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Jessica Schulberg, writing at the New Republic, has a good piece about the financial costs of Congress’s insistence on maintaining the detention facility at Guantanamo:
September 23, 2014 via Lawfare via Hoover Daily Report
The College Board’s new framework for teaching Advanced Placement U.S. History has become a flashpoint in the education debate. Much of the criticism is hysterical and inaccurate . . . but not all of it. The critics make a legitimate case that the framework is ideologically slanted and infused with 21st-century progressivist bias.
September 23, 2014 via National Review Online via Hoover Daily Report
With all due respect to Dorothy Gale, Sen. Pat Roberts has a big problem in his increasingly bitter re-election fight: he’s not in Kansas anymore.
September 23, 2014 via A Day At The Races via Hoover Daily Report
Speeches -- even or especially when they are intended to obscure the truth -- reveal something of the convictions of the speech giver and clarify his opinions about the character of his audience.
September 23, 2014 via Real Clear Politics via Hoover Daily Report
The government’s efforts to regulate good corporate behavior will backfire.
September 22, 2014 via undefined via Defining Ideas
Over at Mother Jones, Kevin Drum has noticed that some health insurers are charging a huge co-insurance rate for HIV drugs. He writes:
September 22, 2014 via EconLog via Hoover Daily Report
Some pundits are saying that President Obama has been floundering in his response to the ISIS crisis because public opinion polls show most Americans don't want another war.
September 23, 2014 via Creators Syndicate via Hoover Daily Report
Over at Newsweek, Jeff Stein wonders: “What Will U.S. Forces Do With ISIS Prisoners?”
September 22, 2014 via Lawfare via Hoover Daily Report
To be fair, the constitutional questions surrounding U.S. military action against ISIS are not easy. But those wanting Congress to play a larger role in declaring wars, and not simply defer to the Commander in Chief, have a right to be disappointed when Congress, in effect, gave itself a pass and left town early to go home and campaign.
September 22, 2014 via Forbes via Hoover Daily Report
It is rare for a head of state, especially one fighting a hot war against, using Mitt Romney’s phrase, “America’s number one geopolitical enemy,” to be invited to address a joint session of Congress.
September 23, 2014 via Forbes via Hoover Daily Report
Research Fellow David Davenport discusses President Obama's performance and the upcoming elections on the Lars Larson Show, broadcasting live from the Hoover Institution.
September 23, 2014 via Lars Larson Show via Hoover Daily Report
Research Fellow Lanhee Chen discusses the Affordable Care Act on Bloomberg Surveillance.
September 22, 2014 via Bloomberg via Hoover Daily Report
Research Fellow Jeremy Carl discusses the energy revolution on the Lars Larson Show, broadcasting live from the Hoover Institution.
September 22, 2014 via Lars Larson Show via Hoover Daily Report
In a world troubled by increasing tension between East and West, Fouad Ajami's voice cut through the chaos. A senior fellow at the Hoover Institution and renowned scholar of Middle Eastern studies, Ajami became a go-to expert on the growing instability in the region.
September 23, 2014 via Stanford Magazine via Hoover Daily Report
It’s a sad irony that we’ve lost Joseph McNamara just as the country has become engaged in a productive and overdue discourse about policing. McNamara, who passed away Friday at the age of 79, was an eloquent and engaging critic of the drug war, of reactionary and aggressive policing, and of the militarization of law enforcement long before those positions were popular.
September 22, 2014 via Washington Post via Hoover Daily Report
Amitai Etzioni’s review in The Diplomat on Henry Kissinger’s new book World Order noted Kissinger’s (correct) insight that the concept of Asia is a western construct. This point seems to have generated much debate in the comments section and deserves further discussion.
September 23, 2014 via The Diplomat via Hoover Daily Report
As world leaders convene at the United Nations this week for a climate change summit, the overarching question is how, exactly, to reduce global carbon dioxide emissions. (See "With UN Climate Summit Opening, Marchers Rallied Around the World.")
September 23, 2014 via National Geographic via Hoover Daily Report
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