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Author: Spencer Klavan

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13 minutes

The Exterior Darkness

When it comes to artificial intelligence, what are we really afraid of?

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In a Barbie World

A new doll raises some fundamental questions about the value of human life.

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7 minutes

There Is No Raw Material

Transhumanism is man's latest destructive attempt to obtain the unobtainable.

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Soul Dysphoria

Understanding the “trans” phenomenon means recognizing it’s about more than gender.

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Soul Dysphoria

Understanding the “trans” phenomenon means recognizing it’s about more than gender.

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Come Together

Is Stoicism strong enough to make things cohere?

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Faith in Princes

Elon is neither your enemy nor your savior.

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Women Are Queer

Gender theory reduces women to the status of defective men.

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Not in My Name

Reasonable gays ought to disassociate themselves from the queer madness as quickly as possible.

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TrueAnon

It’s not a conspiracy theory if there really is a conspiracy.

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Creating Conspiracy Theorists

Turning basic facts into thought crimes turns normal people into thought criminals.

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Everyone is Hitler

There is no moral equivalence between Ukraine and Russia, but neither country is Nazi Germany.

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Seeing Color

Tasteless jokes are the stuff of life.

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“Experts” are a Threat to Public Health

The number one obstacle to vaccine uptake is vaccine propaganda.

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The Real Red Pill

Matrix Resurrections is an act of willful misunderstanding.

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The Christmas Glitch

This is the season that the algorithm can’t predict.

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Impeach Fauci

There is simply no room in a free country for a ruler with Fauci’s unaccountable power.

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Lies, Lies, Lies

A case study in journalistic malpractice.

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“Muh Socialism”

This isn’t about tax rates.

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Defund Merrick Garland

You won’t hear cries for accountability this time.

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Jen Psaki Hates You

The White House press secretary is a perfect representative of our spiteful ruling class.

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They Want You to Hate Each Other

The American people are being made into enemies for the benefit of our failed ruling class.

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Don’t Be Surprised

The hateful arrogance of our ruling class is an established fact—proceed accordingly.

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Vaccine Regret

Our useless ruling classes are making a hard decision way, way worse.

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The Internet is for Porn

OnlyFans and the Sordid Underbelly of our Ruling Class

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COVID in Kabul

A parable of the absurdist bureaucratic state.

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The Quantum Pill

Guidance for an uncertain future.

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Body Positivity

The digital era has awoken an ancient revulsion with the flesh.

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Binging Alone

Who are we when the room service runs out?

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Gymbro v. Cloudboy

Which way, Western man?

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Michael Anton joins Tucker Carlson 11.06.2020

Voter Fraud in America? Don't Let the Ruling Class Get Away With It!

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Honor in a World Gone Mad

How to see clearly in the kingdom of the blind.

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Matthew Peterson joins Glenn Beck 10.01.2020

Matthew Peterson appeared on Blaze TV to discuss worrisome signs of Democrat interference in the upcoming election, and what the Right can do about them.

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“Jesus is Lord”

The basis of our shared humanity is now up for debate.

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Dan Bongino on Michael Anton’s “The Coming Coup?” 09.07.20

Dan Bongino discusses Michael Anton's essay, "The Coming Coup?" on the Dan Bongino Show.

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Matthew Peterson joins the National Pulse 9.3.20

Matthew Peterson joins Raheem Kassam to discuss the racial marxism of BLM and the stakes of America's present regime crisis.

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Biden’s Laughable Pivot

Joe’s sudden attempt to play cop is pitifully transparent.

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Michael Anton joins Tucker Carlson 8.27.2020

Michael Anton discusses the urgency of this election and this moment as described in his forthcoming book The Stakes: America at the Point of No Return.

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They’re Coming for Your Head

BLM and Antifa won't stop unless we stop them.

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It’s America or Bust

This side of heaven, there is only one remedy for tribalism.

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The Enemy of the People

Don't believe your lying eyes.

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Don’t Burn This Book: An Interview with Dave Rubin

The host of the Rubin Report talks about leaving the Left and forging his own path.

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Children and Transgenderism

Some stories aren't being told.

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Sex in the Age of Coronavirus

Disaster makes the old truths plain.

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Introducing: The Claremont Review of Books Podcast

In a new podcast series, Dr. Spencer Klavan sits down with authors from the Claremont Review of Books to discuss the ideas driving conservative intellectual life.

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Porn Law is Not Enough

Aristotle points the way to true virtue through free will.

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Christopher Flannery Joins the Seth Leibsohn Show 2.12.2020

Claremont Senior Fellow Christopher Flannery appeared on the Seth Leibsohn Show to discuss the achievements and legacy of Abraham Lincoln.

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Titania McGrath and the Politics of Wokeness: An Interview with Andrew Doyle

The popular Twitter satirist and cultural commentator talks social justice, classical liberalism, and the fate of the arts in the West.

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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."

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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.

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Can Conservatism Be Conserved?

When the war against wokeness is over, our common culture could be history.

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The Babylon Bee: An Interview with Kyle Mann

The Editor-in-Chief of the viral satire website tells his story, addresses factchecking controversies, and explores the philosophy of the Bee.

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The Golden Snow Globe

The solution to rule by celebrity is not more rule by other celebrities.

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You Gotta Serve Somebody

Identity politics has taken the place of faith in American life. Why?

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Why Tyrants Redefine Words

To spot a would-be autocrat, look for someone who undermines language.

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Canon-Building is Nation-Building

More on the necessity of an American Canon.

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Matthew Peterson joins the American Conservative Foreign Policy Conference 11.7.2019

Matthew Peterson spoke on a panel at the American Conservative Foreign Policy Conference, where he advocated creating a "counter-establishment" on foreign policy and described what it will take to do so. His panel begins at the 3:47:00 mark.

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Be a Man

Gender theorists know what they are doing when they target children. We should know what we’re doing when we fight back.

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Christopher Flannery joins Seth Leibsohn 11.5.2019

Christopher Flannery joined Seth Leibsohn to discuss his recent work at The American Mind and the stakes of the upcoming presidential election.

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Kanye Actually Did It

Blinking in disbelief, Christians are realizing that “Jesus Is King” means what it says.

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The Extreme Left has Abandoned Free Speech

The case of Reddit shows how bad it’s gotten.

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Bronze Age Manhood

Traditional conservatives could use a fresh rhetoric of masculinity.

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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.

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How Customizable Should a Human Be?

Technology is raising fundamental questions that we’re not ready to answer.

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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.

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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.

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Matthew Spalding joins the Claremont Institute at the APSA 8.30.2019

Matthew Spalding, Associate Vice President of Hillsdale College and Fellow at the Claremont Institute, appeared on a panel at the American Political Science Association's annual meeting to discuss the 116th Congress and its efficacy as a lawmaking body.

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Chuck DeVore joins Tucker Carlson 8.29.19

A preview of the Green New Deal is unfolding in Georgetown, Texas, where a radical environmentalist program is wreaking economic havoc. Chuck DeVore appeared on "Tucker Carlson Tonight" to discuss.

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