When the first Civil Service Reform Act passed in 1883, “good government” reformers envisioned nonpartisan civil servants fairly administering the federal bureaucracy. From the vantage point of 2016, it is clear this dream has turned into a nightmare.
How to Think About the Trump Administration
The Claremont Institute hosted Claremont Review of Books Editor Dr. Charles Kesler and Claremont Review of Books Senior Editor Dr. William Voegeli for a talk on “How to Think about the Trump Administration.”
Ryan P. Williams is the President of the Claremont Institute.
William Voegeli is a senior editor of the Claremont Review of Books.
Michael Pack is a Senior Fellow of the Claremont Institute, formerly serving as president from 2015 to 2017. Pack founded Manifold Productions, an independent film and television production company, in 1977.
Charles Kesler is a Senior Fellow of the Claremont Institute, Editor of the Claremont Review of Books, host of Claremont’s The American Mind video series, and the Dengler-Dykema Distinguished Professor of Government at Claremont McKenna College.
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This clip, from America’s Political Parties Part One: The Democrats, depicts what Ambassador Jeane Kirkpatrick calls “a landmark of political conflict in modern American history." The film was produced by Michael Pack, for Manifold Productions, Inc.
Kesler, Ahmari, and French gathered to debate the nature and trajectory of conservatism in the age of Trump.
Dr. Larry Arnn offers his remarks at the 2011 Dinner in Honor of Sir Winston Churchill. The event is hosted by the Claremont Institute in Newport Beach, CA. The 2011 Statesmanship Award went to Congressman Paul Ryan.
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.
