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Jeffrey on American Conservatism
Increasingly, there is a division within American conservatism—or what is called that—about whether the revival of limited government remains a defining goal, writes Douglas A. Jeffrey in the Fall 2008 issue of the Claremont Review of Books.Benard and Dick on America's True Genius
It is America's steady commitment to founding principles—not our capacity for rapid change under a charismatic leader—that distinguishes America, writes 2007 Publius Fellows Alexander Benard and Anthony Dick.Kesler on Obama’s Audacity
Many Americans underestimate the president-elect’s soaring political ambition, writes Charles R. Kesler in the Fall 2008 issue of the Claremont Review of Books.Ceaser on the Primary System
It is a peculiarity of American government that after more than 200 years no fixed system exists for selecting the president of the United States, writes James W. Ceaser in the Fall 2008 issue of the Claremont Review of Books.Codevilla on the Establishment vs. the Terrorists
The policies that are standard issue in the U.S. national security bureaucracy are intellectual novocaine, writes Angelo M. Codevilla in the Fall 2008 issue of the Claremont Review of Books.Grygiel on the New Cold War
Are we doomed to enter into another confrontation with Russia, asks Jakub J. Grygiel in the Fall 2008 issue of the Claremont Review of Books.Voegeli on Reforming Big Government
The welfare state can’t go on indefinitely, but it does, writes William Voegeli in the Fall 2008 issue of the Claremont Review of Books.Emerson on Terrorism
Al-Qaeda’s failure to strike our homeland during the last seven years suggests that our policies are working. Why, then, are policymakers, legislators, and Supreme Court Justices scaling back many of the safeguards now in place, asks Steven Emerson in the Fall 2008 issue of the Claremont Review of Books.Johnson on Taxation and the Gospel of Envy
The Founders understood very well that taxation could become a way for one group to prey on another. Claremont Institute Fellow Scott W. Johnson, explains how Progressive era activists have made efforts dating back to the 1800's to undo property protections under the Constitution. Barack Obama's current call for higher taxes to "spread the wealth around" harks back to an old theme—the appeal to the many to take from the few.Valiunas on Edmund Wilson
Discrimination used to be a critic's most valuable stock in trade, the touchstone of his own quality or lack thereof. Multiculturalist gourmandise, the eagerness to take in as much as the belly can hold—and the more alien the fare the better, however insipid or scorching it may be—has pretty well put an end to that, writes Algis Valiunas in the Summer 2008 issue of the Claremont Review of Books.Thomas on the First Amendment
Central to negotiating the "theological-political problem" at the heart of modern constitutionalism was to cast individual conscience—in a manner that implicated both speech and religion—as beyond the proper care of civil authority, writes George Thomas in the Summer 2008 issue of the Claremont Review of Books.Leibsohn on Media Self-Censorship
By denouncing the documentary Obsession and refusing to accept paid advertisements, journalists are engaging in public interest self-censorship, argues Claremont Institute Fellow Seth Leibsohn. For them, any documentary on radical Islam is beyond the pale.For more entries, visit our Writings Archive...
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