Trump And His Generals
Trump’s reliance on his generals shows that he values merit over politics.
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Karen Handel’s Victory
Republican Karen Handel’s victory in the special election in Georgia’s Sixth Congressional District will generate a lot of punditry and spin.
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The 2016 Presidential Election—Identities, Class, and Culture
Nigel Farage in Great Britain, Donald Trump in the United States, Geert Wilders in Holland, Marine Le Pen in France — all would have represented fringe positions in the politics of their countries a decade or so ago. Not today. Although different in important respects, it is difficult to deny that recent elections reflect a general populist impulse now energizing the electorates of the Western democracies. Essay no. 8 noted that explanations of th...
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Is America In Retreat? Film Screening And Discussion
The new documentary Is America in Retreat? examines the greatest foreign policy debate of our decade and the hard questions American leaders face in dealing with a rapidly changing world order. Since the Second World War, the United States has been at the forefront of a Pax Americana—a period of relative peace guaranteed by U.S. military might.
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Kiron Skinner Documents Nancy And Ronald Reagan's Life In Letters
In the wake of the news of First Lady Nancy Reagan's death, we spoke with author Kiron Skinner. From the private papers of President Reagan, Skinner compiled the New York Times bestseller Reagan: A Life in Letters. She talked about the Reagan's correspondences to their loved ones.
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Why Does Apple Think Telegram is "Pernicious"?
I have a lot to say about this week's House Judiciary Committee, at which both FBI Director James Comey and Apple general counsel Bruce Sewell testified. I'll write up some general thoughts over the next few days.
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John Taylor recognized for monetary policy research
Economist JOHN B. TAYLOR has been recognized with the 2016 Central Banking Award for Economics. The award, given by Central Banking Publications, recognizes "the most significant contribution to economics within the field of central banking." The George P. Shultz Senior Fellow in Economics at the Hoover Institution, Taylor received the award for his paper "A Rules-Based Cooperatively-Managed International Monetary System for the Future."
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The Libertarian: "Gun Violence And Legal Liability"
Richard Epstein analyzes a lawsuit that seeks to hold gun manufacturers responsible for mass shootings.
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