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I see parallels between the eugenicists and the work of Atlas and John Yoo. I see very bright ambitious people loosing touch with any sense of humanity. It's not a left-right thing. Pauling's origin was not the right wing. People styling themselves "left" have gone down similar roads. One of the things I have appreciated about Hoover in the past has been their efforts to out horrors when most of academia refused to look. It pains me to see Hoover associating with advocates of monstrous policies. This should not be used as an excuse to boot them off campus anymore than Stanford would consider getting rid of the Chemistry or education departments because of the eugenicists. However, Hoover has some work to do taking out the trash.

I don't see FOX, OWN, Newsmax and the whole Trump/McConnell universe as "conservative." Hoover does not need to be relevant with the radical right. In the past, Hoover has gone long periods without constant media attention. It would do better without the kind of attention it is now getting.

Really well-stated. We have a crisis of what used to be conservative principles in the United States. Allowing the right wing crazies to occupy the position formerly occupied by principled conservative Republicans, and claim they aren't being heard if their fascist impulses are shouted down, is so dangerous for the world it can hardly be emphasized enough.

Biden's administration will have no greater priority than cracking down on disinformation and propaganda in our media, and doing all he can to facilitate a resurgence of principled pro-democracy conservativism in the Republican Party. The Hoover Institute could be part of the solution, but only if terrible people like Scott Atlas are jettisoned.

[OutsiderFan]

I see parallels between the eugenicists and the work of Atlas and John Yoo. I see very bright ambitious people loosing touch with any sense of humanity. It's not a left-right thing. Pauling's origin was not the right wing. People styling themselves "left" have gone down similar roads. One of the things I have appreciated about Hoover in the past has been their efforts to out horrors when most of academia refused to look. It pains me to see Hoover associating with advocates of monstrous policies. This should not be used as an excuse to boot them off campus anymore than Stanford would consider getting rid of the Chemistry or education departments because of the eugenicists. However, Hoover has some work to do taking out the trash.

I don't see FOX, OWN, Newsmax and the whole Trump/McConnell universe as "conservative." Hoover does not need to be relevant with the radical right. In the past, Hoover has gone long periods without constant media attention. It would do better without the kind of attention it is now getting.

Really well-stated. We have a crisis of what used to be conservative principles in the United States. Allowing the right wing crazies to occupy the position formerly occupied by principled conservative Republicans, and claim they aren't being heard if their fascist impulses are shouted down, is so dangerous for the world it can hardly be emphasized enough.

Biden's administration will have no greater priority than cracking down on disinformation and propaganda in our media, and doing all he can to facilitate a resurgence of principled pro-democracy conservativism in the Republican Party. The Hoover Institute could be part of the solution, but only if terrible people like Scott Atlas are jettisoned.