He Said He Couldn’t Breathe. California Changed Its Law. Does Your School Know?
After a middle schooler died running laps on a 107-degree day, schools face new legal standards for protecting students.
Hoover Institution Stanford University > Daily ReportDr. Condoleezza Rice To Keynote Inaugural Women In Leadership Luncheon
Another highlight of the day will be a moderated conversation between NBC5’sLaura Harrisand 66thU.S. Secretary Of State, former National Security Advisor, and Hoover Institution Director Dr.Condoleezza Rice.
Hoover Institution Stanford University > Daily ReportVDH Asks: Was COVID Deliberately Released? | Dr. Steven Quay
Hoover Institution fellow Victor Davis Hanson talks with Dr. Steven Quay, one of America’s top scientists and inventors, on his explosive new bookThe Code as Witness: How the Covid Genome Reveals its Lab Origins and How to Prevent Future Outbreaks.
Hoover Institution Stanford University > Daily ReportVictor Davis Hanson: After Spencer Pratt's Office Burned Down He Declared ‘It's War’
Hoover Institution fellow Victor Davis Hanson says after declaring "it's war" in a post-election message, Pratt vowed to continue exposing what he sees as corruption and dysfunction in California politics. Hanson discusses why Pratt's message is resonating with voters and what it reveals about growing frustration with California's election system, government policies, and political leadership.
Hoover Institution Stanford University > Daily ReportChina Vs. The G7: Who Runs The Global Economy? | Elizabeth Economy
Hoover Institution fellow Elizabeth Economy discusses the three-day G7 summit in France, which focused on resolving wars, like those in Iran and Ukraine, while addressing the issue of the uninvited, rising superpower: China.
Hoover Institution Stanford University > Daily ReportH.R. McMaster Warns Against Trump's Iran Deal, Citing Risks To Region
Hoover Institution fellow H.R. McMaster warns that President Trump's Iran deal is 'terrible' saying it could empower the Iranian regime. McMaster argues the deal formalizes Iran's coercive power over the global economy and threatens stability in the Persian Gulf and Lebanon. He also discusses the potential for Iran to use new cash flow to strengthen proxies.
Hoover Institution Stanford University > Daily ReportDisclosing One's HIV+ Status Isn't Criminal Harassment Of Ex
From In re Gregorwicz v. Villa-Kennedy, decided today by Arizona Court of Appeals Judge Veronika Fabian, joined by Presiding Judge Michael J. Brown and Vice Chief Judge David D. Weinzweig: [An] order of protection was based on the superior court's finding that Father's social media post, which disclosed his own HIV status and identified Mother as a former partner, was criminal harassment.
Hoover Institution Stanford University > Daily ReportThe WHO’s Climate Prescription Is Bad Medicine
Heat deaths are up, though mainly because old people are a much larger share of the population, while deaths from the cold are way down
Hoover Institution Stanford University > Daily ReportWealth Tax Equilibrium Accounting
The recent Piketty-Saez-Stiglitz revival of wealth taxes, ostensibly to improve the lot of the poor, makes many mistakes. I’ll focus on one: the difference betweenwealthandconsumption.The poor wish consumption. Turning capital into consumption must destroy the capital that produces consumption. Taxing wealth in the name of inequality will make the world, including the poor, much poorer.
Hoover Institution Stanford University > Daily ReportFinancing the end of the digital divide
Digital connectivity has become a strategic geopolitical contest shaping the future of the global internet. This report examines China’s global digital infrastructure investments and the ways that the United States and its allies can leverage blended finance, partnerships, and policy to close the digital divide while offering a credible alternative to China’s expanding digital influence.
Atlantic Council > Publications-ReportsUpdating the Democratic Transition Framework to chart a way forward in Venezuela
To seize the opportunity for a democratic transition in Venezuela in the wake of Nicolás Maduro's January capture, the United States should update a power-sharing framework proposed in 2020 to serve as a road map for the restoration of Venezuela’s democratic institutions.
Atlantic Council > Publications-ReportsA renewed security and cooperation agenda for Colombia’s next government
As Colombia heads to its presidential runoff election June 21, the next government will inherit a security crisis that requires a renewed US-Colombia agenda for dismantling criminal governance structures and the financial networks that sustain them.
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