Author as Educator
"Terminator" IRS Hounded Joe Louis Into Poverty
In his letter to the Editor of the Wall Street Jounral, Harry V. Jaffa points out the real cause of Joe Louis' demise: the IRS.A Towering Achievement
Birth of a Nation?
Director Martin Scorsese tells a rich story of how the lower Manhattan he grew up in came to be. But, contrary to the film's tagline, America was not "born in the streets," writes Ken Masugi.On Race and a Republican Opportunity
Fr. James V. Schall on Reason and Faith
Was Leo Strauss Wrong About John Locke?
The Bond, James Bond
Reagan, Lott, and Race Baiting
There are some conservatives to which the accusation of racism simply does not stick, as badly as the Left wishes it would, writes Institute fellow Steven Hayward.A Very Claremont Christmas
Symposium: A Very Claremont Christmas
A book is truly the gift that keeps on giving. We asked eight friends and contributors to the Claremont Review of Books to recommend books for Christmas that warm the heart, prod the mind , and stir the soul.Quo Vadis?
Is the Republican Party still true to its principles? Institute fellow Mackubin Thomas Owens writes on the only reason Trent Lott should resign."Still Dreaming, After All These Years"
The Fall of an Academic Fraud
Where's Wofford?
Islam at the Crossroads
A new book by senior fellow Paul Marshall.Vacant Lott
Time for Regime Change in Minneapolis
Elections, Elections, Elections
Firestorm in Minneapolis
Of Realignment and Revolution
Culture, High and Low
Books in Brief: Medicare's Midlife Crisis
abstractBooks in Brief: Aliens in America
abstractInterests Have Consequences, Too
Everybody knows that ideas have consequences. But, Gerard Alexander writes in the Winter 2002 issue of the Claremont Review of Books, ideas wouldn't be consequential without certain interests in mind. Take the Thatcher Revolution in Great Britain.Natural Right and Biotechnology
Nietzschean historicism runs throughout much of Francis Fukuyama's writing, says Larry Arnhart. He reviews Our Posthuman Future in the Winter 2002 issue of the Claremont Review of Books.War At Last?
America cannot possibly reform tyrannical Arab regimes such as Iraq or, for that matter, Saudi Arabia, argues Angelo Codevilla. The choice is to suffer their causes and their terrorist methods—or to kill them.Star-Spangled Snobbery
If Joseph Epstein is a snob, at least he's the American version, writes Glenn Ellmers in the Winter 2002 issue of the Claremont Review of Books.The Reluctant Empire
American imperialism? It's an oft-made assertion from the left and the right. But it's not the best way to describe U.S. foreign policy, argues Patrick J. Garrity in the Winter 2002 issue of the Claremont Review of Books.Our Enemy, The State?
The gulf between the philosophical assumptions of Franklin Roosevelt and Ronald Reagan all but preclude the possibility of a dialogue, writes John Marini in the Winter 2002 issue of the Claremont Review of Books.John Quincy Adams on the War We Are In
Long before Samuel Huntington, John Quincy Adams understood our modern "clash of civilizations," writes Richard Samuelson in the Winter 2002 issue of the Claremont Review of Books.Honor's Call
Can a liberal regime like the United States do without honor? Adam Wolfson delves into the question in the Winter 2002 issue of the Claremont Review of Books.Misunderestimating Bush
The Democrats underestimated George W. Bush, but the Republicans risk misunderstanding him, writes Charles R. Kesler in the Winter 2002 issue of the Claremont Review of Books.Honor
A Time for Restraint or Action?
Jaffa Versus Mansfield
Senior fellow Thomas G. West writes on the illuminating differences between two of America's most important conservative scholars.The Silence of the Liberals
This War We're In
Radical Islam continues to be portrayed as a movement fueled by the standard hatred for America. But this view overlooks its true character: religious, ideological, and bent on conquest, writes senior fellow Paul Marshall.George Washington on Thanksgiving
John Rawls, Historian
John Rawls, one of America's most famous academic philosophers, died on Sunday. The Fall, 2002 issue of the Claremont Review of Books contained a fine essay by Michael Zuckert examining Rawls' thought and career. We invite you to read it here.If the Gov't Won't Do It...
What must citizens do to stop a flood of illegal immigration when the government will not? Institute fellow Mackubin Thomas Owens writes on the rehabilitation of the militia.The Burden of War
Coding Campus
No racism, no sexism, no homophobia ... no classroom discussion? Institute fellow Eugene Volokh writes on the latest development in the decline of the American university: speech codes.End Games
Sing Goddess of the Wrath of Garrison
Our Gordian Knot
Do we keep trying to untangle, or do we cut? Fellow in California studies Victor Davis Hanson writes on our own Middle Eastern knots.Lincoln, Free Men, and Friedman
No Time for Bipartisanship
Why try to work with the Left politically when it has become so very wrong? Institute fellow Hadley Arkes writes on what ought to be the new tone in Congress.Woebegone in Minnesota?
Fear, false accusations, and slanted polling data have always seemed to work for Minnesota's Left — but not this November. Institute Chairman Bruce Sanborn writes on the local victory.Owens on Veterans' Day
The End of An Era
A Brief Election Analysis
Election Day
In Memoriam: An Unsung Hero of the Cold War: William T. Lee
William T. Lee, former Senior Intelligence Officer during the Cold War and tireless advocate of national missile defense, has died. In addition to serving his country in intelligence, Mr. Lee wrote six books and numerous articles, notably on the ballistic missile defenses of the Soviet Union and Russia. The Center for Security Policy has posted this tribute."Powerline to the People"
"Powerline to the People"
Powerline is a political current events commentary blog, from adjunct fellows John Hinderaker and Scott W. Johnson. Updated Daily.Masugi on The Unreal Lincoln
Lincoln Got It, Too
When it comes to being underestimated, President Bush shares a common experience with Lincoln, writes Institute fellow Mackubin Thomas Owens.Homeland Security Should Learn From Past Mistakes
The Unreal Lincoln
Thomas DiLorenzo's book The Real Lincoln profoundly distorts American history and the achievements of Abraham Lincoln, writes the Director of the Center for Local Government, Ken Masugi.That All Tragedy is Local
Cicero's Defense of Property Rights
Rudy For N.J. Senator
New York Times War Hysteria
Brains and Brawn in the White House
Intellectuals have played numerous roles in the service of U.S. presidents, from hagiographer to (rhetorical) hit man, notes Matthew Robinson in his review of Tevi Troy's Intellectuals and the American Presidency.The Strangest of Times
Modern warfare is always accompanied by strange lines of thought on all sides. Victor Davis Hanson, Institute fellow in California Studies, writes on the beginnings of our own perplexity.The Administrative State Goes to War
The current congressional debate over homeland security ignores some vital issues discussed by John Eastman, director of the Center for Constitutional Jurisprudence, and adjunct fellow Mackubin Thomas Owens, at the 2002 annual APSA meeting.Homeland Security: The Deeper Issues
What's Behind Home Schooling
American Meditations IV
Rethinking the Values of War
A New Birth of Freedom
Diana Schaub, Professor of Political Science at Loyola College in Maryland, reviews Harry V. Jaffa's most recent book, A New Birth of Freedom.Civil Blood
Constitution Day
Why The American "Frontier" Will Always Be Populated By Democratic, Christian Knights
A Proper Memorial
Forget Maya Lin and the New York postmodernist crowd. Elliott Banfield offers a proposal for a dignified memorial to the September 11 attacks that honors the dead and beautifies lower Manhattan.APSA Annual Meeting, 2002
Our Fighting Faith
Senior fellow Charles Kesler offers these reflections a year after September 11th.Books in Brief: Every Handgun Is Aimed at You
abstractBooks in Brief: I'll Be Short
abstractTime to Remember September 11, Not To "Move On"
Richard Reeb, long time associate of the Claremont Institute, writes on the connection between remembrance and action on this year anniversary of September 11th.The Political Responsibility of Intellectuals
Mark Blitz examines why some intellectuals are so attracted to tyranny in the Fall 2002 issue of the Claremont Review of BooksAngelo M. Codevilla Responds
Senior Fellow Angelo M. Codevilla responds to critics of his arguments in "Victory: What it Will Take to Win" in the Fall 2002 issue of the Claremont Review of Books.The Home Front: Left, Right, and (Elusive) Center
Christopher Flannery examines four books, from the left and the right, that try to win the hearts and minds of Americans in the war on terror.Small Wars, Big Deal
Senior fellow Patrick J. Garrity reviews Max Boot's The Savage Wars of Peace.The Making of LBJ
Senior Fellow Steven F. Hayward tackles Robert Caro's latest volume on Lyndon Johnson in the Fall 2002 issue of the Claremont Review of Books.Two Steps Ahead, One Step Back
Fellow James Higgins explores the new liberal economics of Joseph Stiglitz in the Fall 2002 issue of the Claremont Review of Books.Profiles in Banality
Courage isn't what it used to be, reports Claremont Review of Books Editorial Assistant John B. Kienker in the Fall 2002 issue.A Proper Memorial: Artist's Rendering
Unsportsmanlike Conduct
Sally C. Pipes examines the havoc wreaked by Title IX in the Fall 2002 issue of the Claremont Review of Books.Ya-Ya Motherhood
Fellow Julie Ann Ponzi looks at feminists and the "paradox of natural mothering" in the Fall 2002 issue of the Claremont Review of Books.The Path To Victory
On the eve of the first anniversary of the September 11 attacks, we asked five distinguished commentators to assess Angelo M. Codevilla's ongoing "Victory Watch." William F. Buckley, Jr., Frank Gaffney, Mackubin T. Owens, Norman Podhoretz, and David Tucker answered the call. Angelo Codevilla responds.Hail to the Chief
Michael M. Uhlmann gives Chief Justice John Marshall his due in the Fall 2002 issue of the Claremont Review of Books.Sins of the Fathers
Why do conservatives love the novels of Dostoevsky so much? Senior Fellow Thomas G. West exposes the nihilism at the core of the Russian's masterpiece in the Fall 2002 issue of the Claremont Review of Books.An Ambivalent Tocqueville
Delba Winthrop reviews Sheldon S. Wolin's Tocqueville Between Two Worlds in the Fall 2002 issue of the Claremont Review of BooksRemember 9/11
Corporate Conduct: Cash, Careers... & Country
Ernest Fortin's Teaching for Catholics
Remembering 9/11
Why doesn't anyone say, "Remember 9/11"? We may wish it, but it's not on our lips, our billboards, or our televisions. We have not vowed it, at least not as we should, argues Claremont Review of Books Editor Charles R. Kesler.Understanding the War on Terror
Origins of the Military Coup of 2012
The Real Political Science: 2002 APSA
Home School Backlash
Constitution to FEC: Help!
Locke's Doctrine of Human Action
By constitutionalzing government, warning against tyranny, turning spirit to industry, seeing thought as the labor of science and downplaying the attractions of politics Locke tries to foster useful inequalities that do not challenge the root natural equality and independence of human beings, writes Institute Fellow Mark Blitz.Preparing for the Crowded Hour
Rethinking the Foundations of Religious Freedom
The Challenge of Sustaining Freedom and Morality in a Democracy
What Does Ernest Fortin Have to Say to Political Philosophers?
5. Winston S. Churchill
4. Abraham Lincoln and the Civil War
2. Philosophic Sources of the American Founding
3. Commentaries on the Founding
American Meditations III
IRVINE CAMPAIGN FINANCE RESTRICTION HELD UNCONSTITUTIONAL
The Disconnect Between Hollywood and America
Institute Director Pat Sajak speaks on the divide between Hollywood and media elite and people who live in the real world.Defend Civilization Itself
If Western civilization can be attacked on many fronts, then it must be defended on many fronts, writes senior fellow Mark Helprin.The Truth About Options
Adjunct fellow James Higgins explains the formerlyobscure but suddenly prominent issue of how companies treat the cost of stock options that they issue to employees.
