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The Age of Obama?
Liberals won't be inclined to much soul-searching after this election, which will be the root of their future undoing, writes Charles R. Kesler in the Claremont Review of Books.

Posted on December 30, 2012 in Claremont Review of Books

Claremont Christmas Reading (part 8)

Posted on December 16, 2012 in Writings

Claremont Christmas Reading (part 7)

Posted on December 16, 2012 in Writings

Claremont Christmas Reading (part 6)

Posted on December 16, 2012 in Writings

Claremont Christmas Reading (part 4)

Posted on December 16, 2012 in Writings

Claremont Christmas Reading (part 5)

Posted on December 16, 2012 in Writings

Claremont Christmas Reading (part 2)

Posted on December 16, 2012 in Writings

Seward’s Folly or Farsightedness?

Posted on December 14, 2012 in Claremont Review of Books

Classics Review: William Gilpin's "Heartland" Thesis

Posted on December 14, 2012 in Claremont Review of Books

Addendum to Eisenhower’s New Look: Churchill and the “Sturdy Child of Terror”

Posted on December 14, 2012 in Claremont Review of Books

A New Look at the New Look

Posted on December 14, 2012 in Claremont Review of Books

Extremism in Defense of Liberty
Political centrism's logical fate is to collapse into split-the-difference-ism, rendering it not only incoherent in theory but counter-productive in practice, writes William Voegeli in the Claremont Review of Books.

Posted on December 14, 2012 in Claremont Review of Books

Claremont Christmas Reading

Recommended reading for the season from Hadley Arkes, Larry Arnn, Mark Blitz, Denis Boyles, Michael Burlingame, Christopher Caldwell, Matthew Continetti, John DiIulio, Edward Feser, Matthew Franck, Alonzo Hamby, Steven Hayward, John Kienker, Thomas Klingenstein, Carnes Lord, Daniel Mahoney, Harvey Mansfield, Wilfred McClay, Michael Nelson, Jack Pitney, Robert Reilly, Bruce Sanborn, James Stoner, Michael Uhlmann, Algis Valiunas, Ryan Williams, Jean Yarbrough, and John Yoo.

Posted on December 13, 2012 in Writings

Upon Further Review: A CRB discussion of Economic Inequality--UPDATED
The New Republic's Timothy Noah and CRB's William Voegeli discuss American democracy and economic inequality.

Posted on December 12, 2012 in Writings

Upon Further Review: A CRB discussion of Saving the Constitution
Jean M. Yarbrough, Bradley C.S. Watson, Michael M. Uhlmann, and Jeremy Rabkin discuss the CRB's Spring 2012 cover essays by John Marini and James W. Ceaser on the U.S. Constitution, with replies by Marini and Ceaser.

Posted on December 12, 2012 in Writings

Upon Further Review: a CRB discussion of Lochner v. New York

Claremont Review of Books Senior Editor William Voegeli offers a more extended considerationof Richard Epstein's review (from the Fall 2011 CRB)of David Bernstein's Rehabilitating Lochner: Defending Individual Rights Against Progressive Reform. After a short introduction, Voegeli presents an exchange between critics, Epstein, and Bernstein, and then offers some links for further reading.

Posted on December 12, 2012 in Writings

Upon Further Review: A CRB discussion of Malcolm X
The CRB discusses the life and legacy of Malcolm X with Diana Schaub and Peter Myers, following Schaub's provocative essay in our Winter 2011/12 issue.

Posted on December 12, 2012 in Writings

CRB Upon Further Review

Posted on December 12, 2012 in Claremont Review of Books

Download the Fall 2012 CRB in PDF

Posted on December 11, 2012 in Claremont Review of Books

Code of the Gentleman
Perhaps more than ever, individuals cut adrift seek answers to the questions raised in the Nicomachean Ethics, writes Diana Schaub in the Claremont Review of Books.

Posted on December 6, 2012 in Claremont Review of Books

The Perversity of Diversity
Affirmative action policies in the academic world can claim a rare distinction: on net balance they harm all groups concerned, writes Thomas Sowell in the Claremont Review of Books.

Posted on December 4, 2012 in Claremont Review of Books

Reagan Democrat
Hers was a life well-lived, writes John O'Sullivan in the Claremont Review of Books.

Posted on December 4, 2012 in Claremont Review of Books

Trouble in the Golden State
The Golden State's 38 million residents may not be getting the government they deserve but seem to be getting the one they want, writes Bill Whalen in the Claremont Review of Books.

Posted on November 28, 2012 in Claremont Review of Books

Dollars to Deanlets
The rise of the all-administrative university results not from diabolical power plays but from the nature of modern academia, writes Richard Vedder in the Claremont Review of Books.

Posted on November 28, 2012 in Claremont Review of Books

Rawls Meets Hayek
It's not wrong to say the poor want wealth rather than activism, but it is too simple, writes James R. Stoner, Jr., in the Claremont Review of Books.

Posted on November 28, 2012 in Claremont Review of Books

A Musical Messiah?
His music bursts forth torrentially as if the sluice gates to the world of sound were opened for the first time, writes Robert R. Reilly in the Claremont Review of Books.

Posted on November 28, 2012 in Claremont Review of Books

The Pursuit of Pleasure
Of antiquity's several philosophies, Epicureanism seems the one least compatible with Christianity, writes James H. Nichols, Jr., in the Claremont Review of Books.

Posted on November 27, 2012 in Claremont Review of Books

Justice Alito, Dissenting
In the long struggle to pull constitutional law back from the radicalism of the 1970s, Justice Alito has planted a standard, writes Richard E. Morgan in the Claremont Review of Books.

Posted on November 27, 2012 in Claremont Review of Books

The Poverty of Communitarianism
Should Americans ignore the desperation of people earning $1 a day in Chad and attend instead to the unfairness of "unaffordable" tickets for Shakespeare in the Park, asks Deirdre N. McCloskey in the Claremont Review of Books.

Posted on November 27, 2012 in Claremont Review of Books

Up From Liberalism
The only thing worse for liberalism than President Barack Obama's defeat might turn out to be his re-election, writes Steven F. Hayward in the Claremont Review of Books.

Posted on November 27, 2012 in Claremont Review of Books

Moral Sense and Social Science
He wanted each of his books not to teach readers what to think about a particular problem, but how to think about it, writes John J. DiIulio, Jr., in the Claremont Review of Books.

Posted on November 27, 2012 in Claremont Review of Books

Correspondence

Posted on November 27, 2012 in Claremont Review of Books

How Obama Won, and Lost
The 2012 election changed nothing—and everything, writes James W. Ceaser in the Claremont Review of Books.

Posted on November 27, 2012 in Claremont Review of Books

A Modern Library of Liberty
What are the five best public policy books of the past fifty years, asks John Blundell in the Claremont Review of Books.

Posted on November 27, 2012 in Claremont Review of Books

Books in Brief

Posted on November 27, 2012 in Claremont Review of Books

The Prolific John Keegan

Posted on November 19, 2012 in Claremont Review of Books

The Founding and the Law of Nations

Posted on November 19, 2012 in Claremont Review of Books

Classics Review: Grading Madison's Examination

Posted on November 19, 2012 in Claremont Review of Books

Eisenhower as Statesman
The only remaining challenge for revisionists working to carve Dwight Eisenhower's newfound reputation into stone is to transform him into a liberal hero, writes Michael Nelson in the Claremont Review of Books.

Posted on November 19, 2012 in Claremont Review of Books

A Stalemate, Not a Mandate
The 2012 election leaves unsettled the question of which party can claim to speak for a majority of the American people, writes James W. Ceaser in the forthcoming issue of the Claremont Review of Books.

Posted on November 12, 2012 in Claremont Review of Books

Divided We Stand
Does social conservatism or overreaching social liberalism account for America's distinctive political polarization, asks Ramesh Ponnuru in the Claremont Review of Books.

Posted on November 5, 2012 in Claremont Review of Books

Misreading the Tea Leaves
What motivates the Tea Party, asks Fred Siegel in the Claremont Review of Books.

Posted on October 22, 2012 in Claremont Review of Books

The Iron Revolutionary

Posted on October 17, 2012 in Claremont Review of Books

Eisenhower the Political General

Posted on October 17, 2012 in Claremont Review of Books

Rise and Fall of Venice

Posted on October 17, 2012 in Claremont Review of Books

Classics Review: Churchill on Afghanistan

Posted on October 17, 2012 in Claremont Review of Books

Disraeli's Ghost
England's Conservative Party sought a community that was not merely prosperous but civilized, writes Michael Knox Beran in the Claremont Review of Books.

Posted on October 15, 2012 in Claremont Review of Books

Live and Let Die
Striving for immortality is a contemptible act of cowardice before the inevitable, a waste of the limited time we are allotted here on earth, and an arrogant affront to the order of things, writes Christopher Caldwell in the Claremont Review of Books.

Posted on October 8, 2012 in Claremont Review of Books

Slavery and the Liberal Aesthetic

Posted on October 4, 2012 in Claremont Review of Books

In But Not Of

Posted on October 4, 2012 in Claremont Review of Books

Crime and Punishment

Posted on October 4, 2012 in Claremont Review of Books

Boys to Men
Today's schools and colleges treat boys as androgynous humanoids rather than as men in the making, writes Terrence O. Moore in the Claremont Review of Books.

Posted on October 1, 2012 in Claremont Review of Books

Winged Words
Vladimir Nabokov famously observed that a translation is like a woman: if beautiful, then not faithful; if faithful, then not beautiful, writes Algis Valiunas in the Claremont Review of Books.

Posted on September 24, 2012 in Claremont Review of Books

The Tribe of the Eagle

Posted on September 17, 2012 in Claremont Review of Books

The Great Warpath

Posted on September 17, 2012 in Claremont Review of Books

First in War, First in Peace

Posted on September 17, 2012 in Claremont Review of Books

The Philadelphia Story
The American Founders saw no disconnect between the argument of the Declaration and the forms of the Constitution, writes Matthew Continetti in the Claremont Review of Books.

Posted on September 17, 2012 in Claremont Review of Books

On the Warpath
Long before the two great conflicts of the 20th century, world wars reverberated in North America along the Great Warpath between New York City and Montreal, writes Mackubin Thomas Owens in the Claremont Review of Books.

Posted on September 16, 2012 in Claremont Review of Books

First Freedoms
The problem is not so much the Islamic world, which is typical of the world as it has always been; it is our own fragile commitment to liberty, writes Claire Berlinski in the Claremont Review of Books.

Posted on September 10, 2012 in Claremont Review of Books

My Fair Language
We take pride in our own use of words, and judge others by theirs, sometimes admiringly, more often to their detriment, writes Joseph Epstein in the Claremont Review of Books.

Posted on September 3, 2012 in Claremont Review of Books

Right-side Up
The central issue since the beginning of the republic has been not whether federalism but what kind to have, writes Michael M. Uhlmann in the Claremont Review of Books.

Posted on August 27, 2012 in Claremont Review of Books

Not Leveling With Us
If we want the rich to bear a larger and larger portion of our national tax burden, it will become increasingly important for them to go on being rich and getting richer, writes William Voegeli in the Claremont Review of Books.

Posted on August 20, 2012 in Claremont Review of Books

The Parameters of Victory

Posted on August 15, 2012 in Claremont Review of Books

Strategic Pivots and Priorities

Posted on August 15, 2012 in Claremont Review of Books

Is Geography Destiny?

Posted on August 15, 2012 in Claremont Review of Books

Debating the Monroe Doctrine

Posted on August 15, 2012 in Claremont Review of Books

Classics of the Crimean War

Posted on August 15, 2012 in Claremont Review of Books

Romney's Dilemmas
Mitt Romney's campaign faces three strategic problems: what to say about his governorship of Massachusetts, how to describe his relation to the policies of George W. Bush's administration, and how to explain to the public the stakes of the 2012 contest, writes Charles R. Kesler in the Claremont Review of Books.

Posted on August 13, 2012 in Claremont Review of Books

The New War Against America
We're facing a global alliance that embraces radical Islamists and radical secular leftists, writes Michael Ledeen in the Claremont Review of Books.

Posted on August 9, 2012 in Claremont Review of Books

No Respect
The war begun on September 11, 2001, has claimed many casualties. The American historical profession is among the most grievous, writes John Yoo in the Claremont Review of Books.

Posted on August 8, 2012 in Claremont Review of Books

The Crisis of Liberalism
Is it on its last legs, or about to be reborn, asks Charles R. Kesler in the Claremont Review of Books.

Posted on August 7, 2012 in Claremont Review of Books

Download the Summer 2012 CRB in PDF

Posted on August 6, 2012 in Claremont Review of Books

AmeriCons
Virtually every critique of the Progressive Era in the last ten years in any conservative publication or forum can be traced back to the work of the Claremont Institute, the CRB, and her contributors, writes Jonah Goldberg in the Claremont Review of Books.

Posted on August 6, 2012 in Claremont Review of Books

Intelligent Design
Rusher was not just an activist. He was a strategist—the strategist, writes Daniel Oliver in the Claremont Review of Books.

Posted on August 2, 2012 in Claremont Review of Books

A Tale of Two Cities

Posted on August 2, 2012 in Claremont Review of Books

The Will to Cool
Where Emerson rhapsodized, Nietzsche agonized, writes Harvey C. Mansfield in the Claremont Review of Books.

Posted on August 2, 2012 in Claremont Review of Books

The Dreamer and the Doer
Deng's infatuation with Mao's philosophy, poetry, and dreams helped to destroy tens of millions of lives, writes Charles Horner in the Claremont Review of Books.

Posted on August 2, 2012 in Claremont Review of Books

Red State, Blue State
Perhaps the most brazen language diktat has been the mischievous switch of political colors, writes Mark Helprin in the Claremont Review of Books.

Posted on August 2, 2012 in Claremont Review of Books

For Better, For Worse
Reagan and Thatcher were ideological soul mates, conviction politicians shunned by their respective party establishments for their "extremism," writes Steven F. Hayward in the Claremont Review of Books.

Posted on August 2, 2012 in Claremont Review of Books

Correspondence

Posted on August 1, 2012 in Claremont Review of Books

Books in Brief

Posted on August 1, 2012 in Claremont Review of Books

Tocqueville and America
Tocqueville understood democracy, but the founders understood America, writes James Q. Wilson in the Claremont Review of Books.

Posted on July 30, 2012 in Claremont Review of Books

William Rusher Biography Praised in the New York Times

David Frisk's recently published biography of William Rusher, titled If Not Us, Who?, received a favorable review in the New York Times book section on July 8. William Rusher, a longtime senior fellow of the Claremont Institute, was an leader and architect of the Conservative movement.

Posted on July 27, 2012 in Writings

The Sources of American Conduct
George F. Kennan's contributions to U.S. foreign policy resulted at least as much from his idiosyncratic personality and equivocal patriotism as from his reasoning about international affairs, writes Angelo M. Codevilla in the Claremont Review of Books.

Posted on July 23, 2012 in Claremont Review of Books

Joseph Cropsey, Rest in Peace
Joseph Cropsey, a longtime friend and colleague of many scholars at the Claremont Institute, passed away on July 1. Harry V. Jaffa writes of his memories growing up with Joseph Cropsey and working alongside him.

Posted on July 18, 2012 in Writings

Russian War Guilt

Posted on July 12, 2012 in Claremont Review of Books

Iron Fist, Velvet Glove

Posted on July 12, 2012 in Claremont Review of Books

Balancing Act

Posted on July 12, 2012 in Claremont Review of Books

The Road Back to Liberty

Posted on July 11, 2012 in Claremont Review of Books

Drifting Daughters

Posted on July 11, 2012 in Claremont Review of Books

Evangelicals and the Right

Posted on July 11, 2012 in Claremont Review of Books

Obama Hypnotized by Europa

Barack Obama asks America to cast off many of its traditions in favor of the European model of governance and society, but is Europe worthy of imitation, asks Mark Helprin in the Claremont Review of Books.

Posted on July 9, 2012 in Claremont Review of Books

Abandoning the Constitution
America has a problem, not because of our Constitution but because constitutionalism as a theoretical doctrine is no longer meaningful in our politics, writes John Marini in the Claremont Review of Books.

Posted on June 25, 2012 in Claremont Review of Books

Paradise Lost and Regained
The Beach Boys' abandoned masterpiece Smile is the pinnacle artistic achievement of the middle-class, baby-boom, sun-soaked, clean cut culture of post-war Southern California, writes Michael Anton in the Claremont Review of Books.

Posted on June 20, 2012 in Claremont Review of Books

Reclaiming Democratic Capitalism
Capitalism has won, in the sense that every alternative to capitalism has lost, writes William Voegeli in the Claremont Review of Books.

Posted on June 18, 2012 in Claremont Review of Books

State of the Union
Political scientists and historians haven't paid enough attention to the difference between public and private sector unions, writes Daniel DiSalvo in the Claremont Review of Books.

Posted on June 11, 2012 in Claremont Review of Books

Promises, Promises
Modern liberalism is only impossible if you stop to think about it, writes Charles R. Kesler in the Claremont Review of Books.

Posted on June 4, 2012 in Claremont Review of Books

How the West was Won
What is the secret of the West's success, asks Stephen H. Balch in the Claremont Review of Books.

Posted on May 28, 2012 in Claremont Review of Books

Dungeons and Dragons
George R.R. Martin's saga is a lesson in power politics, writes Matthew Continetti in the Claremont Review of Books.

Posted on May 24, 2012 in Claremont Review of Books

Against the Globalistas
The United States is the main defense to global governance, with its attachment to its Constitution rather than to multilateral human rights treaties and institutions, writes John R. Bolton in the Claremont Review of Books.

Posted on May 23, 2012 in Claremont Review of Books

Restoring the Constitution
Now that we face a new crisis created by undisciplined government, the moment is ripe for a revival of political constitutionalism, writes James W. Ceaser in the Claremont Review of Books.

Posted on May 22, 2012 in Claremont Review of Books

Tom Fuentes, Rest in Peace
Tom was instrumental in building the conservative movement in California and the nation. More than that he was a patriot, a father, and a man of faith. He will be sorely missed.

Posted on May 19, 2012 in Writings

Download the Spring 2012 CRB in PDF

Posted on May 15, 2012 in Claremont Review of Books

Persecution and the Art of Music
Why does the meaning of his symphonic music seem so elusive, asks Robert R. Reilly in the Claremont Review of Books.

Posted on May 7, 2012 in Claremont Review of Books

Correspondence

Posted on May 2, 2012 in Claremont Review of Books

Leo Strauss in China
The Chinese encounter with Leo Strauss is a meeting of classical mentalities, writes Tao Wang in the Claremont Review of Books.

Posted on May 2, 2012 in Claremont Review of Books

Left, Right, and Dickens
Charles Dickens was a conservative liberal and a liberal conservative, writes Algis Valiunas in the Claremont Review of Books.

Posted on May 2, 2012 in Claremont Review of Books

I Still Expect to Win
So far, every act of his redoubtable life suggests that discomfiture, for him, is never more than temporary, writes Joseph Tartakovsky in the Claremont Review of Books.

Posted on May 2, 2012 in Claremont Review of Books

Being and Tyranny
The young Leo Strauss was drawn to Heidegger yet he also clearly regarded Heidegger's philosophy as responsible for his capitulation to radical evil, writes Steven B. Smith in the Claremont Review of Books.

Posted on May 2, 2012 in Claremont Review of Books

Losing Their Religion
Seemingly so strong when contained in pre-modern circumstances, Islam crumbles when it brushes up against a modern world built on a doctrine of individual rights, along with the science, technology, and globalization that this world has produced, writes Neil Rogachevsky in the Claremont Review of Books.

Posted on May 2, 2012 in Claremont Review of Books

Hail, Britannia
Loyalists during the Revolutionary War embarked on adventures in their flight into exile, which gave them new opportunities and challenges within the empire, writes Jack Rakove in the Claremont Review of Books.

Posted on May 2, 2012 in Claremont Review of Books

Opiate of the Intellectuals
Marx's contemporary followers believe he was right, and his time is yet to come, writes Kenneth Minogue in the Claremont Review of Books.

Posted on May 2, 2012 in Claremont Review of Books

The Divine Miss Jane
Along with Shakespeare and Dickens, Jane Austen unites excellence with popularity; she is both great and delightful, writes Cheryl Miller in the Claremont Review of Books.

Posted on May 2, 2012 in Claremont Review of Books

A Free Soul
There may be a renewed interest among scholars in Shakespeare's mind and what he can still teach us, writes Rafael Major in the Claremont Review of Books.

Posted on May 2, 2012 in Claremont Review of Books

Render Unto Geezers
Many organizations lobby, but what makes the AARP so distinctive is the disconnect, sometimes even the contradictions, between its organizational agenda and its members' interests, writes Jonathan V. Last in the Claremont Review of Books.

Posted on May 2, 2012 in Claremont Review of Books

Rumor Has It
Who can heed schoolmarmish warnings when the pleasure of gossiping, backbiting, and otherwise diminishing our enemies is so great, and the only remaining reward for continence is the flaccid honor of being thought "nice," writes Rita Koganzon in the Claremont Review of Books.

Posted on May 2, 2012 in Claremont Review of Books

Power Surge
Power is an uncomfortable fact. It forces people or states to do things they otherwise would not do, writes Jakub J. Grygiel in the Claremont Review of Books.

Posted on May 2, 2012 in Claremont Review of Books

Bringing Out the Good China
Most China-watchers maintain that the true danger in any Sino-American power transition stems from the United States, and that China's rise must be accommodated rather than blocked or contained, writes Colin Dueck in the Claremont Review of Books.

Posted on May 2, 2012 in Claremont Review of Books

Hobbes Defanged
Is Hobbes's teaching closer to Plato's (and even Aristotle's) than he and his students have led us to believe, asks Mark Blitz in the Claremont Review of Books.

Posted on May 1, 2012 in Claremont Review of Books

Studying Abroad
Most 19th-century Americans did not go abroad to discard their American identity in order to embrace a more refined foreign one, writes Neil Rogachevsky in the Claremont Review of Books.

Posted on April 29, 2012 in Claremont Review of Books

Science and Scientism
Scientism's arguments typically reduce to a circle of mutually reinforcing prejudices, writes Edward Feser in the Claremont Review of Books.

Posted on April 23, 2012 in Claremont Review of Books

Philosophical Pragmatist in Chief?

Posted on April 18, 2012 in Claremont Review of Books

More than a Pastime

Posted on April 18, 2012 in Claremont Review of Books

Coming to America

Posted on April 18, 2012 in Claremont Review of Books

Have a Nice Millennium
Steven Pinker's confidence that technology will promote human commonality and reduce violence is less an argument than an attitude, writes Craig S. Lerner in the Claremont Review of Books.

Posted on April 16, 2012 in Claremont Review of Books

Kesler with Leibsohn on Morning in America
Claremont Review of Books Editor Charles Kesler discusses American Conservatism, Harry V. Jaffa, and Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness: Ten Years of the CRB with Fellow Seth Leibsohn on Bill Bennett's Morning in America.

Posted on April 6, 2012 in Writings

First, Let’s Kill All the Law Schools
As legal training and apprenticeship have given way to legal education and schooling, progressive thinking has washed over our law schools, writes Bradley C.S. Watson in the Claremont Review of Books.

Posted on April 2, 2012 in Claremont Review of Books

Why They Fought
Supporters of the war effort understood that it was a struggle first and foremost to save the Union and thereby to vindicate free government, writes Michael Burlingame in the Claremont Review of Books.

Posted on March 26, 2012 in Claremont Review of Books

Conservatism Properly Understood
What is it, exactly, that contemporary American conservatism seeks to conserve, asks Robert P. George in the Claremont Review of Books.

Posted on March 19, 2012 in Claremont Review of Books

CRB Forum: William Voegeli on Spending & the Welfare State
Senior Editor William Voegeli lectures on Spending & the Welfare State at a Claremont Review of Books event on March 2, 2012 in Washington, DC.

Posted on March 14, 2012 in Writings

Andrew Breitbart, RIP
Our friend and 2009 Lincoln Fellow Andrew Breitbart has passed away suddenly at the age of 43. Andrew was generous of spirit, passionately conservative in his own iconoclastic way, and tireless in his opposition to left-wing media bias. He saw modern liberalism as an attack on American constitutionalism and individual freedom. Only this insight could have driven him to build a new-media empire whose impact will be felt for years to come. Andrew Breitbart made his mark on American politics. He leaves behind a loving family, and will be missed by all his friends in Claremont. We were proud to have known him.

Posted on March 1, 2012 in Writings

Of Thee We Sing
A new anthology offers readers an American patriotism that is subtle, supple, critical, and real, writes William Gonch in the Claremont Review of Books.

Posted on February 27, 2012 in Claremont Review of Books

The Mission and Purpose of the Center for the Jurisprudence of Natural Law

Posted on February 23, 2012 in Writings

Harold R. Rood (1922-2011)

Posted on February 20, 2012 in Claremont Review of Books

Change, Change, Change
Although he hasn't succeeded yet in transforming the country, President Obama has found it comparatively easy to transform himself, writes Charles R. Kesler in the Claremont Review of Books.

Posted on February 20, 2012 in Claremont Review of Books

Download the Winter 2011-12 CRB in PDF

Posted on February 10, 2012 in Claremont Review of Books

King of Pain
The novelist shows how to recover one's soul, writes Algis Valiunas in the Claremont Review of Books.

Posted on February 10, 2012 in Claremont Review of Books

Measuring the Slant
Liberal bias is unproven but strongly supported, writes James Q. Wilson in the Claremont Review of Books.

Posted on February 9, 2012 in Claremont Review of Books

Enough Already
America doesn't have a big welfare state because the American people don't want one, writes William Voegeli in the Claremont Review of Books.

Posted on February 8, 2012 in Claremont Review of Books

Solve for X
Despite his reputation—and his image's posthumous conscription by America's enemies—Malcolm X stood firmly in the American political tradition, writes Diana Schaub in the Claremont Review of Books.

Posted on February 7, 2012 in Claremont Review of Books

Correspondence

Posted on February 1, 2012 in Claremont Review of Books

Harold R. Rood (1922-2011)

Posted on February 1, 2012 in Claremont Review of Books

Let a Hundred Blockbusters Bloom
China plans to blow up Hollywood's monopoly, writes Martha Bayles in the Claremont Review of Books.

Posted on January 31, 2012 in Claremont Review of Books

Reckless Optimism
Although there's plenty of blame to go around, at the heart of the crisis was a pervasive optimism, writes Robert J. Samuelson in the Claremont Review of Books.

Posted on January 31, 2012 in Claremont Review of Books

The Limits of Justice
International criminal law is quite new and not at all well-established, writes Jeremy Rabkin in the Claremont Review of Books.

Posted on January 31, 2012 in Claremont Review of Books

Scold, Scourge, Swashbuckler, Star
The scourge of the pseudo-statesmen ended up on their side in today's great issues, writes David Pryce-Jones in the Claremont Review of Books.

Posted on January 31, 2012 in Claremont Review of Books

Iran's Mortal Threat
The Iranian nuclear program is a mortal threat the president of the United States fails adequately to address, writes Mark Helprin in the Claremont Review of Books.

Posted on January 31, 2012 in Claremont Review of Books

Soldiers and Citizens
Civil-military relations require a careful balance, writes Michael Nelson in the Claremont Review of Books.

Posted on January 31, 2012 in Claremont Review of Books

Classical Triumph
If there is a case to be made that the public library is central to our civilization, the New York Public Library is as eloquent a physical demonstration of that centrality as we are ever likely to have, writes Michael J. Lewis in the Claremont Review of Books.

Posted on January 31, 2012 in Claremont Review of Books

How Wars End
One side wins, writes Colin Dueck in the Claremont Review of Books.

Posted on January 30, 2012 in Claremont Review of Books

The Importance of a College Education
The college rackets, with all their waste and pain and unhappiness and greed, are built around the denial of the fact that a large portion of the population is profoundly un-bookish, writes John Derbyshire in the Claremont Review of Books.

Posted on January 30, 2012 in Claremont Review of Books

Specter of Decline
Self-hatred is the favorite French way of coping with a sense of decline, writes Patrick Chamorel in the Claremont Review of Books.

Posted on January 30, 2012 in Claremont Review of Books

Redeeming Higher Education
Is tenure the cause of the problems that plague higher education today, asks James R. Stoner, Jr., in the Claremont Review of Books.

Posted on January 30, 2012 in Claremont Review of Books

New World Order?
Why does our country's supreme realist flirt with Wilsonian idealism, asks Charles Horner in the Claremont Review of Books.

Posted on January 23, 2012 in Claremont Review of Books

De Luxe
The architectural firm produced a good many of the handsomest buildings in America, some sadly lost, some built to endure, writes Algis Valiunas in the Claremont Review of Books.

Posted on January 16, 2012 in Claremont Review of Books

One-Dimensional Man
Here's what a certain group of highly educated, affluent elites think constitutes a life well lived, writes Charles Murray in the Claremont Review of Books.

Posted on January 9, 2012 in Claremont Review of Books

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