a doleful look at the past but a quest for closure and acceptance.

    January 30, 2022 by William Damon via undefined via Hoover Digest
    Fanfare for the “Uncommon” Man
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    Fanfare for the “Uncommon” Man

    Celebrating a quarter-century of Hoover’s long-running video series, Uncommon Knowledge with Peter Robinson.  

    January 30, 2022 featuring Peter M. Robinson , Guy Denton via undefined via Hoover Digest
    A Bumpy Road to the Free Market
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    A Bumpy Road to the Free Market

    Chiang Ching-kuo is often remembered, approvingly, for steering Taiwan toward a high-tech future. But his diaries also show how his stubborn faith in central planning held Taiwan back from prosperity.

    January 30, 2022 by Hsiao-ting Lin via undefined via Hoover Digest
    On the Cover
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    On the Cover

    A tranquil travel poster beckons: “Come to Ulster.” The Ulster Tourist Development Association (UTDA), which printed the poster, was established in 1923 to work with railroads, seaside resorts, towns, and businesses in Northern Ireland. 

    January 30, 2022 via undefined via Hoover Digest
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  1. “Power and Principle”: A Coda
  2. What Did Afghanistan Mean?
  3. The Losses of Lockdown
  4. Of Course, Incentives Matter
  5. Where Is the Inequality?
  6. Tomorrow’s Arms Race
  7. A Convenient Untruth
  8. Pillars of Wisdom
  9. What About Africa?
  10. Crossing to Safety
  11. No Country for Young Women
  12. Jihadi vs. Jihadi
  13. Losing Our Way
  14. On the Cover
  15. A Bumpy Road to the Free Market
  16. Fanfare for the “Uncommon” Man
  17. Looking Back without Anger
  18. To Be Jewish in America
  19. How Do We Know?
  20. “This Is a Sputnik Moment”
  21. Newsom’s New Year
  22. Texas or Bust
  23. A Nation Still at Risk
  24. Escape the Culture Wars
  25. Ally in Waiting . . . Still Waiting
  26. Threats Never Sleep
  27. The Best Defense . . .
  28. Red Lines for Russia
  29. Daring to Undeceive
  30. A Golden Age of Federalism
  31. A Simple Fix
  32. Counting Climate Costs
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