In 2016, 17.4 million people voted in favor of “Brexit”—the largest number of Britons who had ever voted for anything. Yet more than three years later, Britain remains stuck in the European Union. The October 31 exit deadline has now arrived, yet the battle over Brexit still rages on. Why?
Michael Anton moderates this conversation with Christopher Caldwell about the motivations for Brexit, the unrelenting effort to thwart the demand for national sovereignty that it represents, and what victory for the Brexiteers means for the constitutional culture and the idea of liberty in the UK—and around the world.
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Mark Helprin
Our fate depends upon our understanding and use of language.
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Allen C. Guelzo
Where are the historians ready to restore America's vision?
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Barry Strauss
The fall of Rome, as much as its rise, continues to rivet us.
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Tablet
Angelo Codevilla, Senior Fellow at the Claremont Institute, delivers an interview with David Samuels on the ruling elite, Jonathan Pollard, and the rise of the techno-surveillance state—and the consequent demise of the American Empire.
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American Greatness
Angelo Codevilla, Senior Fellow at the Claremont Institute, argues, "With William McRaven’s call to oust President Trump, the military officer class joins the establishment in claiming a right to rule, regardless of the outcome of elections." The op-ed was later praised at-length on the Rush Limbaugh Show.
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Breitbart
Donald Trump Jr. cites Michael Anton's "Flight 93 Election"— a call-to-action to prevent certain doom in the case of a 2016 Hillary Clinton victory. Trump Jr. writes, "Three years ago, Americans rose to the occasion. They chose the future they wanted, and, since January 2017, my father has worked tirelessly to deliver it to them. The would-be impeachers on Capitol Hill are desperately trying, as they have throughout, to take that choice back and ensure that the American people are never given such an opportunity for autonomy again."
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The Steve Gruber Show
James Poulos, executive editor of the American Mind, an online publication of the Claremont Institute, joins the Steve Gruber Show to discuss his op-ed for the Washington Examiner, “Manmade disasters.”
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National Review
Jeremy Carl, Senior Fellow at the Claremont Institute, reviews Douglas Murray’s new book, The Madness of Crowds: Gender, Race, and Identity. He writes that it is, at its essence, "about the things that the Left has used in vain to attempt fill that God-shaped hole of Pascal’s imagining, and in particular how the postmodern Left has given birth to an identity politics that serves as a quasi-religion."
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Caledonian Record
Michael Shannon offers a recap of Claremont's recent event on Brexit. He writes, "As Christopher Caldwell — author of 'Reflections on the Revolution in Europe' — explained at a recent Claremont Institute discussion, the 2016 UK referendum on whether or not to leave the European Union (Brexit for short) was a throw–away gesture on the part of then Prime Minister David Cameron."
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"The Claremont Institute provides a philosophical defense of the American regime as an essentially just and noble enterprise. The Fellowship programs equip young conservative professionals to respond to challenges against the American experiment and to consider and prepare for the challenges that lie ahead."
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A sample of our Fellows' latest articles and appearances: |
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Chuck Devore (Lincoln '04):
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Thomas Wheatley (Publius '17):
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Inez Feltscher Stepman (Lincoln '18):
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Josh Hammer (John Marshall '18):
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Erielle Davidson (Publius '17):
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The mission of the Claremont Institute is to restore the principles of the American Founding to their rightful, preeminent authority in our national life. |
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