Elites remain out of touch with everyone, our institutions are broken, and some people on the Left and the Right are still in denial about how bad things have gotten. But at least CNN’s Don Lemon is good for a laugh.
The Missionary Virus
Curtis YarvinInternationalism may be hazardous to your health.
Titania McGrath and the Politics of Wokeness: An Interview with Andrew Doyle
Spencer KlavanThe popular Twitter satirist and cultural commentator talks social justice, classical liberalism, and the fate of the arts in the West.
American Mind Editorial Podcast: The Roundtable #1
Impeachment is still happening (apparently), Jeffrey Epstein still didn’t kill himself, and we conducted a very scientific poll about how to fix America. Plus: what’s up with the Lamb of Ghent?
The Joke’s on Saturday Night Live
Elijah del MedigoAbsolutely everyone is fed up with our clueless elites.
War Games
Can Conservatism Be Conserved?
Spencer KlavanWhen the war against wokeness is over, our common culture could be history.
John Eastman joins the Power Line Show 1.22.20
Senior Fellow John Eastman joins a panel discussion on the nature of impeachment in light of the Constitution and American history.
The Spirit of ’76
Christopher FlanneryMartin Luther King, Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech casts a golden thread across three centuries, connecting us to the source of the American dream.
Christopher Flannery joins Seth Leibsohn 1.20.2020
Claremont Senior Fellow Christopher Flannery appeared on the Seth Leibsohn Show to discuss the true meaning and spirit of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day.
The Babylon Bee: An Interview with Kyle Mann
Spencer KlavanThe Editor-in-Chief of the viral satire website tells his story, addresses factchecking controversies, and explores the philosophy of the Bee.
Just Emote, then Vote Remote
Philip WallachThe Future of American Government?
Matthew Peterson joins the Seth Leibsohn Show 1.22.2020
Claremont Institute Vice President of Education Matthew J. Peterson joined Seth Leibsohn to discuss a growing tendency on the Right and the Left "to denigrate, revile, & blame the founding—our origins & intrinsic system."
Marco Rubio's China
Karl Notturno joins Chicago’s Morning Answer 1.10.20
Karl Notturno joins Chicago's Morning Answer to discuss his piece, "Why Can’t Elites Celebrate Our Victory Over Iran?"
The Global Community is a Fantasy
Darel E. PaulDetractors of nationalism indulge in dreamcasting over statesmanship.
Michael Anton joins the Larry O’Connor Show 1.8.20
Michael Anton joins Stacy Washington to discuss President Trump's speech on the Iranian missile attacks.
Our Elites Are Steering Us Towards Civil War
Glenn EllmersThey are as clueless as the ancien régime.
The Golden Snow Globe
Spencer KlavanThe solution to rule by celebrity is not more rule by other celebrities.
A Reconquista of American Culture?
Jeremy CarlSomething new must emerge from the wreckage of the Flight 93 election.
Woke Religion
Michael Anton joins Fox News 1.8.20
Claremont Senior Fellow Michael Anton discusses American strategy in the Iranian conflict.
The Lost Class: Can America Form Real Elites?
It’s the Child Abuse, Stupid
Peachy KeenanReform, not Twitter, is what the Church needs.
Charles Kesler joins Next Round 12.16.19
Charles Kesler compares and contrasts the Roman republic with the current state of American democracy.
Exclusive: American Industrial Policy and the Rise of China
Marco RubioSenator Marco Rubio speaks at National Defense University on the need for a ‘pro-American industrial policy’ to counter China.
Big Tech Needs to Believe in People
Peter RexIt’s time to bet on humanity—before things get worse.
Finance Means Betting on People—Not Numbers
Nathaniel FischerTo Restore True Wealth Creation We Must Believe In People.
The Sexual Deep State
Dr. Jennifer Roback MorseThe Sexual Revolution was never about freedom. It was always about control.
Why Tyrants Redefine Words
Spencer KlavanTo spot a would-be autocrat, look for someone who undermines language.
America’s Choice: Freedom or Shame
Christopher FlanneryIn 2020, Americans must decide whether their country is worthy of praise or contempt.
Something to Say to the Sphinx
Colleen SheehanRemarks on James Madison’s vision for the Country
Saving Higher Education
The Claremont Institute is awarded the National Humanities Medal 11.21.19
At the White House, President Donald Trump presented Claremont with the prestigious National Humanities Medal. Remarks begin around the 16:50 mark.
The Clear Pill, Part 2 of 5: A Theory of Pervasive Error
Curtis YarvinThe evolutionary architecture of distributed despotism
Age of Iron
Figure: Doom / Ground: Renaissance
Mark StahlmanA new dark age? Don't believe the hype.
The Trump Phenomenon vs. The Successor Entity
James PoulosTrump remains our reality because his enemies are trapped in a fantasy.
John Eastman joins the Ingraham Angle 11.19.19
John Eastman appears on Fox, joining in a discussion of the hypocritical and partisan nature of the Democrats' actions in the impeachment conflict.
Brand Warfare is a Fight to the Death
Spencer KlavanThe fight over Chick-fil-A makes it plain.
Josh Hammer joins the Glenn Beck Podcast 11.9.2019
Daily Wire Editor-at-Large Josh Hammer joins the Glenn Beck Podcast to discuss the need for Americans to rediscover religion and local sovereignty.
A Canon, If You Can Keep It
David BahrEvery nation is shaped by its canon. It’s time to shape America’s.
Canon-Building is Nation-Building
Spencer KlavanMore on the necessity of an American Canon.
John Eastman joins the Federalist Society 11.14.19
Dr. John C. Eastman speaks for The Federalist Society in Washington, D.C., discussing horizontal federalism and conflicting state policy judgments. Remarks begin at the 38:18 mark.
Christopher Flannery joins Seth Leibsohn 11.9.2019
Claremont Senior Fellow Christopher Flannery joined the Seth Leibsohn Show to discuss the importance of learning American history and the values of Western Civilization.
Be a Man
Spencer KlavanGender theorists know what they are doing when they target children. We should know what we’re doing when we fight back.
The Flight 93 Election Crashed
Hunter HearnsThe Right has yet to Re-Form the Culture.
The Dissident Right Embraces Realism, Not Nihilism
UncompliantMr. B.A. Pervert Knows Leftists Don't Believe in Democracy.
TERF Wars: How Radical Lesbians Are Braver Than You Are
Peachy KeenanWhile you watch Fox News, radical leftwing lesbians are fighting your culture war.
Wat iz Bronze Age Mindset?
Elijah del MedigoAny critique of the online right needs a full understanding of its ethos.
BAP’s Bait and Switch
Aaron SibariumThe dissident Right has no idea where it’s going, but it knows it wants to get there fast.
President Trump Puts an End to Endless War
Brian T. KennedyWe will no longer go abroad in search of monsters to destroy.
“And You Call Yourself a Christian?”
Peachy KeenanHow Liberals Trick Republicans into Ceding the Moral High Ground.
Kanye Actually Did It
Spencer KlavanBlinking in disbelief, Christians are realizing that “Jesus Is King” means what it says.
America’s Delusional Elite Is Done
Bronze Age PervertA response to Michael Anton.
Bronze Ambition
The Extreme Left has Abandoned Free Speech
Spencer KlavanThe case of Reddit shows how bad it’s gotten.
Bill Barr Gives a Speech
Hadley ArkesAppraising Attorney General Barr and his critics.
Go Westphalian, Young Man
Matthew TyrmandResurgent national sovereignty movements are back and validated by expanding electoral mandates.
Battle for Brexit: A Conversation with Christopher Caldwell 10.21.2019
Michael Anton and Christopher Caldwell discuss the uncertainty and obstructionism surrounding Britain's supposedly impending exit from the E.U.
Our Revolution’s Logic
Angelo CodevillaIn 2010, Claremont Institute Senior Fellow Angelo Codevilla reintroduced the notion of "the ruling class" back into American popular discourse. In 2017, he described contemporary American politics as a "cold civil war." Now he applies the "logic of revolution" to our current political scene.
America Wasn’t Founded on White Supremacy
Lucas MorelRevisionist Black supremacist history can't grasp our shared equality.
Virtue and Consent: the Twin Principles of Just Government
Michael AntonLibertarianism again fails natural right.
What Good is Bill Buckley Anymore?
David BahrThe minor prophets of conservatism may be past their sell-by date.
The Clear Pill, Part 1 of 5: The Four-Stroke Regime
Curtis YarvinOne dose will erase your whole political mind.
How Customizable Should a Human Be?
Spencer KlavanTechnology is raising fundamental questions that we’re not ready to answer.
Liberalism: Mend It, Don’t End It
Titus TecheraWe don’t need a revolution to find political redemption.
The Struggle Ahead
Michael M. UhlmannRemarks accepting the Claremont Institute’s Henry Salvatori Prize in the American Founding, Washington, D.C., October 27, 2018.
In Honor of Michael M. Uhlmann
Ryan P. WilliamsIntroductory remarks honoring Michael M. Uhlmann, recipient of the Claremont Institute’s Henry Salvatori Prize in the American Founding, Washington, D.C., October 27, 2018.
Multiculturalism is Ethnocentrism
Alexander RileyThe ugly history of a divisive ideology
The Rethink We Need to Avoid America’s Collapse
Robin BurkConnecting the dots of complex systems breaks the conservative impasse.
Social Justice is Academia’s New Theology
James LindsaySokal Squared showed the West’s learned elite has succumbed to a corrupted creed.
The Contested Origins of Order
What's Wrong With Education
Hadley Arkes with Charles Kesler
Charles Kesler interviews Hadley Arkes on natural law, natural right, Progressivism, and current politics.
Does the Right Dare Fight?
Hadley ArkesPutting the question to David French about moral reasoning in action.
Michael Anton on Politico 9.20.2019
Claremont Institute Senior Fellow Michael Anton explains the importance of reforming our current immigration policy.
Sohrab Ahmari, David French, and Charles Kesler Debate at Notre Dame 9.13.2019
Kesler, Ahmari, and French gathered to debate the nature and trajectory of conservatism in the age of Trump.
Sohrab Ahmari debates David French 9.5.2019
Sohrab Ahmari of the New York Post sparred with David French of National Review on how conservatives should respond to the culture wars.
Is America Worth Saving?
James PoulosDoes politics have an answer to digital disenchantment?
As the Electoral College Goes, So Goes the Constitution
Michael M. UhlmannPlebiscitary democracy will almost certainly bring much sharper ideological, geographical, racial, and religious divisions.
Dr. Charles Kesler joins CNN’s “Smerconish” 8.26.19
Dr. Charles Kesler joined Smerconish to discuss his recent WSJ op-ed on resolving California's homelessness crisis, adapted from his editorial in the latest issue of the Claremont Review of Books.
Vichycons and Mass Shootings
Michael AntonAgainst the backstabbing, collaborationist “Right.”
Has Conservative Rationalism Failed?
Rebeccah Heinrichs joins the Oxford Union 7.30.19
Rebeccah Heinrichs argues that Trump's foreign policy is preferable to Obama's foreign policy.
Dr. Charles Kesler joins “Life, Liberty & Levin” 7.21.19
Dr. Charles Kesler joins Mark Levin on "Life, Liberty & Levin" to discuss political correctness and its intolerance for the moral imperfection of fellow Americans.
Losing the Class
Ian Marcus CorbinOn campus, today's forlorn meritocrats no longer believe what the apparatchiks are teaching them.
Gil Barndollar joins “Tucker Carlson Tonight” 7.19.19
Gil Barndollar joins "Tucker Carlson Tonight" to analyze the latest push for war with Iran.
Reclaiming Our Republic
Ted McAllisterA conservative revolution is in order.
Conservative Rationalism Has Failed
Yoram HazonyPart II: Honor and self-constraint can stave off tyranny.
Conservative Rationalism Has Failed
Yoram HazonyPart I: Unfettered reason cannot conserve anything.
John Marini joins “Life, Liberty & Levin” 6.16.19
John Marini joins Mark Levin on "Life, Liberty & Levin" to discuss governmental abuse of power and its effect on individual liberty.
Dead Conservative Memes Can’t Defeat the Identity Politics Clerisy
Joshua MitchellA new political vocabulary is needed for a world itself quite new.
John Burtka on “Tucker Carlson Tonight,” 6.5.19
John Burtka, Executive Director at The American Conservative, joins Tucker Carlson to make the case for a new GOP economic agenda to strengthen families and the middle class.
The 2016 Election, the 1960 World Series, and the Electoral College
William VoegeliRoot, root, root for the electors. If they don't win it's a shame.
A Foreign Policy From the Founding
Mike PompeoUnited States Secretary of State Mike Pompeo delivered the keynote address at the Claremont Institute's 40th Anniversary Gala as this year's recipient of the Institute's Statesmanship Award.
Matthew J. Peterson joins Raheem Kassam on “The Buck Sexton Show”
Raheem Kassam guest hosts "The Buck Sexton Show," interviewing David Reaboi and Matthew J. Peterson.
Tucker Carlson and Harmeet Dhillon Discuss the Big Tech Attacks on Conservatives
Harmeet Dhillon joins Tucker Carlson on "Tucker Carlson Tonight" to discuss Google's "mistaken" attack on The Claremont Institute and its censorship of conservative ideas at large.
Defend America—Defeat Multiculturalism
Ryan P. WilliamsThrough identity politics and political correctness, today's multiculturalist enforcers seek to erase and replace America. Together, we must save the Union once again.
Big Tech and Human Freedom: James Poulos on The Federalist Radio Hour
Poulos joins Ben Domenech to discuss Silicon Valley's impact on sex, reproduction, politics, and our humanity.
The Nationalism We Need
Ryan Williams on “The Next Revolution with Steve Hilton,” 5.28.19
Ryan Williams appeared on FOX’s “The Next Revolution with Steve Hilton” alongside fellow panelists Tomi Lahren and Kira Davis to discuss current events.