yt:channel:UCzWwWbbKHg4aodl0S35R6XA UCzWwWbbKHg4aodl0S35R6XA HooverInstitution https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzWwWbbKHg4aodl0S35R6XA 2008-09-02T22:29:51+00:00 yt:video:fQ5wpzxgw7Y fQ5wpzxgw7Y UCzWwWbbKHg4aodl0S35R6XA HooverInstitution https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzWwWbbKHg4aodl0S35R6XA 2017-07-27T17:54:13+00:00 2017-08-05T16:05:28+00:00 Pizza, Pints & Policy with Senator Ben Sasse The Hoover Institution hosted "Pizza, Pints & Policy with Senator Ben Sasse" on Tuesday, July 25, 2017 from 5:30pm - 7:30pm EST. The Hoover Institution and Conservative Reform Network hosted two of the nation's leading thinkers for an important conversation. Senator Ben Sasse, author of The Vanishing American Adult, joined by Charles Murray, author of Coming Apart, discussed what it will take to rebuild a culture of self-reliance and responsibility. yt:video:lu5O-OByPJA lu5O-OByPJA UCzWwWbbKHg4aodl0S35R6XA HooverInstitution https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzWwWbbKHg4aodl0S35R6XA 2017-07-24T00:49:19+00:00 2017-08-02T18:51:21+00:00 A Reagan Forum with Peter Robinson 4:00 PM PT | Hoover Institution Research Fellow and former Reagan speechwriter Peter Robinson will be sitting down live from the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, CA, for a special conversation on President Reagan’s June 12, 1987 “Tear Down This Wall” speech on its 30th anniversary. In a special edition of Uncommon Knowledge, Pat Sajak will interview Peter to discuss the speech including the process of writing it and how it was ultimately delivered on June 12, 1987. yt:video:3iQi5ByPAEM 3iQi5ByPAEM UCzWwWbbKHg4aodl0S35R6XA HooverInstitution https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzWwWbbKHg4aodl0S35R6XA 2017-07-20T22:22:24+00:00 2017-08-05T11:17:58+00:00 A Man And His Presidents: The Political Odyssey Of William F. Buckley Jr. By Alvin S. Felzenberg The Hoover Institution hosted "A Man and His Presidents: The Political Odyssey of William F. Buckley Jr. By Alvin S. Felzenberg" on Monday, July 17, 2017 from 5:00pm - 7:00pm EST. William F. Buckley Jr. is widely regarded as the most influential American conservative writer, activist, and organizer in the postwar era. In The Man and His Presidents: The Political Odyssey of William F. Buckley, Jr. (publication date: May 2, 2017), Alvin Felzenberg sheds light on little-known aspects of Buckley's career. A new understanding of the man who changed the face of American politics. "William F. Buckley was the most consequential journalist of his era because he always was much more than a journalist. This is a brisk, groundbreaking examination of Buckley's history-shaping role as a tireless and sometimes audacious political operative." -George F. Will "Deeply researched and smoothly written...a superb political biography... [a] fresh account of a much-chronicled figure." -Lee Edwards, The Wall Street Journal yt:video:kNPw-CtAqMc kNPw-CtAqMc UCzWwWbbKHg4aodl0S35R6XA HooverInstitution https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzWwWbbKHg4aodl0S35R6XA 2017-07-20T21:53:46+00:00 2017-08-01T08:51:05+00:00 Israel Facing A New Middle East: In Search Of A National Security Strategy The Hoover Institution hosted "Israel Facing a New Middle East: In Search of a National Security Strategy" on Monday, July 17, 2017 from 12:00pm - 2:00pm EST. Hoover Institution Senior Fellow Peter Berkowitz and author of Israel Facing a New Middle East, Itai Brun discussed the evolution of Israel's national security, military doctrine, and policies in light of today's challenges and changes in the Middle East, with emphasis on two key periods-the years: 1979 to 1982 (and their subsequent impact) and the current Middle Eastern turmoil (reviewing national security strategy, the cabinet level's c, and the Israel Defense Forces' (IDF) military strategy). yt:video:67y7zsvSrnM 67y7zsvSrnM UCzWwWbbKHg4aodl0S35R6XA HooverInstitution https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzWwWbbKHg4aodl0S35R6XA 2017-07-20T19:29:26+00:00 2017-08-03T17:51:55+00:00 Regulation And Rule Of Law Conference: Reforming The Administrative State Recorded on June 23, 2017 The recent presidential and congressional elections present a rare opportunity to significantly reform the modern administrative state. And the task of reform requires a deeper understanding of the modern administrative institutions’ origins. The Hoover Institution’s Regulation and the Rule of Law Initiative continues to encourage the interdisciplinary development of significant scholarship on these issues. yt:video:1eD9RDTl6tM 1eD9RDTl6tM UCzWwWbbKHg4aodl0S35R6XA HooverInstitution https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzWwWbbKHg4aodl0S35R6XA 2017-07-19T14:19:55+00:00 2017-08-05T20:49:18+00:00 Sir Roger Scruton: How to Be a Conservative Recorded on February 27, 2017 In the latest episode from Uncommon Knowledge, Sir Roger Scruton, a formally trained political philosopher, talks about his life and the events he’s witnessed that led him to conservatism. He first embraced conservatism after witnessing the leftist student protests in France in May 1968. During the ensuing riots in Paris, more than three hundred people were injured. Scruton walked away from this event with a change in worldview and a strong leaning toward conservatism. Visits to communist- controlled Poland and Czechoslovakia in 1979 cemented his preference for conservatism and his distaste for the fraud of communism and socialism, initiating a desire to do something about it. From thereon he dedicated himself to helping organize underground seminars for the young people oppressed behind the iron curtain. Sir Roger examines a brief history of conservatism in the twentieth century of England in regard to Margaret Thatcher and Winston Churchill. Although he appreciates what Margaret Thatcher stood for, he argues that she had many conservative ideals but never used the conservative framework to organize her overall political strategy. Instead she organized around market economics, which was not always effective in the social, cultural, and legal areas. Peter Robinson argues that Winston Churchill did a much better job of organizing around conservative ideals but eventually lost an election because he didn’t have the vocabulary or the focus on free markets. They discuss the tenuous relationship between free markets and conservative ideals that have not mixed well together in British politics. Robinson and Sir Roger discuss the 2016 political upset of Brexit in the United Kingdom and how the political analysts failed to predict the vote outcome, much like what happened in November 2016 in the United States. They deliberate how the issues around immigration from Eastern Europe to the United Kingdom contributed to Brexit, in addition to general dissatisfaction with the European Union. Thus, in the cases of both the United Kingdom and the United States, the media and intellectuals ignored the will of the “indigenous working classes” who made their voices known through their votes. About the Guest: Sir Roger Scruton Sir Roger Scruton is an English writer and philosopher who has published more than fifty books in philosophy, aesthetics, and politics. His book discussed in this episode was How to Be a Conservative; it was published in 2014. He is a fellow of the British Academy and a fellow of the Royal Society of Literature. He teaches in both England and America and is a senior fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center, Washington. DC. He is currently teaching an MA in philosophy course for the University of Buckingham. Sir Scruton was knighted in 2016 by Queen Elizabeth II for his “services to philosophy, teaching and public education.” Additional Resources: Brexit: http://www.hoover.org/news/hoover-fellows-weigh-brexit http://www.hoover.org/research/brussels-gets-brexit-wrong-again http://www.hoover.org/research/gibraltar-braces-life-after-brexit https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/jun/07/ballot-box-brexit-eu-leaders-negotiations-election https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/jun/22/year-ago-britain-voted-leave-eu-worse-both-worlds http://www.hoover.org/research/will-brexit-break-special-relationship Margaret Thatcher: http://www.hoover.org/profiles/margaret-thatcher http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/margaret-thatcher/8521476/Margaret-Thatcher-dies-Thatcher-and-Reagans-shared-agenda.html http://www.hoover.org/research/thatcherism-after-thatcher http://www.wnd.com/2013/04/ed-meese-thatcher-inspired-reagan/ http://0055d26.netsolhost.com/libertarian/20130410.mp3 Conservatism: http://www.hoover.org/news/political-economy-workshop-discusses-race-and-conservatism https://blindspotpodcast.com/2017/05/23/health-care-immigration-and-the-future-of-conservatism-with-lanhee-chen/ http://www.hoover.org/events/conservatism-and-executive-power https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2017/01/22/in_trump_era_a_chance_to_reboot_conservatism.html Immigration: http://www.hoover.org/perspective-decision-2016/immigration For the full transcript go to http://www.hoover.org/research/how-be-conservative Interested in exclusive Uncommon Knowledge content? Check out Uncommon Knowledge on social media! Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/UncKnowledge/ Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/UncKnowledge/ Instagram: https://instagram.com/uncommon_knowledge_show yt:video:lO8WaP-aJlE lO8WaP-aJlE UCzWwWbbKHg4aodl0S35R6XA HooverInstitution https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzWwWbbKHg4aodl0S35R6XA 2017-07-17T17:07:18+00:00 2017-07-31T17:39:40+00:00 False Dawn Protest, Democracy, And Violence In The New Middle East The Hoover Institution hosted "False Dawn: Protest, Democracy, and Violence in the New Middle East" on Thursday, July 13, 2017 from 5:00pm - 7:00pm EST. The Hoover Institution invites you to a discussion of False Dawn: Protest, Democracy, and Violence in the New Middle East hosted by Samuel Tadros, Hoover Institution visiting fellow on Middle Eastern Studies, who will interview author Steven A. Cook. More than half a decade after people across the Middle East poured into the streets to demand change, hopes for democracy in the region have all but disappeared in a maelstrom of violence and renewed state repression. In False Dawn: Protest, Democracy, and Violence in the New Middle East, Steven A. Cook, Eni Enrico Mattei senior fellow for Middle East and Africa studies at the Council on Foreign Relations, explains why the Middle East uprisings did not succeed. yt:video:KjwIxvRKWko KjwIxvRKWko UCzWwWbbKHg4aodl0S35R6XA HooverInstitution https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzWwWbbKHg4aodl0S35R6XA 2017-06-28T17:23:27+00:00 2017-08-03T14:40:35+00:00 Making Congress and America Work Again Recorded on June 10, 2017 Senator Rob Portman sits down with Hoover Institution fellow Peter Robinson to talk about the threats and problems related to Russia's meddling in democratic elections in the United States and around the world. Portman then discusses the complex process of health care reform, noting that the process has been difficult because health care is a complex issue that needs to be handled correctly. In the conversation about health care reform, Portman says that the number-one cause of death in Ohio is opioid overdose and that Medicaid plays an important role in getting addicts the help they need so they don’t end up in jail or in the emergency room. Along with health care, the Senate will take up tax reform; Portman believes this is the most important reform that the Congress and the president can make to help the economy grow. Portman also touches on wages and jobs and helping those who are struggling to make ends meet. Finally, Portman reflects on the fraying of the American fabric and what can get us back to the concepts, values, ideas, and ideals that made the United States one of the most successful and longest-running democracies and a beacon of hope for the world. For the full transcript go to http://www.hoover.org/research/making-congress-and-america-work-again-0 Interested in exclusive Uncommon Knowledge content? Check out Uncommon Knowledge on social media! Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/UncKnowledge/ Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/UncKnowledge/ Instagram: https://instagram.com/uncommon_knowledge_show yt:video:0q9K8s6gRrI 0q9K8s6gRrI UCzWwWbbKHg4aodl0S35R6XA HooverInstitution https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzWwWbbKHg4aodl0S35R6XA 2017-06-26T16:02:07+00:00 2017-08-05T03:43:27+00:00 The Budget Crisis in the Land of Lincoln Recorded on June 10, 2017 The forty-second governor of Illinois, Bruce Rauner, joins Peter Robinson on Uncommon Knowledge to discuss Illinois’s budget crisis. With the end of the fiscal year deadline (June 30) looming ever closer Governor Rauner and House majority Democrats will have to come to an agreement to get the budget passed and prevent Illinois’s bond rating from being downgraded to junk, causing Illinois to lose investment-grade status. Peter Robinson and Governor Rauner discuss this financial crisis and Rauner’s goals for the budget. He insists that no budget will be passed unless it is a balanced budget that includes, but is not limited to, term limits, consolidating the government, and pension reform. Governor Rauner talks about why he chose to enter politics after a successful business career and how he plans on fixing the state that is his home. He details out how Illinois has historically dealt with thirty-five years of deficits and how it ended up in the current financial mess. He also discusses the difficult opposition he's facing with a Democrat-controlled state legislature. The GOP governor and the Democrat-controlled legislature have reached an impasse several times during his tenure as governor, as he refuses to pass a budget that will increase the deficit further than in 2015 and 2016. Background on the Illinois Budget Crisis: Illinois has been operating without a budget for two years now, as the state legislature has been unable to pass a budget up that will not increase the deficit and also satisfy the requirements of Governor Rauner. The Illinois legislature has managed to keep the state running through temporary stopgap measures, but as the state’s debts continue to rise to more than $150 billion, stopgap measures and the lack of budget will no longer be able to keep the state running. Illinois has been plagued with financial issues during the last several years, even being unable to provide lottery winners with their winnings. The state has been running a deficit for thirty-five years now. If a new budget isn’t passed by July 1, the start of the new fiscal year, the Illinois bond rating will be downgraded even more than it already has, and Illinois stands to lose millions of dollars in federal funding. To pass a new budget, the plan will have to be passed by a three-fifths majority vote in the Illinois House. As it stands, if Illinois’s bond rating is downgraded, Illinois will be the first state since 1970 to lose investment-grade status. For the full transcript go to http://www.hoover.org/research/budget-crisis-land-lincoln Interested in exclusive Uncommon Knowledge content? Check out Uncommon Knowledge on social media! Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/UncKnowledge/ Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/UncKnowledge/ Instagram: https://instagram.com/uncommon_knowledge_show yt:video:n3dIBet1LLc n3dIBet1LLc UCzWwWbbKHg4aodl0S35R6XA HooverInstitution https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzWwWbbKHg4aodl0S35R6XA 2017-06-24T22:17:53+00:00 2017-08-05T17:12:58+00:00 Political Parties In America: Trends And Truths In The Trump Era The Hoover Institution hosted "Political Parties in America: Trends and Truths in the Trump Era" on Monday, June 19, 2017 from 2:00pm - 7:00pm EST. What is the state of America's political parties today? And what does the current turmoil reveal - or obscure - about the fundamental nature of party and faction in America? In 2015 and 2016, Donald Trump waged an outsider's campaign that won the Republican Party and then the White House, while in the Democratic Party another outsider, Bernie Sanders, won more than 40 percent of the party's popular vote against Hillary Clinton. Months later, as President Trump leads Republicans from the White House while Democrats regroup for 2018 and 2020, we ask: what is the state of political parties in America today? Are the parties due for a radical realignment? In a time of Twitter and Super PACs, are they simply antiquated and reaching a point of exhaustion? Or do recent events reflect just one more chapter in the two-century history of American party politics? To discuss these questions, the Hoover Institution and the Foundation for Constitutional Government are pleased to invite you to a conference at the Hoover Institution's Johnson Center in Washington, D.C., for expert discussions on the state of the Republican and Democratic Parties, and on the nature of political parties in America. All panels will be moderated by Bill Kristol, Weekly Standard Editor at Large yt:video:aNfRxhu7Bps aNfRxhu7Bps UCzWwWbbKHg4aodl0S35R6XA HooverInstitution https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzWwWbbKHg4aodl0S35R6XA 2017-06-16T19:44:02+00:00 2017-07-14T22:39:06+00:00 Policy Prescriptions For The North Korea Threat The Hoover Institution hosted "Policy Prescriptions For The North Korea Threat" on Wednesday, June 14, 2017 from 12:30pm - 2:30pm EST. There is perhaps no greater threat facing the Trump Administration than that posed by North Korea. Under the Kim dynasty, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea continues to violate international norms as it speeds to further develop their nuclear weapons arsenal and delivery systems. The sense of urgency only grows in the next 5-10 year, as some experts suggest, North Korea could have the technical means to reach western continental US with an intercontinental ballistic missile. One year ago, the Hoover Institution and the US-Korea Institute at the School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS), hosted a conference to discuss the rising North Korea threat. The conference established a series of policy recommendations on how the incoming administration can best address the dangers of a nuclear-armed North Korea. On June 14th, Hoover Senior Fellow, former Secretary of Defense, William J. Perry hosted a panel of high-profile experts as they analyzed current & future US policy to the Korean Peninsula. yt:video:y59g54hC-aY y59g54hC-aY UCzWwWbbKHg4aodl0S35R6XA HooverInstitution https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzWwWbbKHg4aodl0S35R6XA 2017-06-13T14:05:25+00:00 2017-08-06T00:46:28+00:00 The Vanishing American Adult Recorded on June 2, 2017 Senator Benjamin Sasse joins Peter Robinson to discuss his book The Vanishing American Adult and the growing crisis in America of prolonged adolescence. Senator Sasse argues that children are growing up, entering adolescence, and becoming stuck in the transitional stage to adulthood as they fail to become financially independent from their parents. He argues that because this generation of children is growing up during a time of relative peace and prosperity, it has allowed millennials to grow up without the issues of previous generations that were raised in war time. In this era of consumption and material surplus, he argues that adolescents are leading age-segregated lives and not developing a work ethic and that both their parents have an obligation to teach their children to grow up. Furthermore, he stresses the importance of intergenerational learning by allowing children to be raised around their grandparents and other adults to help them learn that the trivial trials of youth don’t matter in the long run. Senator Sasse believes that there are certain virtues that American children have to learn to become productive and happy adults. Part of that is by teaching children the distinction between production and consumption and how to find happiness and self-worth through jobs that make one feel like a necessary part of the company/society. This, he argues, will help raise peoples’ self-worth and lead them to happiness and fulfillment in their everyday. Senator Sasse finishes by stressing the importance of building children’s identities as readers to help foster the growth of ideas and active learning over the passive activities of sitting in front of screens. He notes that sedentary life is not fulfilling and that by encouraging people to participate in production over consumption will lead to more fulfilling lives. He ends on the optimistic note, that while our youth may still need guidance, overall America’s best days still lie ahead. For the full transcript go to http://www.hoover.org/research/vanishing-american-adult Interested in exclusive Uncommon Knowledge content? Check out Uncommon Knowledge on social media! Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/UncKnowledge/ Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/UncKnowledge/ Instagram: https://instagram.com/uncommon_knowledge_show yt:video:Af1Krl3pab0 Af1Krl3pab0 UCzWwWbbKHg4aodl0S35R6XA HooverInstitution https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzWwWbbKHg4aodl0S35R6XA 2017-06-08T20:46:32+00:00 2017-07-10T09:15:03+00:00 Pizza, Pints & Policy The Hoover Institution hosted "Pizza, Pints & Policy" on Tuesday, June 6, 2017 from 5:30pm - 7:30pm EST. Please join the Hoover Institution & Conservative Reform Network for a discussion between Jonah Goldberg, Ramesh Ponnuru, and Tod Lindberg on the topic: "Is Nationalism Good for America?" Moderated by Adam Klein This timely discussion grows out of a National Review cover story by Rich Lowry and Ramesh Ponnuru, and the response to it by Jonah Goldberg. For Love of Country Rich Lowry & Ramesh Ponnuru The Trouble with Nationalism Jonah Goldberg yt:video:zwIYFNgJbpw zwIYFNgJbpw UCzWwWbbKHg4aodl0S35R6XA HooverInstitution https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzWwWbbKHg4aodl0S35R6XA 2017-05-25T21:53:21+00:00 2017-08-05T23:00:19+00:00 A conversation with Condoleezza Rice on "Democracy: Stories from the Long Road to Freedom" Recorded May 3, 2017 | Stanford University Michael McFaul, Larry Diamond, and Francis Fukuyama joined Condoleezza Rice on the Stanford campus to discuss her new book "Democracy: Stories from the Long Road to Freedom" yt:video:3hLwVv-EFvg 3hLwVv-EFvg UCzWwWbbKHg4aodl0S35R6XA HooverInstitution https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzWwWbbKHg4aodl0S35R6XA 2017-05-25T15:05:11+00:00 2017-07-28T19:41:46+00:00 Sowing the Seeds of Growth Recorded on May 11, 2017 John Michael “Mick” Mulvaney, director of the Office of Budget and Management, sits down with Peter Robinson to discuss the complex process of budget reform by having to blend President Trump's budget proposal with the realities of dealing with Congress. Mulvaney explains the need for bipartisanship in budget negotiations within the Senate to get the budget passed, which means getting at least eight Democrats to vote for the proposed budget (to get to the magic number of sixty votes) and keeping Trump's promises to his base. Mulvaney talks about the unique opportunity for the Republicans to reform the federal budget five months ahead of schedule as a result of the Obama administration’s inability to get a twelve-month budget passed. Furthermore Republicans have been able to invoke old laws that allow them to undo many policies enacted in the late days of the previous administration. That loophole allowed them to confirm several appointments and to pass the proposed budget without the requisite sixty votes but with fifty votes. But the Republicans need sixty votes in the Senate to pass the appropriations bill. The Democrats wanted a shutdown, but the Republicans were able to move money around to satisfy the Democrats and get the votes necessary to pass the appropriations bill and avoid a shutdown. For example, there was/is no money for new bricks and mortar construction of the “Wall,” but Republicans moved money around and funded their priorities for border security via a virtual wall with money already available for technology and surveillance. Mulvaney notes that the budgeting/appropriations system is set up so the House and Senate pass twelve appropriations bills every year. Those are the spending bills, which are the end process of the budget. The budget is the start of the process, authorizations go in the middle, and appropriations go on the end, which is how money gets out to be spent. Mulvaney was in Congress for six years, in which time Congress should have approved seventy-two appropriations bills but only approved three. Mulvaney says that the system is broken because of the sixty-vote rule to approve appropriations bills in the Senate. Therefore instead of small manageable appropriation bills that Congress could negotiate and pass, Congress ends up with large unwieldy bills that no one knows what is in them and thus punts with a resolution to continue with what done earlier. Mulvaney says that the system is not even close to what the Founding Fathers created and/or what is needed for a manageable and functioning government and society. Mulvaney describes his vision for the future of the American economy, noting that the way to reduce the deficit isn't necessarily cutting spending or raising taxes but creating room in the American economy for growth. He argues that the lack of new businesses and jobs, because of regulations and taxes, has prevented the ideal three percent growth necessary to eliminate the deficit and grow the economy. He also argues that regulatory reform can have twice the impact on economic growth that tax policy can. Mulvaney ends the interview saying that he loves his job and loves going to work. The eighty-plus-hour workweeks go by in the blink of an eye because the work is engaging and invigorating and because he feels he has a golden opportunity to change things for the better and get the United States, especially the economy, on a better trajectory. Mulvaney said that he is working at the highest levels on complicated but wonderful ideas, ideals, and issues with the leader of the free world and that President Trump is a great boss. For the full transcript go to http://www.hoover.org/research/sowing-seeds-growth Interested in exclusive Uncommon Knowledge content? Check out Uncommon Knowledge on social media! Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/UncKnowledge/ Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/UncKnowledge/ Instagram: https://instagram.com/uncommon_knowledge_show