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Hoover Daily Report | June 8, 2026
Yesterday00:07:02Tap to summarizeToday, Hoover shares a trailer for a major new documentary interview series; Ross Levine channels the wisdom of Adam Smith in a letter discussing the foundational role of justice in any free society; Matthew Turpin points out several underappreciated recent developments within China that call into question narratives about the PRC’s “unstoppable” ascendance; and on the latest EconTalk, Russ Roberts and guest Luke Burgis explore how individuals become themselves in the context of community influences. Hoover Daily Report | June 8, 2026
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4d ago00:07:10Tap to summarizeThis Friday, Tom Church explains the true impact of Social Security on the federal budget deficit; Victor Davis Hanson notes the policy choices leaders in Sacramento could make to get California back on track in terms of affordability and economic dynamism; Bill Whalen reviews the results we have so far from California’s primary elections held this past Tuesday; and John Cochrane makes the case for focusing economic policy more on expanding opportunity than on reducing inequality via redistribution. Hoover Daily Report | June 5, 2026
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5d ago00:05:40Tap to summarizeToday, Timothy Chu and Drew Endy draw lessons on utilizing science to advance the national interest from the life of President Trump’s uncle, Professor John Trump; Victor Davis Hanson charts the Jacksonian themes of the second Trump administration’s foreign policy; and David Henderson explains why the energy shock we’re experiencing today differs from that of the 1970s. Hoover Daily Report | June 4, 2026
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6d ago00:06:46Tap to summarizeToday, Condoleezza Rice argues the US achieved tangible gains with it and Israel’s joint air war against Iran. Niall Ferguson says the global AI race needs a Kissinger-like figure to reach some form of détente. John Cochrane walks us through the first challenge that awaits Kevin Warsh as Fed chair. Steven Davis asks a pair of scholars why drug misuse deaths in the US have risen tenfold since 1979. And Eugene Volokh and Jane Bambauer examine how privacy concerns interact with the First Amendment, looking at recording the police, selling the rights to your life story, and Hulk Hogan suing Gawker. Hoover Daily Report | June 3, 2026
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1w ago00:06:47Tap to summarizeToday, Victor Davis Hanson analyzes how the war in Iran has gone so far, and lays out the two major paths the Trump administration could choose from here; Barry Strauss lists ten lessons he’s taken away from the war, as well as a few concerns the conflict has raised regarding America’s capacity for serious strategic commitments; and H.R. McMaster speaks with Finnish ambassador to Germany Kai Sauer about Finland’s role on the front lines of NATO collective defense. Hoover Daily Report | June 1, 2026
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1w ago00:06:09Tap to summarizeToday, Joshua Rauh, Benjamin Jaros, and John Doran explain their research into the proposed California billionaire wealth tax and the measure’s likely impact on the state’s budget issues; Michael McFaul offers readers a debrief of his recent trip to China; and a new edition of Strategika compiles lessons learned so far from the Iran war, drawing on the expertise of contributors with many decades of experience analyzing US national security challenges. Hoover Daily Report | June 1, 2026
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2w ago00:06:04Tap to summarizeThis Friday, the Liberty Amplified column at Freedom Frequency spotlights the civil rights abuses that have accompanied El Salvador’s successful dismantling of criminal organizations in recent years; Stephen Kotkin answers five more geopolitical questions from Peter Robinson and reflects on what Americans need to remember about the nation’s role in the world; and Brandice Canes-Wrone speaks with Michael Auslin before a Hoover audience about the latter’s new comprehensive history of the Declaration of Independence. Hoover Daily Report | May 29, 2026
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2w ago00:06:13Tap to summarizeToday, Josiah Ober analyzes the challenge of designing artificial intelligence systems that will protect and advance human values and dignity; H.R. McMaster takes the stage in Germany to offer historical perspective on current challenges in the transatlantic relationship; and Raghuram Rajan argues that some concern is warranted regarding the high levels of debt supporting the continued development and deployment of AI tools with uncertain economic and political impacts. Hoover Daily Report | May 28, 2026
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2w ago00:06:25Tap to summarizeToday, Niall Ferguson reminds readers of the wild roller-coaster ride Americans have been on over the course of the war in Iran, before identifying the most consequential decision President Trump has made during the conflict; John Cochrane provides an economist’s perspective on narratives of AI job-loss doom; and a group of Hoover scholars examines whether the claimed fiscal premise of the proposed California wealth tax actually justifies the measure. Hoover Daily Report | May 27, 2026
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2w ago00:05:45Tap to summarizeToday, Herb Lin and Maria Langan-Riekhof write about how governments can avoid the strategic surprises that come with rapid technological advances. Timothy Garton Ash offers eight ways free nations can hasten Vladimir Putin’s demise. And author Sebastian Junger discusses his own brush with death in a life spent observing the deaths and near misses of others engaged in conflict. Hoover Daily Report | May 26, 2026
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