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.
Posted on November 17, 2008 in Claremont Review of Books
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.
Posted on November 11, 2008 - Appears in National Review Online
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.
Posted on November 6, 2008 in Claremont Review of Books
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.
Posted on November 5, 2008 in Claremont Review of Books
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.
Posted on November 3, 2008 in Claremont Review of Books
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.
Posted on October 28, 2008 in Claremont Review of Books
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.
Posted on October 22, 2008 in Claremont Review of Books
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.
Posted on October 19, 2008 in Claremont Review of Books
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.
Posted on October 18, 2008 - Appears in Christian Science Monitor
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.
Posted on October 6, 2008 in Claremont Review of Books
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.
Posted on September 29, 2008 in Claremont Review of Books
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.
Posted on September 25, 2008 - Appears in National Review Online