This Friday, Zachary Shore explains the surprising origins of wise decisions across history, and how AI might be able to help leaders evaluate the wisdom of different choices when the stakes are high; Rowena He recalls her experiences teaching Hong Kong students about a Mao-era Chinese dissident; and Terry Anderson speaks with Bill Whalen about the intersection of market-based economics and environmental conservation efforts.

Hoover Daily Report | May 1, 2026

Today, you can watch the first-ever episode of GoodFellows recorded before a live public audience; Michael Auslin considers how a royal visit to the United States may help to improve our nation’s democratic political culture; and David Leal explores the rise of populist third parties in the UK and this shift’s implications for the US.

Hoover Daily Report | April 30, 2026

Today, Eyck Freymann explains why the United States must prepare for a variety of crisis scenarios surrounding Taiwan beyond a clear military attack; Hoover invites the nation’s high school and college students to enter our spoken-word competition on America’s founding ideals; and Eugene Volokh analyzes the recent indictment of former FBI James Comey over an Instagram post from a First Amendment law perspective.

Hoover Daily Report | April 29, 2026

Today, Orin Kerr follows a Supreme Court case that tests the outer limits of Fourth Amendment protection. Elizabeth Mitchell Elder writes of the corrosive, anti-democratic power of single-industry towns—and what that means for American civic participation. And John Cochrane argues that strict firing rules and severance requirements weaken the labor markets they are meant to protect.

Hoover Daily Report | April 28, 2026

Today, Michael McConnell explains the rise of the Supreme Court’s “shadow docket”; Amit Seru shares research illuminating the financial stability of private credit funds; and Bill Whalen and Lee Ohanian discuss the state of California’s gubernatorial primary as well as the Golden State’s sluggish post-COVID economic recovery.

Hoover Daily Report | April 27, 2026

This Friday, the Hoover Institution announces a major new initiative to envision a new economic and security commons for the United States and other free societies; Abbas Milani speaks with H.R. McMaster about current conditions in Iran and the possible futures for Iran and its people following the war; and Niall Ferguson joins Jon Hartley for a discussion of networks, empires, and the economic and political history of the West over recent centuries.

Hoover Daily Report | April 24, 2026

Today, Victor Davis Hanson reviews the strategic blunders that now leave Iran’s fragmented regime on the geopolitical ropes; Andrew Hall explores why prediction markets are becoming a key tool in American political analysis; and Hoover announces the 2026 cohort of entrepreneurs using market mechanisms to enhance conservation efforts and environmental quality.

Hoover Daily Report | April 23, 2026

In honor of Earth Day, Dominic Parker reflects on the decades of market-based solutions the US has employed to clean up its air and watersheds. Eugene Volokh follows a Texas defamation case brought by FBI Director Kash Patel, just as he launches a new one against The Atlantic. And Nadia Schadlow writes about how rhetoric and mean tweets obscure what is really driving differences among Brussels, London, and Washington.

Hoover Daily Report | April 22, 2026