The spring issue is now online for subscribers! LATEST ISSUE | ESSAYS | BOOK REVIEWS | PODCAST | SUBSCRIBE The new Spring 2021 issue of the Claremont Review of Books is now available! Don't miss cover essays by former Federal Trade Commission chairman Daniel Oliver and American Mind executive editor James Poulos on “Big Tech and the Future of Self-Government.” As Oliver concludes in his analysis, “We need either new legislation requiring the breakup of the companies, or a law prohibiting them from engaging in viewpoint discrimination. Or both.” The issue also features essays by William Voegeli on the structural defects of progressive governance—unlocked for all readers here!—and James Hankins on cultivating a free mind in an age of conformity. Book reviews in the issue include Joseph Bessette on Barack Obama’s A Promised Land, James Bowman on Helen Andrews’s Boomers, Harvey Mansfield on Scott Yenor’s The Recovery of Family Life, Robert Royal on Rod Dreher’s Live Not by Lies, and Daniel Mahoney on a splendid new edition of Winston Churchill’s The River War, as well as important discussions of national defense, transgenderism, American Westerns, the anti-slavery movement, and more. Access all of these great articles and receive your own print copy of the magazine in the mail with your new subscription. Four quarterly issues for just $19.95. Subscribe Check out some of the issue highlights, along with a selection of unlocked articles, below. We hope you find the Claremont Review of Books to be one of the most intelligent and engaging periodicals in America. Enjoy! The BIG TECH issue is now online! From the Editor's Desk Essays Book Reviews Shadow Play Parthian Shot READ NOW Betting Against America - Unlocked Parsing Biden's first speech to a joint session of Congress. America has adversaries, “the autocrats of the world,” who are watching us carefully and betting against us, President Biden announced in his first speech to a joint session of Congress. Echoing the Gettysburg Address, he warned, “The question of whether our democracy will long endure is both ancient and urgent.” READ MORE From Big Tech to Big Brother The problem of monopoly in a digital age. Tech monopolies have been under scrutiny for years—though some might object that describing them as “monopolies” is already stealing a base. READ MORE God and Man at Google Our technologies, ourselves. In 1999, asked by the BBC whether the internet was “just a tool,” rock star David Bowie responded: “No, it’s an alien life form.” Bowie saw that the advent of digital technology as our dominant communications medium would have “unimaginable” consequences. READ MORE Girls Will Be Boys The trans-kid craze must be stopped. The storming of the United States Capitol last January 6, spearheaded in part by followers of the internet craze known as QAnon, set off soul-searching among conservatives. READ MORE Progressively Worse - Unlocked Activist government’s crisis of competence. The Biden Administration’s shock-and-awe statism—trillions of dollars in additional federal spending for COVID relief, infrastructure, and economic opportunity—is not being devised from scratch. READ MORE Political Thought in an Age of Conformity The consolations of philosophy. Ours is an age of intellectual conformity. Perhaps this is true to some extent of all ages, as humans are herding animals, but in our age there are unusual pressures on us to conform to an ideology and to prevent us from having a philosophy. READ MORE The Claremont Review of Books Podcast New Episode James Hankins on the Chinese Challenge China's ancient history and modern political situation. Listen ‌ ‌ ‌ The mission of the Claremont Institute is to restore the principles of the American Founding to their rightful, preeminent authority in our national life. The Claremont Institute | 1317 W Foothill Blvd #120, Upland, CA 91786 Unsubscribe [email protected] Update Profile | Constant Contact Data Notice Sent by [email protected] powered by Try email marketing for free today!