2019 was a banner year for the Claremont Institute! In addition to celebrating our 40th Anniversary, highlights from the past year include:
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Receiving the National Humanities Medal from President Donald Trump for our "invaluable contributions to the history of American conservative thought" (video);
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Launching two new podcasts, The American Mind, featuring conversations about the ideas and principles that drive American political life, and The American Story, stories about what makes America beautiful and worthy of our love;
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Completing the first full year of our new online publication, The American Mind, which has quickly established itself as a leading voice for the new American Right;
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Launching our nationwide campaign, "Defend America—Defeat Multiculturalism";
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Presenting the Statesmanship Award to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo at our annual gala, at which he delivered a defining speech titled "A Foreign Policy from the Founding";
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Waging a national media effort against Google's attempt to censor Claremont's speech online—and winning! (Stay tuned for more Big Tech battles in 2020)
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Hiring two new Senior Fellows, Christopher Caldwell and Jeremy Carl.
And while all of these exciting events were unfolding, we continued to educate the best and brightest young conservatives through our four fellowship programs, defend the natural law in the courts through our Center for Constitutional Jurisprudence, host educational events around the country, and publish the most intelligent and thought-provoking periodicals on the Right in the Claremont Review of Books and on the American Mind.
To this last point, below is a sampling of the most popular articles we published last year. Enjoy!
We look forward to sharing more engaging content and big announcements in the year ahead—all of which is made possible by your generous support and encouragement. Thank you!
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Giving Up Darwin
A fond farewell to a brilliant and beautiful theory.
"Darwinian evolution is a brilliant and beautiful scientific theory. Once it was a daring guess. Today it is basic to the credo that defines the modern worldview..."
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Why Hasn't Brexit Happened?
The British constitution in crisis.
By: Christopher Caldwell
"Incoming British prime minister Boris Johnson’s first address to the House of Commons on July 25 coincided with the arrival of a heat wave so devastating it sparked talk of a global-warming apocalypse..."
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Are the Kids Al(t)right?
In the spiritual war for the disaffected youth on the right, conservatism is losing. BAPism is winning.
By: Michael Anton
"Around a year ago, the editors of this august journal asked me to contribute a piece on the “alt-right.” I hesitated, for a number of reasons, at least two of which are relevant here...."
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The Empire Strikes Back
What the effort to impeach President Trump is really about.
By: Michael Anton
"People capable of feeling shame would not have immediately followed up the Russiagate hoax fiasco with another transparently phony—and in “substance” nearly identical—attempt to remove President Trump from office, overturn the 2016 election, and shower deplorable-Americans with contempt and hatred. But our ruling elites have no shame..."
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An Interview with Norman Podhoretz
The CRB interviews Normal Podhoretz
By: Charles Kesler
"In a wide-ranging conversation, the longtime editor-in-chief of Commentary and one of the founders of neoconservatism, who received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2004, revealed his thoughts on Donald Trump, Never Trumpers, Iraq, immigration, 2020 predictions, and more..."
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America’s Delusional Elite Is Done
A response to Michael Anton.
By: Bronze Age Pervert
"I want to thank Claremont for the opportunity to reply to Michael Anton’s review of my book Bronze Age Mindset. Since at least 2015—but in fact from before Trump ever came along—there has been a tremendous intellectual disturbance or ferment online..."
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The Clear Pill, Part 1 of 5: The Four-Stroke Regime
One dose will erase your whole political mind.
By: Curtis Yarvin
"The turn-of-the-century Italian School of political science—whose leading figures were Gaetano Mosca and Vilfredo Pareto, and which James Burnham summarized in his best book, The Machiavellians: Defenders of Freedom (1940)—taught that all states are ruled by elites who subdue their subjects with illusions..."
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Welcome to Culture War 2.0: The Great Realignment
This is where it gets bizarre.
By: Peter Boghossian
"For six decades or more, America’s political history has been driven by cultural warfare. This is usually traced to the social revolutions of the 1960s, but it began earlier. Culture War 1.0 began in the 1950s as religious enthusiasts sought to win hearts, minds, and souls for Christ in a society that was rapidly liberalizing and secularizing..."
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The Breaking Of The Never Trump Mind
Kesler's "Thinking About Trump" essay explained then why the NeverTrump right is finished now.
By: Christopher Bedford
"This essay is “dangerous,” an unidentified Never Trump friend warned Charles Kesler shortly after Michael Anton published “Flight 93 Election” on Claremont Review of Books Digital. ..."
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Defend America—Defeat Multiculturalism
Through identity politics and political correctness, today's multiculturalist enforcers seek to erase and replace America.
By: Ryan Williams
"This essay is the launching document in a Claremont Institute intellectual and political campaign in defense of America against the threat of multiculturalism..."
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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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