Essays, Speeches, and Other Scholarly Works
- Now available online: The Rise and Fall of Constitutional Government, by Thomas G. West and Douglas A. Jeffrey (pdf)
- 2006 American Political Science Association Annual Meeting, with Twelve Panels Hosted by the Claremont Institute
Recent Items
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Spring 2008 Claremont Review of Books Now Available
The Spring 2008 issue of the Claremont Review of Books is now available, featuring Charles R. Kesler and Daniel Oliver on William F. Buckley, Jr., James W. Ceaser on the 2008 presidential primaries, Harry V. Jaffa on Sen. Obama's reply to Rev. Wright, Michael M. Uhlmann on the war powers, Carl J. Schramm on modern economics, Larry P. Arnn on Sir Winston Churchill, Harvey C. Mansfield on charity, plus discussions of Progressivism, atheism, intelligent design, P.G. Wodehouse, Dick Cheney, Joseph Epstein, Henry Adams, the Glorious Revolution, the Civil War, and more.
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We may understand how Rev. Jeremiah Wright could so awfully misunderstand the American political tradition, inasmuch as it has been so very misunderstood for so long. But this misunderstanding is a cancer which can in the end prove fatal, not only to a political campaign but to our country, writes Harry V. Jaffa in this special preview of the Spring 2008 issue of the Claremont Review of Books.
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What a Long, Strange Race It's Been
With little in the way of new thinking to offer, Senators Obama, Clinton, and McCain have focused on the "personal factor." In this special preview of the Spring 2008 issue of the Claremont Review of Books, James W. Ceaser examines the race so far and wonders what we can expect during the months ahead.
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Two recent books on the life and career of Henry Kissinger offer complementary (or divergent) views of the work of the former National Security Advisor and Secretary of State, writes Peter Josephson.
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How is it that in the 19th century, England came to have dominion over so many lands and so many peoples, asks Arnold Kling.
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Remembering William F. Buckley, Jr. (1925-2008)
All of us at the Claremont Institute are deeply saddened by the passing of our friend, William F. Buckley, Jr., the man who shaped the modern American conservative movement.
Audio from Bill Bennett's Morning in America:
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Senior Fellow Charles R. Kesler recalls Buckley's very early influence on his academic career.Via National Review Online:
• WFB: A Celebration
A symposium with contributions by Washington Fellow William J. Bennett and Charles Kesler.From the Claremont Institute archives:
• The Right Stuff by Michael M. Uhlmann
From the Summer 2005 Claremont Review of Books: The success of the conservative movement would have been unthinkable without the inspiration, verve, and genius of Bill Buckley, writes Uhlmann.• A Life in Speeches by Charles R. Kesler
A review of Buckley's Let Us Talk of Many Things: The Collected Speeches.• Wine With Lunch by William F. Buckley, Jr.
From the Fall 2000 Claremont Review of Books: Buckley on Wine.• Amicus Brief by William F. Buckley, Jr.
From the Fall 2006 Claremont Review of Books: Buckley reviews Joseph Epstein's Friendship: An Exposé.
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Kesler on Bill Bennett's Morning in America
On Bill Bennett's Morning in America radio program, Claremont Review of Books Editor Charles R. Kesler discusses the history, present state, and future of conservatism and liberalism in America.
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Michael Mandelbaum and Brian Anderson believe that the West, in order to navigate and even prosper in a divided world, must fashion an agenda based on the combination of liberal democracy and market economies, writes Gerard Alexander.
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Joscelyn on the Death of Imad Mugniyah
Press accounts have failed to mention Mugniyah's instrumental role in the rise of al Qaeda, writes Claremont Institute Lincoln Fellow Thomas Joscelyn.
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Fr. James V. Schall on Pope Benedict and the Defense of Reason
Every year, Ken Masugi speaks with Fr. James V. Schall, professor of government at Georgetown University, about the relationship between reason and faith and its implications for politics. In the fifth installment of their annual conversation, Schall takes up radical Islam, why Hell is modernity's most neglected doctrine, and how the Church should seek to influence politics.
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Recommended reading for the season from Hadley Arkes, Brian Calle, Angelo Codevilla, Patrick Collins, Steven Hayward, Scott Johnson, Tom Karako, John Kienker, Christopher Levenick, Jack Pitney, and Bruce Sanborn.
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Beijing's Thoroughly Non-Politicized Olympics
China has called for the 2008 Olympics not to be "politicized." But the host country should take its own advice, writes Daniel C. Palm.
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After a short two-year tenure, Karen Hughes now departs as Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs. She concentrated on the public affairs area of her job by creating the Rapid Response Unit and regional media hubs-things that anyone would find hard to believe the US government was not already doing before her arrival, writes Robert R. Reilly.
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Washington's Thanksgiving Proclamation
The Claremont Institute wishes to make known to you the following proclamation, at the request of President George Washington.
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From the archives: Allan Bloom's Closing of the American Mind, which turns 20 this year, is a good and useful book, but it makes a critical mistake about America, writes Thomas G. West.
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Chilling Uncertainties about Global Warming
Despite what Al Gore says, we need to approach the global warming question with honest debate and a renewed fidelity to the principles of science, write Jens F. Laurson and George A. Pieler.
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Justice Clarence Thomas on Bill Bennett's Morning in America
On his radio show Tuesday morning, Bill Bennett, the Claremont Institute's Washington Fellow, introduced Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas this way: "For years, as I've been doing the speech circuit, people have said to me, 'who is the greatest living American?' I don't hesitate, I say, 'Justice Clarence Thomas, my friend, Clarence Thomas.'"
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Why did the French Revolution of 1789, dedicated to liberty, equality and fraternity, devolve just four years later into a dictatorship with a policy of terror, asks John Zvesper.
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Lyndon Johnson told a college chum that he intended to live his life in such a way that after he had been dead for a hundred years somebody would know that he had lived. With 34 down and 66 to go (LBJ died in 1973), writes Alvin S. Felzenberg, he is getting his wish.
