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Tuesday Oct 21, 2025
Tuesday Oct 21, 2025
Today, Thomas Sowell recounts moments in his life that helped shape him into one of the most impactful intellectuals in American history; Condoleezza Rice joins Guy Benson for a discussion of Thomas Sowell’s legacy, the Gaza cease-fire deal, and college athletics; Ilya Shapiro speaks with Eugene Volokh and Jane Bambauer about ideological challenges facing legal education in the United States; and the Hoover Institution welcomes the 2025–26 class of veteran fellows.
Monday Oct 20, 2025
Monday Oct 20, 2025
Today, Eric Hanushek argues that blaming the COVID-19 pandemic for declining student achievement misses longer-term trends in education outcomes; Russell Berman joins the GoodFellows to discuss the Gaza cease-fire and broader currents in Middle East geopolitics; and Dr. Francisco Sagasti, former president of Peru, speaks with H.R. McMaster about Peruvian democracy and the leadership qualities needed to sustain free societies.
Friday Oct 17, 2025
Friday Oct 17, 2025
This Friday, Terry Anderson and Holly Fretwell argue that an accurate history of national parks in the United States would acknowledge, rather than minimize, the dislocation of Native American tribes; Mike Kuiken and Michael Schiffer caution against underestimating China’s progress and potential in robotics; and John Cochrane distills many years of his research on inflation into a one-hour presentation given this week at Hoover.
Hoover Daily Report | October 17, 2025
Thursday Oct 16, 2025
Thursday Oct 16, 2025
Today, we preview next week’s celebration of the Thomas Sowell legacy; Drew Endy discusses the state of US-China competition in biotechnology research and innovation; and a recent Hoover wargaming event offers critical insights into how artificial intelligence could shape events during plausible US-China crisis scenarios.
Hoover Daily Report | October 16, 2025
Wednesday Oct 15, 2025
Wednesday Oct 15, 2025
Today, Hoover welcomes Nand Mulchandani, former inaugural chief technology officer of the Central Intelligence Agency, as a visiting fellow; Larry Diamond analyzes the state of democracy around the world and how modern communications technologies are impacting attention spans as well as electorates; and Steven J. Davis speaks with Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond President Tom Barkin about the drivers of economic growth in small towns.
Hoover Daily Report | October 15, 2025
Tuesday Oct 14, 2025
Tuesday Oct 14, 2025
Today, Philip Zelikow deconstructs the history of laws and principles that have brought the Trump administration’s trade agenda into a collision course with the Supreme Court. John H. Cochrane ties the fiscal discipline demonstrated by Switzerland to its very low inflation numbers. And three of Hoover’s most prominent historians debate how America is faring in the second Trump administration.
Hoover Daily Report | October 14, 2025
Monday Oct 13, 2025
Monday Oct 13, 2025
Today, H.R. McMaster argues that awarding the Nobel Peace Prize to a Venezuelan opposition leader gives the United States an opportunity to push back against autocrats across Latin America; Jay Bhattacharya joins Jon Hartley to discuss his philosophy for running the National Institutes of Health; and Peter Berkowitz highlights the role of the liberal spirit in preserving a healthy political culture.
Hoover Daily Report | October 13, 2025
Friday Oct 10, 2025
Friday Oct 10, 2025
This Friday, Condoleezza Rice and Hillary Clinton joined CBS News for an in-depth discussion on the challenges and opportunities presented by the Trump administration’s Israel-Hamas peace deal; Elizabeth Economy offers a succinct analysis of the significance of two upcoming meetings between President Trump and China’s Xi Jinping; and Tom Church and Daniel Heil use the financial facts of the government shutdown to draw attention to the high levels of mandatory spending baked into the federal budget.