A Merry Claremont Christmas - 2010
Recommended reading for the season from Hadley Arkes, Kathleen Arnn, Ben Boychuk, Lindsay Eberhardt, Matthew Franck, Alonzo Hamby, Charles Johnson, John Kienker, Carnes Lord, Daniel Mahoney, Wilfred McClay, Cheryl Miller, Daniel O'Toole, Jack Pitney, Julie Ponzi, Robert Reilly, Bruce Sanborn, Diana Schaub, Joseph Tartakovsky, Michael Uhlmann, Algis Valiunas, William Voegeli, James Q. Wilson, Jean Yarbrough, and John Yoo.An Advent Conversation with James V. Schall, S.J.
Claremont Institute Senior Fellow Ken Masugi continues his series of Advent conversations with Georgetown government professor Fr. James V. Schall. Topics this year include the relationship between reason and revelation, and among ancient philosophy, the Christian tradition, and modernity.Recommended Reading Archives
A Merry Claremont Christmas - 2010 (part 6)
A Merry Claremont Christmas - 2010 (part 5)
A Merry Claremont Christmas - 2010 (part 4)
A Merry Claremont Christmas - 2010 (part 3)
A Merry Claremont Christmas - 2010 (part 2)
Meeting the Goose
Arthur Koestler brought a keen observational intelligence to bear on the world around him and on himself, writes John Derbyshire in the Fall 2010 issue of the Claremont Review of Books.
A Czar is Born
President Obama's regulatory "czar" is a brilliant legal thinker, but his pragmatism is a convenient cover for effacing the foundational debates of our republic, writes Joseph Postell in the Fall 2010 issue of the Claremont Review of Books.
Black Like Me
David Remnick's The Bridge is not so much about how a black became president as about how a president became black, writes Christopher Caldwell in the Fall 2010 issue of the Claremont Review of Books.
Fall 2010 CRB in PDF (14 MB)
Moving on Up
Block that Metaphor
Donald Drakeman's Church, State, and Original Intent is the most comprehensive, most authoritative, and simply put, the best book published to date on the original meaning of the Establishment Clause, writes Vincent Phillip Muñoz in the Fall 2010 issue of the Claremont Review of Books.
Correspondence
Game Over?
Video games often rewrite the rules of physics, but they have yet to attain the maturity to grapple with the rules of morality, writes Charles C. Johnson in the Fall 2010 issue of the Claremont Review of Books.
Why Israel Needs Nuclear Weapons
Sixty-five years after Germany's campaign to exterminate the Jews, of the many countries in the world Israel is the only one repeatedly subjected to calls for its extinction, writes Mark Helprin in the Fall 2010 issue of the Claremont Review of Books.
A Runner Whom Renown Outran
Henry Luce was famous during his lifetime but is almost unknown today, writes David Frisk in the Fall 2010 issue of the Claremont Review of Books.
Selling Capitalism Short
The only thing relentless in Joyce Appleby's The Relentless Revolution is her disparagement of capitalism, writes Brian Doherty in the Fall 2010 issue of the Claremont Review of Books.
Band of Brothers
We were a more fractious, quarrelsome, divided nation before 1940 and a more united, harmonious one after 1945, writes Michael Barone in the Fall 2010 issue of the Claremont Review of Books.
The Wilderness Years Conclude
After the party in power had delivered prodigious deficits and debt, relentless 10% unemployment, and the folly of Obamacare, the voters threw a little Tea Party and heaved scores of Democratic legislators and 400 years of seniority into the drink, writes Charles R. Kesler in the Fall 2010 issue of the Claremont Review of Books.
The Great Repudiation
If Republicans are to remain true to the verdict of 2010, the message of this election cannot be merely containment; it must be roll back, writes James W. Ceaser in the Fall 2010 issue of the Claremont Review of Books.
Present at the Creation
It ushered in an era of progressivism in American politics, writes Alonzo L. Hamby in the Summer 2010 issue of the Claremont Review of Books.
Teddy White's Ghost
The question is not whether campaign books are dead. The question is what type of book can succeed, both journalistically and financially, in a world dominated by the 24-hour real-time reporting, writes Byron York in the Summer 2010 issue of the Claremont Review of Books.
Win, Place, or Show?
Though an act of mass-casualty terrorism on U.S. soil seemed era-defining and world-changing for Americans, it was hardly so momentous for the people of the Middle East, writes James Kirchick in the Summer 2010 issue of the Claremont Review of Books.Washington Square
Spineless Intellectuals
Our current crop of public intellectuals (with a few exceptions) are cowards when it comes to confronting radical Islam, writes Denis Boyles in the Summer 2010 issue of the Claremont Review of Books.
The Case for the Academies
Where should America get her military officers, asks Michael Nelson in the Summer 2010 issue of the Claremont Review of Books.
The Stakes of Obamacare
The health care question involves, in its longest reach, nothing less than the form of government and the habits and character of the American people, writes Charles R. Kesler in the Summer 2010 in the Claremont Review of Books.
O'Donnell's Win and the Buckley Rule
The Tea Party deserves to be judged on its entire body of work, which is likely to secure victories all over the map that were unthinkable in 2009, when the movement first became a political force, writes Claremont Review of Books contributing editor William Voegeli.Paul Ryan's Roadmap
How do we navigate the challenges ahead on the road to solvency, asks William Voegeli in the Summer 2010 issue of the Claremont Review of Books.
Flights of Fancy
While liberals call for more modesty aboard, they remain consumed by hubris at home, writes Steven F. Hayward in the Summer 2010 issue of the Claremont Review of Books.
Hollow Talk in the South China Sea
In the relations between rival states little is more dangerous than hollow talk, writes Mark Helprin in the Summer 2010 issue of the Claremont Review of Books.
Summer 2010 CRB in PDF (7.9 MB)
Explaining the Great Depression
Our nation's leaders have either forgotten, or ignored, the accumulating evidence that government efforts to heal sick economies are usually failures, writes Richard Vedder in the Spring 2010 issue of the Claremont Review of Books.Correspondence
Did We Win?
There are no ticker-tape parades for our returning heroes because, though they did everything they were asked to do and more, it's clear that what they were asked to do did not amount to winning, writes Charles R. Kesler in the Summer 2010 issue of the Claremont Review of Books.
Don't Fence Me In
How much power does the president really wield, asks Michael M. Uhlmann in the Summer 2010 issue of the Claremont Review of Books.
The Strauss Wars Revisited
Leo Strauss has never been so famous-or infamous-as he is now, thanks largely to a cottage industry of detractors who paint him as the evil genius behind a neconservative cabal, writes Michael P. Zuckert in the Summer 2010 issue of the Claremont Review of Books.
Get Happy
Neither Force Nor Will
Judges' ability to set aside unconstitutional acts is best understood as a judicial duty rather than a political power vested in courts, writes James R. Stoner, Jr., in the Summer 2010 issue of the Claremont Review of Books.
The Fog of War
John Keegan is a distinguished historian and exceptional writer who has educated at least two generations of readers on the realities of war, but his sterling qualities are not often on display in The American Civil War, writes Mackubin Thomas Owens in the Summer 2010 issue of the Claremont Review of Books.The Cocktail Napkin that Changed the World
The triumph of supply-side policies seems hard to refute in retrospect, writes Stephen Moore in the Summer 2010 issue of the Claremont Review of Books.Monopoly of Violence
Violent resistance can itself be a constitutional safeguard, a means to check government, not merely overthrow it, writes George A. Mocsary in the Summer 2010 issue of the Claremont Review of Books.
Medieval Renaissance
Modern Europe wants to believe the legend currently in vogue about the open dialogue among the three Abrahamic religions in the multicultural Mediterranean of the Middle Ages, but shouldn't, writes Douglas Kries in the Summer 2010 issue of the Claremont Review of Books.
The Prayers of Presidents
Attempting to marginalize religion is hardly the most effective way to ensure peaceful coexistence among different religious traditions, writes Joseph M. Knippenberg in the Summer 2010 issue of the Claremont Review of Books.
A Friend to the Union
A new collection of writings provides a worthy tour of the mind, and an intimate and endearing portrait of the character, of this down-to-earth yet extraordinary man, writes Ken I. Kersch in the Summer 2010 issue of the Claremont Review of Books.
Original Intents
What did the American founders mean by religious liberty, asks Matthew J. Franck in the Summer 2010 issue of the Claremont Review of Books.
Hear Me Roar
The feminist problem that supposedly had no name has always had a name: children, writes Mary Eberstadt in the Summer 2010 issue of the Claremont Review of Books.
Waiting for Fidel
The award-winning novelist is the voice of a continent and a sad apologist for Fidel Castro, writes John Davidson in the Summer 2010 issue of the Claremont Review of Books.
American Sex-ceptionalism
What does Sex and the City show the world about America, asks Martha Bayles in the Summer 2010 issue of the Claremont Review of Books.
Stuck in Vietnam
The latest installment from that excellent series, the Oxford history of the United States, offers a lucid, comprehensive, but all-to-conventional history, writes Colin Dueck in the Summer 2010 issue of the Claremont Review of Books.
Wrong Answer
Is history sufficient for military education, asks David Tucker.Washington's Virtues
What were Washington's virtues, asks Peter M. McNamara.Nazi or Philosopher?
Did Heidegger systematically distort the meaning of philosophy to make it serve the ends of Nazi propaganda, asks Steven B. Smith in the Spring 2010 issue of the Claremont Review of Books.Ink-Stained Genius
Dickens was at his happiest when he was down in the trenches of publishing, writes Paul A. Cantor in the Spring 2010 issue of the Claremont Review of Books.Bubbles, Bubbles, Toils and Troubles
In its details, the financial crisis of 2007-09 was highly complicated, but in its essentials, the crisis was fairly simple, writes Robert J. Samuelson in the Spring 2010 issue of the Claremont Review of Books.
Pure Son of Liberty
Thaddeus Kosciuszko's uncompromising dedication to freedom, equality, and justice was his greatest strength and also perhaps his greatest flaw, writes Darius Udrys in the Spring 2010 issue of the Claremont Review of Books.
Be Prepared
The Great Healer
A Friend of America and Liberty
Alexis de Tocqueville was a lifelong friend of America and liberty, writes Daniel J. Mahoney in the Spring 2010 issue of the Claremont Review of Books.
The Common Sense of the Subject
Has the country lost its mind, asks Christopher Flannery in the Spring 2010 issue of the Claremont Review of Books.Processed History
Gordon Wood's latest tome reminds us that he is a top-notch historian—if only he understood politics, writes Richard Samuelson in the Spring 2010 issue of the Claremont Review of Books.The Making of an Educational Conservative
E.D. Hirsch has arguably done more for public school reform in this nation than any living American, writes Terrence O. Moore in the Spring 2010 issue of the Claremont Review of Books.
The Sources of American Renewal
The renewal of American life is not going to be administered from the top down, writes Wilfred M. McClay in the Spring 2010 issue of the Claremont Review of Books.
Vive la Différence
Americans are more like Europeans than either like to think, writes Denis Boyles in the Spring 2010 issue of the Claremont Review of Books.
Who is Ayn Rand?
For all her faults, Ayn Rand is still worth reading, writes Charles Murray in the Spring 2010 issue of the Claremont Review of Books.
The Meaning of the Tea Party
Eloquent promises about how government can be expanded to the benefit of all while taxes are increased only for a very few are setting off alarms, writes William Voegeli in the Spring 2010 issue of the Claremont Review of Books.Insatiable Liberalism
William Voegeli's new book provides far and away the most substantial explanation to date of our current political condition, writes Fred Siegel in the Spring 2010 issue of the Claremont Review of Books.Lessons from Venus
While the American Left continues to draw inspiration from European ideals, the scorn many American conservatives reserve for Europe implies that for them the Old World has lost its relevance for the New, write Benjamin Storey and Jenna Silber Storey.Spring 2010 Claremont Review of Books Now Available
The Spring 2010 issue of the Claremont Review of Books is now available, featuring William Voegeli and Wilfred M. McClay on the tea party and the American spirit, Robert J. Samuelson and Richard Vedder on the history of financial crises, John J. Pitney, Jr., on Sarah Palin, and much more. CLICK HERE for the complete table of contents.Spring 2010 CRB (8.4 MB PDF)
The Heroic Effort of Booker T. Washington
Washington is no villain, but a man who made a heroic effort on behalf of blacks during the worst of times, writes Peter W. Schramm.
Farewell to the China Station
Far sooner than once anticipated, China will achieve effective military parity in Asia, general conventional parity, and nuclear parity, writes Mark Helprin in the Spring 2010 issue of the Claremont Review of Books.Are People Being Nice?
President Obama believes challenging the liberal state is not nice, writes Charles R. Kesler in the Spring 2010 issue of the Claremont Review of Books.
Thinking the Unthinkable, Again
What kind of defense is mutual vulnerability, asks Tom Karako in the Spring 2010 issue of the Claremont Review of Books.Mr. X and the Prince of Darkness
Winter of Discontent
How to Read Plato
Correspondence
American Woman
Sarah Palin is different from other people who have run for president or vice president, writes John J. Pitney. Jr., in the Spring 2010 issue of the Claremont Review of Books.
The Spirit of the Laws
Given the degree to which religious and anti-religious despotism still plague much of the world, Montesquieu remains intensely relevant, writes Diana Schaub in the Spring 2010 issue of the Claremont Review of Books.Why We Don’t Win
Nearly a decade after 9/11, the U.S. government hasn't managed to ensure our peace, safety, and freedom, writes Angelo M. Codevilla in the Winter 2009/10 issue of the Claremont Review of Books.Free to Use
Contrary to conventional wisdom, addiction is not a disease but a choice, writes James Q. Wilson in the Winter 2009/10 issue of the Claremont Review of Books.Game, Set—But not Match?
The wholesale transformation of a culture is not something that a president is expected—at least by conservatives—to attempt. It is remarkable enough that Ronald Reagan should have restored the standing of the presidency and the belief that America is governable, writes John O'Sullivan in the Winter 2009/10 issue of the Claremont Review of Books.The Case of Jefferson and Hemings
The Last Full Measure of Devotion
The enduring power of Boston's Robert Gould Shaw memorial resides in its acknowledgement of the common humanity of black and white Americans marching together, bearing arms together, and fighting and dying together, writes Allan Greenberg in the Winter 2009/10 issue of the Claremont Review of Books.Democrats’ Protection Act
Although the original law passed in 1965 was extremely successful in ensuring Southern blacks the freedom to vote, over time the Voting Rights Act has been surreptitiously transformed into a tool for race-preference affirmative action, writes Anthony A. Peacock in the Winter 2009/10 issue of the Claremont Review of Books.Islam’s Captive Audience
The Salafist version of Islam that attracts converts in European prisons is likely to be much more dangerous in practice than Louis Farrakhan's half-baked rantings, writes Theodore Dalrymple in the Winter 2009/10 issue of the Claremont Review of Books.Reading Up on the Right
Conservatives should not suppose the tide is turning decisively in their direction, writes Steven F. Hayward in the Winter 2009/10 issue of the Claremont Review of Books.Shall We Fight for King and Country?
Today the contrast between Churchill and Bloomsbury is once again a vital matter, as our weakened civilization—weakened in no small part by our turn toward Bloomsbury values—faces an implacable and uncivilized enemy, writes Algis Valiunas in the Winter 2009/10 issue of the Claremont Review of Books.A Little Light Reading and Some Cataclysm
Thoughts and Adventures is a picture, or perhaps a painting, of how Churchill saw life, and a painting of his own life, writes Larry P. Arnn in the Winter 2009/10 issue of the Claremont Review of Books.The Incoming Tide
The era of Islamic fervor may fade in a decade or two. If only we had confidence that Western Europe could afford to wait it out, writes Gerard Alexander in the Winter 2009/10 issue of the Claremont Review of Books.The Tea Party Spirit
This phonebook-sized law that would control a sixth of the U.S. economy cannot be a law by that definition, writes Charles R. Kesler in the Winter 2009/10 issue of the Claremont Review of Books.Winter 2009/10 CRB (9.4 MB PDF)
The Old Race of Judges
Conservatives should not allow their important disagreements with Robert Bork to overshadow the immense debt of gratitude we owe him for giving us a high-profile model of a judge, writes Bradley C.S. Watson in the fall 2009 issue of the Claremont Review of Books.Lives of Johnson
Though Boswell is a tough act to follow, Samuel Johnson is a rich subject deserving of many biographies, writes Jack Lynch.The Bicentennial Lincolns
Is Abraham Lincoln for his time, our time, or all times, asks Allen C. Guelzo in the Winter 2009/10 issue of the Claremont Review of Books.Nice Work if You Can Get It
Two new books consider the differences between making a living and living well, writes William Voegeli in the Winter 2009/10 issue of the Claremont Review of Books.UNserious
U.N. Ideas that Changed the World claims to be about "ideas," but that turns out to mean only that the authors disdain mere facts, writes Jeremy Rabkin in the Winter 2009/10 issue of the Claremont Review of Books.A New Look at U.S. Foreign Policy
New scholarship is already changing the way the history of American foreign policy is taught at many leading universities, and over time it is likely to change the way policymakers think about and craft foreign policy in the 21st century, writes Walter Russell Mead in the Winter 2009/10 issue of the Claremont Review of Books.The Antidote to Obamacare
Sally Pipes's new book, The Top Ten Myths of American Health Care, effectively dismantles many of the alleged factsused to supportthe Democratic health care overhaul, writes Regina E. Herzlinger in the Winter 2009/10 issue of the Claremont Review of Books.The Fate of the Raptor
Canceling the F-22 Raptor, the most capable fighter plane ever produced, is another sign of America's diminishing will to prevail, writes Mark Helprin in the Winter 2009/10 issue of the Claremont Review of Books.Correspondence
Animation and Aspiration
Avatar is the latest example of where art, politics, and theology meet, writes Martha Bayles in the Winter 2009/10 issue of the Claremont Review of Books.Simple Gifts
As celebrated as Marilynne Robinson's style is, her novels about an Iowa preacher and his family have provoked a certain critical befuddlement, writes Cheryl Miller in the fall 2009 Claremont Review of Books.Editing Islam
The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York is suppressing Islamic art for political reasons, write George A. Pieler and Jens F. Laurson.
Can Democracy Survive Capitalism?
Some American elites prefer autocracy to capitalism, writes Carl J. Schramm in the fall 2009 Claremont Review of Books.
Good Citizens
Conservative Christians are not a threat to freedom and democracy, writes Jean Bethke Elshtain in the fall 2009 issue of the Claremont Review of Books.
Glory Days
What ever happened to Islamic civilization, asks Will Morrisey in the fall 2009 issue of the Claremont Review of Books.
Quarreling with God
Necessity Knows No Law
When the Law is an Ass
Has law become the enemy of liberty in 21st-century America, asks Richard E. Morgan in the fall 2009 issue of the Claremont Review of Books.
The End of the End of History
Great power politics are here to stay, writes Colin Dueck in the fall 2009 Claremont Review of Books.
