Too Much Information
The true test of the Johnson books is Caro's own criterion: how well do they explain political power, writes Michael Nelson in the Claremont Review of Books.The Invisible Handout
On the whole, this is the worst survey of the American economy I have ever read, writes Richard Vedder in the Claremont Review of Books.Upon Further Review: A CRB Discussion of Theodore Roosevelt
Ronald Pestritto, Scott Yenor, Robert Patterson, and Jean Yarbrough discuss Yarbrough's new book, Theodore Roosevelt and the American Political Tradition, reviewed in the Winter 2012/13 issue of the Claremont Review of Books.The Sage of Singapore
The Falklands Factor
Classics Review: Nazi Bureaucrats
Blasphemer
On Valentine's Day 1989, celebrated novelist Salman Rushdie received the worst review of his career: a death sentence, writes Benjamin Balint in the Claremont Review of Books.Of Experts and Angels
Our modern administrative state presupposes that men are angels, and therefore that we can abandon external and internal controls on governmental power, writes Joseph Postell in the Claremont Review of Books.An Easter Conversation with James V. Schall, S.J.
In his first interview since his retirement from Georgetown University, Fr. James Schall talks with Claremont Institute senior fellow Ken Masugi about teaching, preparing almost 40 books, what political philosophy is, the future of the Catholic Church, and the election of Pope Francis.
Robert Bork (1927-2012)
The Senate's rejection in 1987 of Bork to the Supreme Court was a constitutional catastrophe from which we have hardly begun to recover, writes Ramesh Ponnuru.
Gay Rites
In a decade, gay marriage has gone from joke to dogma, writes Christopher Caldwell in the Claremont Review of Books.A Bully's Pulpit
Although he was among the most radical Progressives of his era, some on the Right have been caught up in a romantic fascination with the 26th president, writes Ronald J. Pestritto in the Claremont Review of Books.The Same Old Deal
Grunwald never asks why successive Democratic presidents keep finding it necessary to push the very same boulder up the very same hill, writes William Voegeli in the Claremont Review of Books.Download the Winter 2012/13 CRB in PDF
Engineers of Victory
Uncle Sam's Web-Feet
Classics Review: The Building of a Navy
A Neglected Statesman
The only American to serve in the highest office in the executive branch and the highest in the federal judiciary, he had a career as remarkable as it is neglected, writes Ryan P. Williams in the Claremont Review of Books.Godlike, Godly Tolstoy
Each unhappy genius is unhappy in his own way, writes Algis Valiunas in the Claremont Review of Books.Wisdom of the Ages
The Fortunes of Permanence confirms Roger Kimball's status as America's foremost cultural critic, writes Michael M. Uhlmann in the Claremont Review of Books.Enduring Empire
What made the Romans seem invincible was their fierce belief in the superiority of their way of life and the virtues they professed, writes Bruce S. Thornton in the Claremont Review of Books.The Hollywood Dialectic
Lincoln and Django Unchained represent what passes for artistic sensibility on today's Hollywood, writes Martha Bayles in the Claremont Review of Books.The Buddy of Christ
Christian leaders still believe that evangelizing young people is the key to solving the world's problems, writes Naomi Schaefer Riley in the Claremont Review of Books.Psalm XXIII
Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of debt, I fear no bankruptcy, for Obama is my shepherd, writes Mark Helprin in the Claremont Review of Books.Anguished Patriot
He had a command of American political thought and contemporary political theory that was perhaps unrivalled by anyone in his generation, writes Daniel J. Mahoney in the Claremont Review of Books.Bribesville
How did Italy's national economy, which all Italy-watchers recognize as anachronistic and self-defeating, come to be, asks Michael Ledeen in the Claremont Review of Books.Silent Cal Speaks
America's 30th president, like the modern-day Tea Party, emphasized that power, political energy, and republican legitimacy flow from the bottom up and not the top down, writes Charles C. Johnson in the Claremont Review of Books.The Price of Power
Americans have always been ambivalent about the idea of proconsulship—and often maladroit at its implementation, writes Victor Davis Hanson in the Claremont Review of Books.Conscience Unbound
Is the Protestant Reformation to blame for many of the modern world's undesirable features, asks James Hankins in the Claremont Review of Books.Taking Law Seriously
Judging takes place within a matrix of standards that both constrains the judge from imposing his personal will and enables the judge to discern the true command of the law, writes David F. Forte in the Claremont Review of Books.Unmanned Combat
The drone revolution promises many benefits, but there are also drawbacks to this nascent unmanned air force—drawbacks that the nation and its policymakers have barely begun to assess, writes Alan W. Dowd in the Claremont Review of Books.Why I'm Still a Democrat
Rather than deriding how Democrats win, conservative thinkers and GOP leaders should focus more on how to engineer a big, bold rebirth of the Republican Party, writes John J. DiIulio, Jr., in the Claremont Review of Books.Correspondence
Courtiers
It would be surprising if a president who, typical of "multiculturalists," knows no foreign languages or cultures and little history, chose advisors who do not mirror him, writes Angelo M. Codevilla in the Claremont Review of Books.Keeping Up Appearances
Does Downton Abbey matter, asks Cheryl Miller in the Claremont Review of Books.A People's Contest
While the war was fought to save the Union and (as time went by) to end slavery, it was also fought to vindicate democracy, writes Michael Burlingame in the Claremont Review of Books.How Low Can We Go?
Rand Paul's nearly 13-hour talkathon made the senator from Kentucky a conservative hero and breathed new life into the movement that helped elect him. But which movement was that? asks Charles R. Kesler in the forthcoming issue of the Claremont Review of Books.Veiled Threat
Subtlety and nuance are one thing, and evasion another, writes Theodore Dalrymple in the Claremont Review of Books.The Necessity of Freedom
For scientism, if free will cannot be explained, it must be rejected, writes Edward Feser in the Claremont Review of Books.Upon Further Review: A CRB discussion of Political Extremism
David Frum, Steven Hayward, Geoffrey Kabaservice, and William Voegeli discuss political extremism and the Republican Party's electability.The Wealth of Nations
Development economics seeks to explain why certain peoples are rolling in wealth while others have to live with hookworm and kleptocracy, writes Christopher Caldwell in the Claremont Review of Books.Nature's God
Were the Founding Fathers good Christians, asks Patrick Allitt in the Claremont Review of Books.Supreme Command
Classics Review: America and the Revolutions of 1848
—Iron Curtain: Rust or Rupture?
The Church of What's Happening Now
Ross Douthat's Bad Religion is judicious, insightful, and at times prophetic and inspiring, writes Ryan T. Anderson in the Claremont Review of Books.Vatican II at 50
The coherence of Catholic teaching and the Church's authority make it one of the few institutions still capable of resisting the general cultural revolution of the past half-century, writes Robert Royal in the Claremont Review of Books.Highfalutin Abstractions
Contraception Con
Philosopher Statesman
Debating Originalism
The Ghost of Herbert Hoover
He would accuse conservatives of embracing the liberal project of remaking the world in America's image, writes Patrick J. Garrity in the Claremont Review of Books.Whither the Navy?
In the next four years America will get less, much less, from an administration that—perhaps uniquely in our history—neither understands nor trusts American power, writes Mark Helprin in the Claremont Review of Books.Classics Review: The Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant
Alternative Worlds
The Spirit of the Law
Akhil Amar offers his various arguments in a soothing, engaging manner, like a cagey lawyer intent on getting jurors or appellate judges to sympathize with his conclusions rather than endorse all the precise elements of his doctrines, writes Jeremy Rabkin in the Claremont Review of Books.The CRB is Hiring
The Claremont Review of Books is looking for an entry-level, full-time Production Editor with the energy, imagination, and editorial judgment to work on the preeminent conservative book review.
