http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/claremont/ en-us Sun, 26 Apr 2009 20:20:26 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2238271/posts The Long Detour A review of Richard Nixon and the Quest for a New Majority, by Robert Mason By William A. Rusher Posted July 13, 2005 This article appeared in the Summer 2005 issue of the Claremont Review of Books. Click here to send a comment. In 1964 the American conservative movement made its first bid for national political power, by seizing control of the Republican Party and nominating Senator Barry Goldwater as its candidate for president. The attempt failed disastrously: Goldwater carried only six states and won just 38% of the popular vote. But far from disappearing, the conservative... The Clearmont Institute http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2238271/posts#comment Sun, 26 Apr 2009 20:20:26 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2159754/posts About a decade ago, when he was vice president, Al Gore explained that our national motto, e pluribus unum, means "from one, many." This was a sad day for knowledge of Latin among our political elite—and after all those expensive private schools that Gore had been packed off to by his paterfamilias. It was the kind of flagrant mistranslation that, had it been committed by a Republican, say George W. Bush or Dan Quayle, would have been a gaffe heard round the world. But the media didn't play up the slip, perhaps because they had seen Gore's Harvard grades and... Claremont Institute http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2159754/posts#comment Tue, 6 Jan 2009 19:14:35 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2138389/posts Protesters descended Tuesday on Condit Elementary School in Claremont, tersely arguing over the construction-paper pilgrim and Native American costumes worn by kindergartners at a decades-old Thanksgiving tradition. Police were called to the school when tensions rose. Officers also were monitoring Claremont Unified Supt. David Cash's home after he received hate mail and told police that he feared for his safety. "It's been wild," said one woman who worked at the school. She declined to give her name because she wasn't authorized to speak on behalf of the school. Cash and Condit Principal Tim Northrop did not return phone calls or... LA TImes http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2138389/posts#comment Wed, 26 Nov 2008 01:06:35 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2040592/posts Anything in these remarks that does not stray from the truth is indebted to the American Founders, who bequeathed these ideas to us, to Abraham Lincoln, who preserved and ennobled them in the country's greatest crisis, to Harry V. Jaffa, who has done more than anyone since Lincoln to recover them, and to the late Tom Silver, the wisest and best of those who founded the Claremont Institute for the sake of these ideas. American children are not born understanding the principles of their country, and most American college students—if reports can be believed—are still largely unfamiliar with them... The Claremont Institute (e-mail) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2040592/posts#comment Fri, 4 Jul 2008 03:37:54 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1929711/posts Rumsfeld Remarks at Churchill Dinner PATH TO VICTORY Refashioning Institutions for the 21st Century Remarks by Donald H. Rumsfeld at the Claremont Institute's 20th Annual Dinner in Honor of Sir Winston Churchill, November 17, 2007.This past year has certainly provided ample entertainment for those interested in politics. The activities of Congress and the unexpected blessing of an extra year of presidential campaigning fill our newspapers, televisions, and blogs. The problem is that this entertainment tends to focus on the petty and the personal, and seems to avoid a serious discussion of the emerging challenges our country and the next... The Claremont Institute http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1929711/posts#comment Fri, 23 Nov 2007 20:19:36 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1848561/posts 'Sleeper cell' had S.D. ties, jury told Clairemont resident is on trial in Miami Years before three of the Sept. 11 hijackers set up shop in this corner of the country, a group of Muslim extremists in San Diego was raising money and recruiting fighters for a worldwide holy war, according to federal records and testimony that unfolded last week in a Miami courtroom. Kifah Jayyousi As early as 1993, the FBI was wiretapping at least two San Diego men who agents suspected were members of a “sleeper cell” plotting terror strikes across the globe. The government also was tracking... Sign on San Diego http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1848561/posts#comment Mon, 11 Jun 2007 22:39:58 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1751915/posts A Merry Claremont Christmas Oh, there's no place like home for the holidays. While you're there, curl up with one of these fine books...   Tom Karako Director of Programs, the Claremont Institute  The Suit: A Machiavellian Approach to Men's Style, by Nicholas Antongiavanni  Few books may be called original. The Suit is a rare exception. Rarer still, because it has the virtue of being read on many levels, providing bona fide instruction for men's dress, a careful commentary on Machiavelli by one who knows him well, and, finally, managing to be extraordinarily funny. This little work allows the... The Claremont Institute http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1751915/posts#comment Mon, 11 Dec 2006 22:15:41 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1743012/posts Losing the Enlightenment Remarks at the Claremont Institute's annual Churchill Dinner By Victor Davis HansonPosted November 20, 2006These remarks were delivered on November 10, 2006 at the Claremont Institute's annual dinner in honor of Sir Winston Churchill. (To applause.) Good evening, and thank you very much for the honor of the Statesmanship Award at this annual Claremont Institute dinner in memory of Sir Winston Churchill—a tribute conceived in the name of a great man, bestowed by a great institute, and honored by great past recipients. Tonight I would like to talk of our current crisis—not yet a catastrophe, but... The Claremont Institute http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1743012/posts#comment Thu, 23 Nov 2006 09:08:22 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1736626/posts The Right Stuff By Elihu GrantPosted November 9, 2006 A review of American Conservatism: An Encyclopedia edited by Bruce Frohnen, Jeremy Beer, and Jeffrey O. NelsonIf you need to find out in a hurry?and who knows when such a need might arise??what year Walter Berns was born (1919) or how many condensed editions of The Road to Serfdom were distributed by the Book-of-the-Month Club at the end of World War II (600,000), you will readily find the answers in this indispensable new collection of data about the American conservative movement, published by the Intercollegiate Studies Institute and edited by... The Claremont Institute http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1736626/posts#comment Sat, 11 Nov 2006 00:59:18 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1727708/posts The Road to Condemning Guantanamo Post-World War II Revisionism and the European Zeal to Shut Down Guantanamo By John RosenthalPosted October 26, 2006 In the face of what is commonly described in the media as "increasing international pressure," the Bush Administration has recently shown a willingness to consider shutting down the American detention center in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. On closer inspection, this international pressure turns out to come almost exclusively from Europe. Thus in June, in the most highly publicized "international" initiative to date, Austrian Chancellor and then E.U. Council President Wolfgang Schüssel used the occasion of the U.S.-E.U.... The Claremont Institute http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1727708/posts#comment Sat, 28 Oct 2006 22:43:36 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1679977/posts Hedging Allegiance A review of True Faith and Allegiance: Immigration and American Civic Nationalism by Noah Pickus By Edward J. ErlerPosted August 7, 2006This essay appeared in the Summer 2006 issue of the Claremont Review of Books. Click here to send a comment.   Twenty years ago, the immigration Reform and Control Act (IRCA) was hailed by its supporters as the final resolution of the illegal immigration problem. It gave a "one-time only" amnesty to nearly 3 million illegal aliens living in the United States, promised increased border security, and enacted criminal penalties on employers who knowingly hired illegals.... The Claremont Institute http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1679977/posts#comment Tue, 8 Aug 2006 17:58:43 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1676806/posts Let Sleeping Beauties Lie By Dorothea Israel WolfsonPosted August 2, 2006This essay appeared in the Summer 2006 issue of the Claremont Review of Books. Click here to send a comment.   A review of The Norton Anthology of Children's Literature: The Traditions in English edited by Jack Zipes, Lissa Paul, Lynne Vallone, Peter Hunt, and Gillian Avery  Parents have always fretted about what to read to their children, and experts have always been ready with advice. In their educational writings, John Locke and Jean Jacques Rousseau together mentioned only three books worthy of a child's mind. Locke recommended Aesop's... The Claremont Institute http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1676806/posts#comment Thu, 3 Aug 2006 02:39:12 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1535885/posts Forgetting Pearl Harbor By Ken MasugiPosted December 7, 2005 Every few months it seems we are presented with yet another poll revealing astounding ignorance of basic American history by especially the young. The tendency is aggravated by the forces of political correctness, i.e., the liberal understanding of America, which emphasize a distortion of that history to favor a leftist contemporary political outcome. This type of knavery has always been around--we can go back to 1913 for the egregious example in Charles Beard's An Economic Interpretation of the Constitution of the United States . This work set off a whole... The Claremont Institute http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1535885/posts#comment Wed, 7 Dec 2005 20:17:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1534732/posts Not so long ago, American conservatives seemed to be converting the world to their ideas. After the fall of the Berlin Wall, country after country abandoned socialism for free markets, embracing such Reaganite themes as incentives, individualism, and responsibility. It looked as though the sun would never set on the friends of American conservatism. Yet today, American conservatives have never felt so alone. This is not a matter of how many people around the world like American conservatives, but of how many are like them. To be sure, many political movements don't have counterparts in other countries. But Europe and... Claremont Review of Books, Fall 2005 edition http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1534732/posts#comment Tue, 6 Dec 2005 06:53:33 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1506984/posts CLAREMONT - While investigations into the leak of his CIA-operative wife's identity continued, Joseph C. Wilson blasted the Bush administration in a speech at Claremont McKenna College on Wednesday night. The former U.S. ambassador to Iraq charged that the administration's actions, including those associated with the war in Iraq, have tarnished the world's perception of the United States. "This is a radical administration and I fear history will judge us for Abu Ghraib," Wilson said, referring to the scandal-ridden, U.S. military prison in Iraq. Speaking to nearly 650 people, Wilson addressed a broad range of issues, including the investigation surrounding... Los Angeles Daily Bulletin http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1506984/posts#comment Sat, 22 Oct 2005 00:44:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1404656/posts What (Most) Women Want A review of Taking Sex Differences Seriously by Steven E. Rhoads By Christine RosenPosted May 16, 2005This review appeared in the Spring 2005 issue of the Claremont Review of Books. Click here to send a comment.   That men and women are different is an accepted tenet of popular culture— indeed, the success of everything from reality television shows to self-help books relies on the notion that la difference is a fact that yields happy, challenging, and occasionally comic results in the course of everyday life. The acknowledgment of difference has also provided fuel for... The Claremont Institute http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1404656/posts#comment Tue, 17 May 2005 07:40:20 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1383300/posts My friend Ken Masugi disagrees with me and Ben Boychuk not on the principles of free society and constitutional government, but on the prudent defense of those principles today. In an earlier post I had suggested that it would be good if President Bush, given his popularity and the public platform available to him, would remind his fellow citizens, those serving in Congress as well as those not, that in America we have the rule of law -- that the fundamental law, the Constitution, serves as the authority for what government may and may not do. That after all has... The Claremont Institute http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1383300/posts#comment Thu, 14 Apr 2005 02:46:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1360601/posts Chivalry Now A review of The Compleat Gentleman: The Modern Man's Guide to Chivalry, by Brad Miner By Terrence O. Moore   Edmund Burke's famous pronouncement that "the age of chivalry is gone" was perhaps premature. Sure, ten thousand swords did not leap from the scabbards of the French nobility to defend Marie Antoinette, but such a betrayal did not mean that "the unbought grace of life, the cheap defence of nations, the nurse of manly sentiment and heroic enterprise" was forgotten in Britain, or America. More than two centuries later, the spirit of chivalry has not been entirely... The Claremont Institute http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1360601/posts#comment Fri, 11 Mar 2005 08:12:45 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1350685/posts Race to the Finish Consumer's Guide to a Brave New World, by Wesley J. Smith By Travis D. Smith Wesley J. Smith excels at making complicated and controversial biotechnologies easier to understand while exposing the tricks and rationalizations that are oftentimes used to advance them. His latest book offers an inventory of the interested parties in these matters, from ethicists to ideologues and cult leaders, to scientists, celebrities, politicians, and businessmen. But the most essential and durable part of Smith's book is the author's uncompromising yet carefully considered arguments, which will hold, while various procedures, and those devoted to... The Claremont Institute http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1350685/posts#comment Fri, 25 Feb 2005 05:15:11 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1342143/posts An Introduction to Citizenship for New Americans By Tom Krannawitter INTRODUCTIONAmerica has a long and noble tradition of immigration, welcoming millions from around the globe who have come in search of civil and religious liberty and economic prosperity. For many who have lived under despotic governments, the unparalleled liberty and equal protection of the law that America offers are blessings for which they have been willing to make great sacrifices. Those who want to work, live freely, and obey the laws, usually find a good life in America. They are better for coming here. And America is better for... The Claremont Institute http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1342143/posts#comment Sun, 13 Feb 2005 06:08:35 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1329258/posts The Lesser Evil is Not Good Enough A review of The Lesser Evil: Political Ethics in an Age of Terror, by Michael Ignatieff By Jeremy Rabkin Michael Ignatieff is director of the Carr Center for Human Rights Policy at Harvard University and teaches courses on human rights at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government. He is, in other words, a professional human rights advocate. Yet in 2002, Ignatieff broke with almost all human rights organizations when he publicly defended the Bush Administration's decision to go to war in Iraq, based on fears of what Saddam Hussein might do with weapons... The Claremont Institute http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1329258/posts#comment Wed, 26 Jan 2005 22:37:56 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1324507/posts Bush's Mandate By William J. Bennett Editor's Note:This essay is adapted from a speech sponsored by the Heritage Foundation and the Claremont Institute, delivered on November 15 in Washington, DC. * * * What emerged from the 2004 election was a moral consensus, and with it, something we might call a mandate. But it is not the mandate some are talking about. Let's begin with some inescapable facts. George W. Bush is the first president of either party since Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1936 to be reelected while gaining seats in both houses of Congress. President Bush won a majority... The Claremont Institute http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1324507/posts#comment Thu, 20 Jan 2005 09:44:03 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1323684/posts   What Does a Conservative Do on Martin Luther King Day?  How should conservatives celebrate Martin Luther King Day? We can honor the high-minded, patriotic side of King, who spoke of the American Dream, of a color-blind society that evaluates people on “the content of their character.” That would truly be an aristocracy of merit, a conservative idea if there ever was one. This King was the one calling us back to the ideals of the American Founding and reminding us that its legacy was not fully enjoyed by all. In this view, the Civil Rights Revolution, for which... The Claremont Institute http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1323684/posts#comment Wed, 19 Jan 2005 08:40:07 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1323672/posts Democracy and the Bush Doctrine By Charles R. Kesler George W. Bush's first presidency, devoted to compassionate conservatism and to establishing his own bona fides, lasted less than eight months. On September 11, 2001, he was reborn as a War President. In the upheaval that followed, compassionate conservatism took a back seat to a new, more urgent formulation of the Bush Administration's purpose. The Bush Doctrine called for offensive operations, including preemptive war, against terrorists and their abetters—more specifically, against the regimes that had sponsored, encouraged, or merely tolerated any "terrorist group of global reach." Afghanistan, the headquarters of... The Claremont Institute http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1323672/posts#comment Wed, 19 Jan 2005 08:26:34 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1323665/posts The Chief Justice and the Constitution By Charles R. Kesler We wish Chief Justice William Rehnquist well in his fight against thyroid cancer, and hope that he will be able to return to the bench soon. Even the New York Times seems to have caught the spirit, editorializing not long ago in support of Rehnquist's "proud record of defending the independence of the federal judiciary against intrusive attacks by politicians." Conservative politicians, that is. The occasion was the Chief Justice's nineteenth—"and potentially final," the Times noted cheerily—annual report on the federal judiciary. In it, he showed "appropriate concern" over... The Claremont Institute http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1323665/posts#comment Wed, 19 Jan 2005 08:17:21 GMT