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On Wednesday, pagers and other communication devices exploded across Lebanon, killing and wounding suspected Hezbollah operatives. Was this the opening salvo of a wider war between Israel and the terrorist group? And what does the operation tell us about what future wars will look like? Post Opinions asked six experts to weigh in.
September 20, 2024 via The Washington Post via Hoover Daily Report
The degradation of liberal education in America is anything but a niche public-policy concern.
September 22, 2024 via Real Clear Politics via Hoover Daily Report
In besieged Kharkiv, I saw how Ukraine is approaching a perilous moment. To turn the tide, it first needs to decisively knock back Russia.
September 21, 2024 via The Guardian via Hoover Daily Report
California recently enacted a new law banning election-related "materially deceptive content" 120 days before and 60 days after an election.
September 23, 2024 via Reason via Hoover Daily Report
Eugene Volokh and Jane Bambauer discuss the various rules the Court applies in obscenity cases and the forthcoming Free Speech Coalition v. Paxton decision.
September 20, 2024 via undefined via Free Speech Unmuted
I'm delighted to report that Prof. Paul Robinson (Penn) and Jeffrey Seaman will be guest-blogging this coming week about their new book.
September 22, 2024 via Reason via Hoover Daily Report
The Manitoba government has chosen a very costly way to handle theft.
September 22, 2024 via I Blog to Differ via Hoover Daily Report
As part of Moscow’s hybrid war toolbox, Russia’s weaponization of migration becomes an even more apparent means of destabilizing the West. Across three continents, a pattern of strategically engineered migration emerges as a result of Russian military and hybrid activities.
September 17, 2024 via undefined via The Caravan
A few days after the 80th anniversary of its publication, and, yes, it's still relevant.
September 21, 2024 via I Blog to Differ via Hoover Daily Report
The story was NOT apocryphal. An email from Marjorie Oi, the widow of the late economist Walter Oi, prompted this post.
September 21, 2024 via EconLog via Hoover Daily Report
An owl will eat a rabbit whole, but owls can't digest the fur or the bones. So how do they survive? Why do their eyes face forward rather than to the side? Long-eared Owls don't have ears, so what's up with the name and how do they hear? How can dogs help us track owls--that seems impossible. Owls don't make nests, so where do they live?
September 23, 2024 via EconTalk via Hoover Daily Report
Nellie Tayloe Sanders, the Oklahoma Secretary of Education & Chief Education Advisor, joins Hoover Institution fellow Paul E. Peterson to discuss how Oklahoma is advancing school choice, and preparing students to be leaders in innovation.
September 23, 2024 via Education Exchange via Hoover Daily Report
Hoover Institution fellow Victor Davis Hanson talks about Israel taking out Hezbollah leadership, Oprah's interview with Harris, Rich Lowry being canceled, and then Hanson discusses the five-month Phony War, or Sitzkrieg, during World War II.
September 21, 2024 via The Victor Davis Hanson Show via Hoover Daily Report
Hoover Institution fellow Kevin Warsh discusses the Federal Reserve's decision to slash rates, which Warsh thinks is premature.
September 20, 2024 via Fox Business via Hoover Daily Report
Hoover Institution fellow Victor Davis Hanson delves into the sudden name change of Junípero Serra Plaza and its deeper implications including how a certain popular search engine's and media bias, historical erasure, and political double standards that are reshaping our world.
September 21, 2024 via The Way I Heard It with Mike Rowe via Hoover Daily Report
(3:20) Hoover Institution fellow Victor Davis Hanson notes that US citizens are tired of the damage, crimes, and financial hardship caused by the Biden-Harris policies.
September 20, 2024 via Fox Business via Hoover Daily Report
When most people think of Condoleezza Rice, quite a few first’s come to mind: the first Black woman to serve as the U.S. Secretary of State, the first woman to be named National Security Advisor and the first Black woman to become a provost of Stanford University.
September 22, 2024 via The Stanford Daily via Hoover Daily Report
Valerie Ramey, an NBER Research Associate in the Economic Fluctuations and Growth and Monetary Economics Programs, Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University, and Professor of Economics, Emeritus, at the University of California, San Diego, has been named chair of the Business Cycle Dating Committee.
September 23, 2024 via National Bureau of Economic Research via Hoover Daily Report
Hoover Institution Director and former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice believes Ukraine would ultimately have to consider the importance of territorial integrity to resolve the long-drawn conflict. She cited the erstwhile West Germany as well as South Korea, which prospered economically despite the lack of territorial security, as examples of one of the pathways the current dispute could take.
September 22, 2024 via Top1000funds.com via Hoover Daily Report
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