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Ken Masugi

Ken Masugi is a senior fellow of the Claremont Institute.

Dr. Masugi has extensive experience in government and academia. Following his initial appointment at the Claremont Institute (1982-86), he was a special assistant to then-Chairman Clarence Thomas of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (1986-1990). After his years in Washington, he held visiting university appointments at James Madison College of Michigan State University and the Ashbrook Center of Ashland University. He was John M. Olin Distinguished Visiting Professor at the U.S. Air Force Academy.

With Brian Janiskee, Dr. Masugi is co-author of Democracy in California: Politics and Government in the Golden State (Rowman & Littlefield, 2004) and co-editor of The California Republic: Institutions, Statemanship, and Policies (Rowman & Littlefield, 2004). He is co-editor of seven other books on American politics and political thought. His current book project is a work on citizenship and multiculturalism, which uses the standards of the American Founding to critique the comtemporary attack on a common citizenship.

He is the author of numerous essays and reviews of works on political theory, constitutional law, public policy, and films. Dr. Masugi has also published in the popular press, including the Los Angeles Times, Orange County Register, Washington Post, Washington Times, National Review, and the Weekly Standard. He also sits on the editorial boards of Perspectives on Political Science and Interpretation.

 

Articles on this Site

An Easter Conversation with James V. Schall, S.J.

Posted on April 10, 2013 in Writings

An Advent Conversation with James V. Schall, S.J.

Posted on December 21, 2010 in Writings

An Advent Conversation with James V. Schall, S.J.

Posted on December 10, 2009 in Writings

O Captain! My Captain!

Posted on February 11, 2008 in Claremont Review of Books

Fr. James V. Schall on Pope Benedict and the Defense of Reason

Posted on December 13, 2007 in Writings

Books in Brief

Posted on January 29, 2007 in Claremont Review of Books

Books in Brief

Posted on January 29, 2007 in Claremont Review of Books

Books in Brief

Posted on January 29, 2007 in Claremont Review of Books

Books in Brief

Posted on January 29, 2007 in Claremont Review of Books

The One, the Few, and the Many

Posted on November 30, 2006 in Writings

Fr. James V. Schall on Benedict XVI at Regensburg

Posted on October 1, 2006 in Writings

Re-Negotiating Munich With the Conservatives

Posted on January 18, 2006 in Writings

Fr. James V. Schall on Faith, Reason, and Politics

Posted on December 20, 2005 in Writings

Forgetting Pearl Harbor

Posted on December 7, 2005 in Precepts

REVIVING THE "MORAL SCIENCES:

Posted on November 11, 2005 in Writings

Constitutionalism and Local Liberty

Posted on September 7, 2005 in Projects

Preface

Posted on July 21, 2005 in Writings

Conservatism at the Local Level

Posted on May 25, 2005 in Precepts

The Libertarian Seduction

Posted on April 21, 2005 in Projects

The Ultimate Redistricting Reform: Blow Up the Legislature

Posted on March 31, 2005 in Projects

Bush's Second Inaugural: Reversing FDR

Posted on January 20, 2005 in Writings

Schwarzenegger on the State of the State

Posted on January 7, 2005 in Writings

Tom Wolfe's Struggle With God and the Greeks

Posted on December 22, 2004 in Writings

What a Revolting Redevelopment

Posted on November 18, 2004 in Projects

From the Editor

Posted on November 17, 2004 in Projects

From the Editor

Posted on November 17, 2004 in Projects

Clarifying the California Ballot

Posted on October 29, 2004 in Precepts

Political Science Versus Political Reality

Posted on August 27, 2004 in Precepts

Budget Battle Centers on Restoring Self-Government

Posted on July 16, 2004 in Precepts

The False Choice of "Spider-Man 2"

Posted on July 6, 2004 in Writings

Visiting The President, Parts I and II

Posted on June 9, 2004 in Writings

Why Study Local Government: A Primer

Posted on April 7, 2004 in Precepts

From the Editor

Posted on March 17, 2004 in Center for Local Government

From the Editor

Posted on March 17, 2004 in The Golden State Center for State and Local Government

A Guide to the Golden State

Posted on February 18, 2004 in Precepts

Fr. James V. Schall on Political Philosophy

Posted on December 23, 2003 in Writings

Mastery of Nature

Posted on December 5, 2003 in Writings

Thanksgiving and the Original Intent of the Constitution

Posted on November 26, 2003 in Precepts

How America Can Teach the World About Democracy

Posted on October 31, 2003 in Precepts

The Philadelphia Horror Story

Posted on September 4, 2003 in Writings

The Open City

Posted on August 22, 2003 in Writings

The Truth About "Treason"

Posted on July 25, 2003 in Writings

Soccer as Metaphor

Posted on July 18, 2003 in Writings

A Real American Remembers California

Posted on July 9, 2003 in Writings

Machines Vs. Man

Posted on July 3, 2003 in Writings

Who Was Joaquin? No Hero, To Be Sure

Posted on May 28, 2003 in Writings

Read Local Liberty

Posted on April 24, 2003 in Precepts

"It's Going To Be A Long War"

Posted on April 7, 2003 in Writings

Beyond Multiculturalism

Posted on March 21, 2003 in Writings

Local Liberty Book Review

Posted on March 19, 2003 in Center for Local Government

Local Liberty Book Review

Posted on March 19, 2003 in The Golden State Center for State and Local Government

Religious Freedom Wins in Cypress

Posted on March 19, 2003 in Center for Local Government

Religious Freedom Wins in Cypress

Posted on March 19, 2003 in The Golden State Center for State and Local Government

Religious Freedom Wins in Cypress

Posted on March 19, 2003 in Center for Local Government

Religious Freedom Wins in Cypress

Posted on March 19, 2003 in The Golden State Center for State and Local Government

The Real Issue Behind the Immigration Debate

Posted on March 6, 2003 in Precepts

The Achilles Heel of This American "Iliad"

Posted on March 3, 2003 in Writings

Revisiting the American Japanese Relocation of World War II

Posted on February 18, 2003 in Writings

Springtime for Hitler, or Painting as a Pestilence

Posted on February 14, 2003 in Writings

Faith and Politics: Moderation as a Defense of Liberty

Posted on February 12, 2003 in Writings

President Bush on Regime Change...in America

Posted on January 29, 2003 in Precepts

No Relativism on this Warren Court

Posted on January 24, 2003 in Writings

Attack of the Killer Z's

Posted on January 16, 2003 in Writings

Comprende California?

Posted on January 15, 2003 in Writings

Schmidt's Odyssey

Posted on January 10, 2003 in Writings

Saving Democracy in California

Posted on January 6, 2003 in Precepts

Where was the 1942 Rose Bowl Played?

Posted on January 1, 2003 in Writings

Birth of a Nation?

Posted on December 26, 2002 in Writings

Fr. James V. Schall on Reason and Faith

Posted on December 24, 2002 in Writings

Vacant Lott

Posted on December 12, 2002 in Precepts

Books in Brief: Aliens in America

Posted on December 5, 2002 in Claremont Review of Books

California Thinking

Posted on November 6, 2002 in Center for Local Government

California Thinking

Posted on November 6, 2002 in The Golden State Center for State and Local Government

The Unreal Lincoln

Posted on October 11, 2002 in Writings

New York Times War Hysteria

Posted on October 8, 2002 in Precepts

Books in Brief: Life at the Bottom

Posted on May 20, 2002 in Claremont Review of Books

Books in Brief: The Anatomy of Racial Inequality

Posted on May 20, 2002 in Claremont Review of Books

Books in Brief: Writings on Empire and Slavery

Posted on May 20, 2002 in Claremont Review of Books

Books in Brief: Free Market Environmentalism

Posted on February 6, 2002 in Claremont Review of Books

Books in Brief: Leading and Leadership

Posted on February 6, 2002 in Claremont Review of Books

Books in Brief: The Founders' Almanac

Posted on February 6, 2002 in Claremont Review of Books

Books in Brief: William Mulholland and the Rise of Los Angeles

Posted on February 6, 2002 in Claremont Review of Books

Reason and Revelation at the Movies

Posted on February 6, 2002 in Claremont Review of Books

Books in Brief: A New Religious America

Posted on November 28, 2001 in Claremont Review of Books

Books in Brief: Fighting Poverty with Virtue

Posted on November 28, 2001 in Claremont Review of Books

Books in Brief: Roots of Freedom

Posted on November 28, 2001 in Claremont Review of Books

Books in Brief: The Vanishing Automobile and Other Urban Myths

Posted on November 28, 2001 in Claremont Review of Books

The Many Flavors (and Sizes) of Tyranny

Posted on June 2, 2001 in Center for Local Government

The Many Flavors (and Sizes) of Tyranny

Posted on June 2, 2001 in The Golden State Center for State and Local Government

Forget Pearl Harbor

Posted on May 29, 2001 in Precepts

The President Must Speak Truthfully to Black Americans

Posted on April 13, 2001 in Precepts

Remembering the Civil War, Recovering Our Selves

Posted on March 26, 2001 in Precepts

Flunking Out of the Limbaugh Institute

Posted on March 23, 2001 in Precepts

A Lincoln for All Time - and Our Time

Posted on February 6, 2001 in Writings

The Unheralded Winner in the Supreme Court

Posted on December 21, 2000 in Projects

Did Tocqueville Understand America?

Posted on November 24, 2000 in Claremont Review of Books

The New Civil Religion of Multiculturalism

Posted on August 18, 2000 in Writings

Joe Lieberman and the Degradation of the Democrats' Dogma

Posted on August 17, 2000 in Writings

What Makes Us Americans Today

Posted on July 3, 2000 in Precepts

Redcoat Dawn

Posted on June 30, 2000 in Writings

Leo Strauss's American Gang

Posted on June 22, 2000 in Writings

Faith-Based, Not Bureaucracy Bound

Posted in Projects

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