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In a memorable phrase, the great historian Jacob Burckhardt warned against “terribles simplificateurs.” But there are also such things as terrible complicators.
October 3, 2016 via Boston Globe via Hoover Daily Report
After eight years of President Obama’s administration, conservatives are much more likely to see executive power as a threat to the rule of law than a tool in service of it. Indeed, after 16 years of Presidents Bush and Obama, we are all well accustomed to hearing critics comparing modern presidents to King George III.
October 4, 2016 via Library of Law and Liberty via Hoover Daily Report
Back in the days of the Cold War between the Communist bloc of nations and the Western democracies, the Communists maintained pervasive restrictions around Eastern Europe that were aptly called an "iron curtain," isolating the people in its bloc from the ideas of the West and physically obstructing their escape.
October 3, 2016 via Creators Syndicate via Hoover Daily Report
As I see it, important points about the Trump tax affair are not yet reflected in media coverage. 1) This affair reflects the intrinsic difficulties of an income tax.
October 3, 2016 via Grumpy Economist via Hoover Daily Report
If history’s any indication, America is in for a letdown come Tuesday night when the two vice presidential hopefuls square off at Longwood College, which is a good hour’s drive west of Richmond, Virginia.
October 3, 2016 via Fox News via Hoover Daily Report
One hundred years ago, on October 2, 1916, a new public high school building for black youngsters was opened in Washington, D.C. and named for black poet Paul Laurence Dunbar. Its history is a story inspiring in many ways and appalling in many other ways.
October 3, 2016 via Creators Syndicate via Hoover Daily Report
The first presidential debate made one thing clear: the two candidates come from two different planets. Trump is from Mars and Clinton is from Venus.
October 4, 2016 via Townhall via Hoover Daily Report
There is a possible universe in which these arguments against cash would be true.
October 3, 2016 via EconLog via Hoover Daily Report
The New York Times, which apparently broke the law by publishing some of Donald Trump's 1995 tax return, overpaid a tax accountant.
October 4, 2016 via EconLog via Hoover Daily Report
Hoover Institution fellow Robert Barro discusses government policies and the economy.
October 4, 2016 via CNBC via Hoover Daily Report
Hoover Institution fellow Kori Schake discusses recent cyberattacks on the Democratic National Committee, what vulnerabilities the US election system has, and what the threat of cyberattacks could mean for the credibility of the upcoming presidential election.
October 3, 2016 via Foreign Policy via Hoover Daily Report
Commissioner Ohlhausen will speak at the panel “Implications: A roundtable of government officials” at the Hoover Institution’s symposium on Patent Holdup Theory: Implications for the Courts, Government, and the Legislature, 1399 New York Ave, NW, 5th Floor, Washington, DC 20005, 3:45 p.m. EDT.
October 4, 2016 via Federal Trade Commission via Hoover Daily Report
Hoover Institution senior fellow and author Thomas Henriksen "absolutely" agrees with FBI Director James Comey's prediction of a "terrorist diaspora" spreading into the United States after ISIS is pushed out of its strongholds in the Middle East.
October 3, 2016 via NewsMax via Hoover Daily Report
The Syrian civil war has been a humanitarian tragedy. But the moral compass of presidents is guided by more than just doing the 'right thing.'
October 3, 2016 via Christian Science Monitor via Hoover Daily Report
Scientists reporting on the increased rate of honey bee deaths are approaching studies with preconceived ideas that particular pesticides are to blame for colony collapses, according to an entomologist who carried out a number of surveys in the Mid-South.
October 3, 2016 via Crop Protection News via Hoover Daily Report
The 10th class of the California Hall of Fame inductees was announced Monday evening.
October 3, 2016 via KCRA via Hoover Daily Report
Finally, a biography that captures his life in full — from his modest origins as an orphan in Iowa to his role as an elder statesman — is available. In "Herbert Hoover: A Life," University of Wisconsin professor Glen Jeansonne tells the story of an extraordinary life that is also relevant to our politics this year.
October 2, 2016 via NewsMax via Hoover Daily Report
Mike Pence and Tim Kaine square off Tuesday night in Virginia.
October 4, 2016 via Newser via Hoover Daily Report
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